Call for Papers

A northerner’s view on rock art. Aspects, mobility and materiality on the Scandinavian rock art Johan Ling, Sweden, Swedish Rock Art Research Archives, Department of Historical Studies: Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden; Jan Magne Gjerde, Department, of History and Religious Studies. UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway. The intention of this session is to shed light on Scandinavian rock art regardless of regions, traditions time and space. There has been a tendency among rock art research to merely focus on either the Northern Rock Art Tradition (NT) or the Southern Tradition (ST). There exist some general similarities in terms of the location of rock art, narratives, chronology and formats used in time and space between these traditions but also obvious differences. Thus, the objective with this session is to stimulate different perspectives and themes that highlights the intersection between these two rock art traditions in Scandinavia.