Scenes of Human Control of Reindeer in the Alta Rock Art. An Event of Early Domestication in the far North?
This article focuses on some evident differences between Phase 1 and Phase 2 rock art at Alta in western Finnmark in northern Norway. The earliest period (Phase 1, 5200–4200 cal BC) of rock art production shows numerous scenes in which humans seem to take control of wild game. The compositions of co...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:0534c98253764f0b905504f150495ee0 2023-05-15T13:20:41+02:00 Scenes of Human Control of Reindeer in the Alta Rock Art. An Event of Early Domestication in the far North? Ingrid Fuglestvedt 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.37718/CSA.2020.06 https://doaj.org/article/0534c98253764f0b905504f150495ee0 EN eng Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundet https://193.10.12.85:443/csa/article/view/37 https://doaj.org/toc/1102-7355 https://doaj.org/toc/2002-3901 doi:10.37718/CSA.2020.06 1102-7355 2002-3901 https://doaj.org/article/0534c98253764f0b905504f150495ee0 Current Swedish Archaeology, Vol 28, Iss 1 (2020) Stone Age petroglyphs Finnmark Northern Norway human-animal relationships animism totemism Archaeology CC1-960 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.37718/CSA.2020.06 2023-03-26T01:30:22Z This article focuses on some evident differences between Phase 1 and Phase 2 rock art at Alta in western Finnmark in northern Norway. The earliest period (Phase 1, 5200–4200 cal BC) of rock art production shows numerous scenes in which humans seem to take control of wild game. The compositions of corrals with reindeer inside may be indications of forms of early domestication suggested to have occurred within a context marked by the authority of successful hunters and the influence of emerging inequality. This element of control correlates with an apparent totemic influence in the expressions of rock art. The rock art produced in the succeeding period (Phase 2, 4200-3000 cal BC), however, entirely lacks scenes communicating control of reindeer. This article suggests that this selective absence is an expression of a regained egalitarian social form and a reappraisal of an original animism. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alta Finnmark Northern Norway Finnmark Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Alta Norway Current Swedish Archaeology 28 121 146 |
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This article focuses on some evident differences between Phase 1 and Phase 2 rock art at Alta in western Finnmark in northern Norway. The earliest period (Phase 1, 5200–4200 cal BC) of rock art production shows numerous scenes in which humans seem to take control of wild game. The compositions of corrals with reindeer inside may be indications of forms of early domestication suggested to have occurred within a context marked by the authority of successful hunters and the influence of emerging inequality. This element of control correlates with an apparent totemic influence in the expressions of rock art. The rock art produced in the succeeding period (Phase 2, 4200-3000 cal BC), however, entirely lacks scenes communicating control of reindeer. This article suggests that this selective absence is an expression of a regained egalitarian social form and a reappraisal of an original animism. |
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Scenes of Human Control of Reindeer in the Alta Rock Art. An Event of Early Domestication in the far North? |
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Scenes of Human Control of Reindeer in the Alta Rock Art. An Event of Early Domestication in the far North? |
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Scenes of Human Control of Reindeer in the Alta Rock Art. An Event of Early Domestication in the far North? |
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Scenes of Human Control of Reindeer in the Alta Rock Art. An Event of Early Domestication in the far North? |
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Scenes of Human Control of Reindeer in the Alta Rock Art. An Event of Early Domestication in the far North? |
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scenes of human control of reindeer in the alta rock art. an event of early domestication in the far north? |
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