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Locality: |
Simris no 27 |
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Region: |
Skåne |
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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: |
Wide rock surface, situated c. 500 m inland from Simris no. 19, smooth, flat sloping rock. |
Proximity: |
Close to the sea, overlooking the surrounding farmland. |
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Geology: |
Blue-greyish quartzite. |
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Very, smooth almost flat surface. |
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Dimensions:
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Length 19.00 m.
Width 10.00 m.
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Description: |
Engravings
Paintings
Painted engravings
High or low-relief
Sculpture
Simris no 27, Simris parish in Scania. There is a total number of 39 figures and 10 cup marks. The Kivik panel is one of the larger, almost undamaged surfaces in the Simrislund group. The carvings are distributed over only a small part of the surface, but are very distinct carved. There are a number of ship figures, of which some are double-lined with crew-strokes, and some double-lined without crew-strokes. There are a number of two parallel lines which probably are unfinished or very simple ship figures. One of the ship figures has a vertical line on the gunwale, could be a mast with boom. There are 2 animal figures, possibly dogs, and 4 wheel crosses with 4 spokes in each. Most remarkable are the 4 huge shafted axes, of which three are carried by men.
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Figures: |
total number 49
c. 27 ship figures
4 wheel crosses
2 animals
3 human figures
4 axes
10 cup marks
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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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The Simris no 27 locality are especially interesting because of the three men carrying huge shafted axes, dating the panel to the close of the Stone Age, c. 2000 BC (Burenhult 1989:229). |
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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: |
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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. 777 / 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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