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Locality: |
Flyhov 2 |
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Västergötland |
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Husaby |
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Environment & Surface |
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Open-air
Shelter
Cave
Portable
Megalithic
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Geography: |
1.4 km NE of Husaby church, 50 m SE of road to Kinne-Kleva. Flat sandstone |
Proximity: |
Close to Kinnekulle mountain and Husaby church. |
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Geology: |
Sandstone. |
Surface: |
Flat, partly irregular surface. 9 panels in an area of c. 150 m. |
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Dimensions:
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Length 4.00 m.
Width 2.00 m.
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Art |
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Description: |
Engravings
Paintings
Painted engravings
High or low-relief
Sculpture
Flyhov 2, Husaby parish. The engraving is found on no. 2 of 9 panels in an area of about 150 m. The rock is sandstone, flat in shape with natural cracks. There are c. 24 figures, of which 3 ship figures with unusual hulls, single-lined with crew-strokes on both sides. On one of the ships a wheel cross is attached. There are one windling figure, possibly a snake. The smallest ship has an extended stem, turned up- and inwards. There are a total number of 5 circles or wheels, 1 with 7 spokes, 2 with 4 spokes, 1 with a cup mark in the middle and 1 circle. There are 14 cupmarks altogether. 1 obscure u-shaped figure with contour-carved lines.
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Figures: |
total number 24
3 ship figures
3 wheel cross, 2 with 4 spokes, 1 with 7 spokes.
1 windling line/snake
2 circle figures, 1 with a cup mark in the middle
c. 14 cup marks
1 obscure figure
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Chronology: |
Palaeolithic
Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic
Neolithic
Copper Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Roman
Middle Age
Modern
Unknown
The South Scandinavian rock carvings are usually dated to the middle and later part of the Bronze Age, c. 1500-500 BC, after Montelius six period system, but no detailed chronology have been worked out.
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Notes: |
Flyhov is the largest rock carving locality in the parish of Västergötland,, which is comparatively poor off for figurative rock carvings, but rich in carvings with cup marks only. The frequency of cup mark areas generally accords with the distribution of prehistoric grave monuments from all periods, and not especially with those from the Bronze Age. The strange ship figure are similar to ship figures depicted on so called "frying-pans" from the Cyclades, Greece, which have crew-strokes or oars depicted on both sides of the hull (Olsson 1996). |
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Conservation |
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Status: |
Public
Private
Park
Classified site
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Risk: |
The major risk for carvings 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 carvings have been painted, but the colour is fading away. |
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Conservation: |
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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. An easy method of taking care of the rock surface is by ordinary sweeping. The carvings should be re-painted. |
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| Record n. 765 / 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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