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Locality: |
Kalleby raä 248 |
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Region: |
Bohuslän |
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Tanum |
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Environment & Surface |
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Altitude:
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25 m
Open-air
Shelter
Cave
Portable
Megalithic
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Geography: |
2 groups of carvings situated in the S part of the Tanum plain, sloping panels facing E. |
Proximity: |
Carvings situated in an area with other smaller panels and graves. |
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Geology: |
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Surface: |
Smooth wide surface. |
Dimensions:
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Width 10.00 m.
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Art |
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Description: |
Engravings
Paintings
Painted engravings
High or low-relief
Sculpture
The Kalleby area consists of a number of panels, with many interesting figures. The most famous group of carvings is found at Kalleby Långemyr. At the base of the panel there are three lurplayers with horned helmets, carved above a ship figure. There are also ship figures with 2 huge male figures, one with a battle-axe, carved above ship figures. Further away, a tiny male figure with a spear in vertical position. To the left and below, another group with ship figures, snakelike windings and a horned male figure with a sword-hilt and a raised hand - "the wizard".
On another panel there are three lurplayers with helmets and swords, below this group a double-lined ship figure with a strange tree-like figure on the deck, and to the right one more lurplayer .
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Figures: |
Ship figures, male figures/lurplayers, weapon (spear, sword), cup marks.
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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.
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Notes: |
The Kalleby Långemyr rock carvings are situated in the area of Tanum, which in 1995 was included in UNESCO´s World Heritage List. Kalleby has a line of engravings in which the male figures are drawn in a distinctive manner which shows them to be the work of one and the same artist. The famous scene with the lurplayers have been interpreted as a part in the religious ceremonies of the Bronze Age. In the Danish peat bogs have yielded up several lurs which are still perfectly playable (Bertilsson 1089:241). |
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Conservation |
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Status: |
Public
Private
Park
Classified site
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Risk: |
The "Lurplayer-panel" is severely damaged by illegal casting. The condition of the rock carvings in Tanum is deteriorating drastically, and the cause is to be found in the changes of the environment caused by man. Essential factors accelerating the weathering are acid rain, humic acid created in newly planted scientifically managed forests, and environmentally caused changes of the vegetation on the surface of the rocks (Milstreau & Prøhl 1999:16). |
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Conservation: |
Good
Quite good
Mediocre
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Intervention: |
Problems concerning conservation and preservation, registration and documentation of rock carvings in Scandinavia are discussed by several departments, i.e. Riksantikvaren in Norway, Riksantikvarieämbetet in Sweden, several universities and research departments. Different methods are tested, for example covering of carved surfaces, measuring of temperature and different contents in water and air and also the composition in the granite. Hollows and cracks in the rock surface can be repaired and carefully filled in. |
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Record n. 787 / 807 |
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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.
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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).
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