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Messages from prehistory The paper briefly describes the history of signposting prehistoric sites and monuments in the Väster-norrland region of Northern Sweden. The author is critical of the routine way the information is offered and what it tells the reader. It is argued that the information conta...

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Published in:Nordisk Museologi
Main Author: Bergvall, Margareta
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Swedish
Published: University of Oslo Library 2016
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Online Access:https://journals.uio.no/museolog/article/view/3827
https://doi.org/10.5617/nm.3827
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Summary:Messages from prehistory The paper briefly describes the history of signposting prehistoric sites and monuments in the Väster-norrland region of Northern Sweden. The author is critical of the routine way the information is offered and what it tells the reader. It is argued that the information contains only standardized phrases about the period the site belongs to and data about measurements that are largely obvious and unnecessary when you stand on the spot.