Perspectives on Differences in Rock Art - Jan Magne Gjerde
Hunting Land in Rock Art of Northern Fennoscandia
Perspectives on Differences in Rock Art - Jan Magne Gjerde
Eugen Kolpakov [+]
Russian Academy of Sciences
Eugen Kolpakov is senior researcher in the Palaeolithic Department at the Institute for the Material Culture History Russian Academy of Sciences in St.Petersburg.
Description
The rock carvings of Northern Fennoscandia were created by hunter-gatherers. However, the number of different species depicted in hunting scenes is extremely small. Elk, reindeer and brown bear predominate, although geese, swans and beavers are depicted at the sites of Vyg and Kanozero. Each site has its own tradition when it comes to the representation of hunting. The differences between these traditions are too significant to suggest that creators at different sites were influenced by one another.