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Sweden    Askum, Rished EuroPreArt - European Prehistoric Art

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Keywords: Bronze Age, Rock Art, Open Air, Carving, Human figures, Male, Female, Procession, Wheel-cross, Cup-mark, Large hands, Wagon, Foot soles, Phallic.
Institution: Gotland University College, Visby, Sweden.  http://www.hgo.se/
Record
proposed
by
Gotland University - Sweden
 
Location
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Country:

Sweden

Locality:

Askum raä 67

Region:

Bohuslän

Area:

Askum

 

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The Rished couple and the procession painted in white, note the enlarged hands and the cup-mark under one of the human figures (after Glob 1969:166).
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Copyright. No commercial use of EuroPreArt content is allowed. Specific © for pictures and drawings is mentioned in the captions or owned by each Author or Institution.
Disclaim. The EuroPreArt project fully endorses the most recent documentation policies. It must be outlined the absolute forbidding of any disruptive method and the necessity of a total respect for archaeological sites. It is also to be noticed that no substances shall be applied to rock art for recording purposes. Some pictures of the EuroPreArt records are related to past recording techniques and may not fully match these policies. They are an historical documentation. Please refer to local archaeological official authorities for any recording purpose. Please take a look also over EuroPreArt guidelines.
 
Environment & Surface

Open-air   Shelter   Cave Portable   Megalithic

Geography:
Three panels, the first one situated only 20 m from road. Panel no 3 is situated on a flat, sloping rock, between arable land and woodland.

Proximity:

Close to road, settlement and the sea.

Geology:

Surface:

Sloping surface, dark rock. Surrounded by moss, and often wet.

 

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Art        

Description:

Engravings   Paintings   Painted engravings   High or low-relief   Sculpture
The third panel of Rished consists of a number of figures, exceptional are two human figures connected by the hands, hands enlarged. One figure is obviously male, phallic and equipped with a sword. The other figure could possibly be a female figure, as indicated by the cup-mark between the separated legs. Above the couple, a row of 8 people is depicted, with round bodies and equipped with swords, the last in the row one arm raised. There are 4 more human figure, of which two has raised enlarged hands, and one is phallic; one is phallic and has a sword and a beak-shaped head or mask, one has only one arm. There are contour-carved foot soles, and a wagon with four wheels drawn by two animals, possibly horses. One figure could be a two-wheeled chariot drawn by an animal.

Figures:
Human figures Wagons Chariot Foot soles Animals

Chronology:

Palaeolithic   Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic   Neolithic   Copper Age   Bronze Age   Iron Age   Roman   Middle Age   Modern   Unknown
The rock carvings of Southern Scandinavia are generally dated to the middle and later part of the Bronze Age, c. 1500-500 BC. Occasionally, more absolute dating of single panels or figures can be made, based on typological or stylistic features of the image, and by comparisons with identifiable objects. Four-wheeled wagons and two-wheeled chariots have been in use since the Early Bronze Age.

Notes:

The Rished carvings have an unusual combination of figures compared to the South Scandinavian rock carving tradition in general. The so called "Rished couple" has no counterpart in Sweden, the closest parallel are to be found in Val Camonica, in Naquane, where human figures with a cup mark between the legs are depicted (Glob 1969:148). The Rished figures are usually interpreted as depicting rites of fertility (Glob 1969:170), or as actions of a Bronze Age sun-cult (Gelling & Davidson 1969:57f).
 
Bibliography        





European total bibliography, by EuroPreArt partnersTotal (Europe)
Sweden EuroPreArt general bibliography, by Gotland University College, Visby, Sweden.General (country)
Specific Askum, Rished bibliography, by Gotland University College, Visby, Sweden.Specific (site)
Rock Art Studies: A Bibliographic worldwide Database (external link). Compiled by Leigh Marymor. Copyright (C) 2001-2002 by the Library, University of California, Berkeley Bibliographic
Rock Art
Database

 

 
Conservation        

Status:

Public   Private   Park   Classified site

Risk:

The rock carvings are subjected to air pollution, causing erosion. Occasionally the engraved surface are partially covered with ground, needles and moss.

Conservation:

Good   Quite good   Mediocre   Bad

Intervention:

The Central Board of National Antiquities has launched a programme for compiling an inventory of damage, as a base for future repairs. Needles and moss are removed when necessary.

 

By          

Compiler:

Li Winter 2001.

Institution:

Gotland University College, Visby, Sweden.  http://www.hgo.se/
 
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EuroPreArt, European Prehistoric Art, is a web-based archaeological project funded by the European Union which aims to establish a lasting data-base of European prehistoric art documentation, to launch the base of an European institutional network and to contribute to the awareness of the diversity and richness of European Prehistoric Art.
It is proposed by: Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (IPT, Portugal), CUEBC - European University Centre for Cultural Heritage (Italy - Europe), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), Asociación Cultural Colectivo Barbaón (España), Université de Liège (Belgique), Gotland University College (Sverige), University College Dublin (Eire), Cooperativa Archeologica Le Orme dell'Uomo (Italia), Study Centre and Museum of Prehistoric Art of Pinerolo (Italia), The European Centre for Prehistoric Research in the Alto Ribatejo (Portugal), ArqueoJovem - a youth NGO (Portugal).
Instituto Politécnico de Tomar - Portugal CUEBC - European University Centre for Cultural Heritage, Ravello - Italy CSIC - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid - Spain Orme dell'Uomo - Footsteps of Man, Valcamonica - Italy Asociación Cultural Colectivo Barbaón, Extremadura -Spain Liège University - Belgium Gotland University - Sweden University College Dublin - Ireland CeSMAP - Centro Studi e Museo d'Arte Preistorica. Pinerolo, Italy Arqueo Jovem

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