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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ftoslouniv:oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/92916 2023-05-15T13:20:42+02:00 Scenes of Human Control of Reindeer in the Alta Rock Art: An Event of Early Domestication in the Far North? Fuglestvedt, Ingrid 2021-05-12T15:52:53Z http://hdl.handle.net/10852/92916 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-95496 https://doi.org/10.37718/CSA.2020.06 EN eng Svenska Arkeologiska Samfundet http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-95496 Fuglestvedt, Ingrid . Scenes of Human Control of Reindeer in the Alta Rock Art: An Event of Early Domestication in the Far North?. Current Swedish Archaeology. 2021, 28, 121-146 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/92916 1909776 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=Current Swedish Archaeology&rft.volume=28&rft.spage=121&rft.date=2021 Current Swedish Archaeology 28 121 146 https://doi.org/10.37718/CSA.2020.06 URN:NBN:no-95496 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/92916/1/document.pdf Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY 1102-7355 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed PublishedVersion 2021 ftoslouniv https://doi.org/10.37718/CSA.2020.06 2022-03-30T22:33:52Z 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 Universitet i Oslo: Digitale utgivelser ved UiO (DUO) 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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http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-95496 Fuglestvedt, Ingrid . Scenes of Human Control of Reindeer in the Alta Rock Art: An Event of Early Domestication in the Far North?. Current Swedish Archaeology. 2021, 28, 121-146 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/92916 1909776 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=Current Swedish Archaeology&rft.volume=28&rft.spage=121&rft.date=2021 Current Swedish Archaeology 28 121 146 https://doi.org/10.37718/CSA.2020.06 URN:NBN:no-95496 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/92916/1/document.pdf |
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