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Locality: |
Simris no 19 |
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Region: |
Skĺne |
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Simris |
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Environment & Surface |
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Open-air
Shelter
Cave
Portable
Megalithic
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Geography: |
Smooth, flat surface, facing the sea. |
Proximity: |
Close to the sea, beside road. |
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Geology: |
Blue-greyish quartzite. |
Surface: |
Very, smooth almost flat surface. Cracks and exfoliation. |
Dimensions:
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Length 18.00 m.
Width 10.00 m.
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Art |
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Description: |
Engravings
Paintings
Painted engravings
High or low-relief
Sculpture
Simris no 19, Simris parish in Scania. There are total number of about 170 figures, cup marks included on Simris no 19. The locality is dominated by a series of weapons depicted, mainly shafted axes of various sizes, of which some are carried by human figures. The weapons are of different kinds, flat axe-blades and axes with enlarged edges from the Late Neolithic, and handle-hole axes from Early Bronze Age. There are also a number of ship figures dated to the Bronze Age, of which the majority have totally carved out hulls, extended and turned prow and crew-strokes. There is also a mantle design, and a number of wheel crosses with 4 spokes. There are a couple of human figures carrying big axes, similar to those at Simris no 27.
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Figures: |
total number 170
Ship figures
Axes
Wheel crosses
Cup marks
Human figures
Circle figures
Windling/snake
Obscure figures
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Chronology: |
Palaeolithic
Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic
Neolithic
Copper Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Roman
Middle Age
Modern
Unknown
The Scanian rock carvings differ from those elsewhere in Scandinavia, the majority belongs to the close of the Stone Age, c. 2000 BC. The weapon figures can be dated to this period, and had their counterparts in the carvings of Central Europe. Some figures might even be older, especially those with similarities in the Megalithic ornamentation of the Middle Neolithic, c. 3200-2500 BC.
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Notes: |
The Scanian figurative figures occur mainly in the Simrishamn region, where the smooth hard, blue-greyish quartzite have been used. The Scanian carvings are older than the main group of South Scandinavian rock carvings, dated on basis of the weapons depicted, showing axes of English-Irish type, c. 2000 BC. |
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Conservation |
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Status: |
Public
Private
Park
Classified site
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Risk: |
The rock carvings are fragile and the major risk are chemical weathering, which makes the hard quartzite losen up and fall out, leaving white dots on the darker rock surface. Also natural weathering (mechanical weathering) during winter/spring, when water freeze in cracks and openings in the rock, creates major damage to rock faces with carvings. The biological weathering is also a danger to the rock carvings, and even to intense cleaning of the rock surface during documentation can make the rock fragile and expose the carvings to wind, water and air-born pollution. |
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Conservation: |
Good
Quite good
Mediocre
Bad
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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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By |
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Record n. 776 / 807 |
No commercial use is allowed. Specific © is mentioned in the captions or owned by each Author or Institution |
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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).
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