Rock Art in Europe - Lascaux, Tanum Municipality, Runestone, Rock Carvings at Alta, Rock Drawings in Valcamonica, Carved Stone Balls, Los a (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Lascaux, Tanum Municipality, Runestone, Rock carvings at Alta, Rock Drawings in Valcamonica, Carved Stone Balls, Los Alcornocales Natural Park, Bohuslan, Knowth, Altuna Runestone, Rock carvings in Central Norway, Kamyana Mohyla, List of rock carvings in Norway, Mercantour National Park, Creswell Crags, Rock carvings at Tennes, Picture stone, Astuvansalmi rock paintings, Painted pebbles, Ural pictograms, Rock carvings at Vingen, Ignateva Cave, Abecediary, Camunian rose, Finnish Rock Art, Rock carvings at Mollerstufossen, Rock carvings at Asli, Sculptured stones, Grave orb, Bagnolo stele, Rock carvings at Drotten, Rock carvings at Eidefoss, Kanozero Petroglyphs, Vallee des Merveilles, Ughtasar Petroglyphs. Excerpt: A runestone is typically a raised stone with a runic inscription, but the term can also be applied to inscriptions on boulders and on bedrock. The tradition began in the 4th century, and it lasted into the 12th century, but most of the runestones date from the late Viking Age. Most runestones are located in Scandinavia, but there are also scattered runestones in locations that were visited by Norsemen during the Viking Age. Runestones are often memorials to deceased men. Runestones were usually brightly colored when erected, though this is no longer evident as the color has worn off. The Snoldelev stone, one of the oldest runestones in DenmarkThe tradition of raising stones that had runic inscriptions first appeared in the 4th and 5th century in Norway and Sweden, and these early runestones were usually placed next to graves. The earliest Danish runestones appeared in the 6th and 7th centuries, and there are about 50 runestones from the Migration Period in Scandinavia. Most runestones were erected during the period 950-1100 CE, and then they were mostly raised in Sweden and Denmark, and to a lesser...