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Locality: |
Släbro-Oppeby |
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Region: |
Södermanland |
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Nyköping |
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Altitude:
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24 m
Open-air
Shelter
Cave
Portable
Megalithic
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Geography: |
6 panels, of which some in the Släbro park and one on private property. Panel 1: private (Oppeby gård 112), 112. 4 m SW of house. Sloping SW. Lawn and decorative plants. Panel 2: N part of the park, 25 m SW of panel 1. 10 x 17 m (N-S), facing N & W. Lawn. Panel 3: SSW of panel 2, separated by a 3 m wide crack filled with earth. 16 x 22 m (N-S), 2 m high. Facing N & W. Lawn.Panel 4: 20 m SW of panel 3, 20 x 28 m (N-S), 1 m high sloping rock, facing W. Panel 5: 15 m SW of panel 4. 2 panels, facing W. Panel 6: SW part of the park, 29 m SW of panel 5, 5 m N of NW corner of house. |
Proximity: |
Plateau in a park, overlooking the Nyköping river. Close to settlement. |
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Geology: |
Fine-grained, grey kind of rock. |
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Panel 1: smooth, sloping, microflora. Panel 2: smooth, sloping rock. Weathered. Panel 3: fine-grained, ice-grinded surface. Panel 4: smooth, sloping surface, microflora. Panel 5: smooth slope, microflora. Panel 6: |
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Depth 0.01 m.
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Description: |
Engravings
Paintings
Painted engravings
High or low-relief
Sculpture
Släbro, Oppeby, Nyköping. A large number of figurative carvings (434) of unusual types have been recorded. Some of them probably depicting stylised cloaked human figures in worshipping posture. There are oval patterned figures, and numerous cup marks in the carved areas. The usual figurative content in the S Scandinavian rock carving tradition are altogether lacking. There are similarities between Släbro and Himmelstadlund in Östergötland, not least as regarding their topographical positions (beside a river estuary debauching straight into the sea during the Bronze Age), but there is also a certain affinity between some of the figures.
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Figures: |
total number 696
434 unusual types, oval patterned figures, stylised cloaked humans
262 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 at Släbro have been dated to the Bronze age, the carvings are found on panels at +24.13 m a s. Under 24 m no carvings have been found, which is of great importance for the dating. The 20 m curve was probably valid c. 1000 BC, with local variations.
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There are points of resemblance even to such remote carvings as those of Valcamonica in the north of Italy (Glob 1969; Damell 1989:235). |
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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. The Släbro carvings are situated in a public park, which could mean a risk for damaging by graffiti or by fire. |
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Conservation: |
Good
Quite good
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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. There is a descriptive sign. Panel no 1 is situated in private property, surrounded by flowers and a lawn. |
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| Record n. 774 / 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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