Rock Art in Norway
Europe · 2 sites · ✦ 1 UNESCO
Norway holds 2 documented rock art sites in this atlas. The oldest, Rock Art of Alta, dates back ~6,200 - 2,000 yrs. 1 is a UNESCO World Heritage site. 1 welcomes visitors today.
Sites
Rock Art of Alta — Located far above the Arctic Circle, the Alta rock carvings comprise thousands of petroglyphs illustrating the lives of hunter-gatherers in the far north.
Vingen Rock Carvings — In a lonely cove on the Frøysjøen strait, more than two thousand carvings cover the shore rocks — herd upon herd of red deer, along with curious hook-shaped staffs and spidery human figures, made between roughly 4000 and 2000 BC.