The Petroglyph #1 Traditional Cache
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This cache is part of the petroglyph series. Please read "The
Petroglyph # Final" for more information.
The Uppland carvings are most north-easterly of the concentrations
of south Scandinavian rock art tradition. The rock carvings of
Uppland are generally dated to the middle and later part of the
Bronze Age, c. 1200-500 BC. Occasionally, more absolute dating of
single panels or figures can be made, based on typological or
stylistic features of the image, and by comparisons with
identifiable objects. Where a carving has the same object shown, or
it is in the same style or has the same decoration as other objects
dated to the Bronze Age from graves and hoards, then we can begin
to apply some dating to the carvings.
The province of Uppland is one of the major rock carving areas in
the South Scandinavian rock carving tradition, together with
Östergötland, Skåne and Bohuslän. The land is
low, with shallow valleys and a few dominant hills or ridges, but
it is dotted by small "islands" of rock protruding through the
soils, and sometimes by long ridges of rock all sculptured by
weathered and by the ancient ice sheets. There are about 700 rock
carving sites, and the carvings are found on the above described
outcrops of smooth rock along the Bronze Age shoreline (1800 BC at
20 m a s, 1000 BC c. 15 m a s).
At this site you will pass four carving places: Rickeby 72, 73, 94
and 298. Follow the marked path.
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* The rock carvings are fragile. *
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Additional Hints
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[Eng]Obhyqre
[Swe]Ohzyvat
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