A measure of conviction: recording emphasis in Scandinavian rock carvings

John Coles

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Making sense of rock carvings requires that the busy scenes depicted be resolved into groups. Using Swedish examples, John Coles shows how the depth of carvings can help identify images and subjects and urges that the depths become a regular part of the record.

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1998The Cambridge illustrated history of prehistoric art 2003European Landscapes of Rock-Art 2006Aesthetics and Rock Art 2001Prehistoric Imagery and Landscapes: Rock art in Stjørdal, Trøndelag, Norway 1983Rock Art of the Spanish Levant.

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