Anthropomorphic Images at the Padjelanta Site, Northern Sweden: Rock Engravings in the Context of Sámi Myth and Ritual

• Published in: Current Swedish Archaeology
• Main Authors: Inga-Maria Mulk, Tim Bayliss-Smith
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundet 2001
• Subjects: Máttaráhkká; rock art; Laponia; shamanism; quarrying; soapstone; Archaeology; CC1-960; Alta; Padjelanta; Northern Sweden; sami
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.37718/CSA.2001.10; https://doaj.org/article/19919648b51245129911822b6f5968f6

The paper discusses three phases of scratched images from the Padjelanta site of Sámi rock art in Laponia, northern Sweden. Pre-dating the middle phase of Viking Age/Medieval period sailing boats is a set of stylised anthopomorphs. These early images resemble certain petroglyphs from Alta, goddess m...