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Bardal rock carvings
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Norwegian: Bardalfeltet
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The Bardal rock carvings (Norwegian: Bardalfeltet) is a large collection of petroglyphs on Bardal Farm in Steinkjer, Trøndelag, Norway. What makes the rock carvings at Bardal especially noteworthy is the presence of figures from the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age all on the same rock surface, with the newer figures having been carved on top of figures from the Stone Age. For thousands of years, from 4000 BCE to Year 0, people carved figures into rock at Bardal.

In the Nordic context, rock carvings are generally divided into two main categories: those depicting hunting (veideristninger) and those depicting agriculture (jordbruksristninger). Hunting carvings are older, and depict a range of different prey and totemic animals such as deer, whales and seabirds. The younger carvings are agricultural carvings from the Bronze and early Iron Ages. The images depicted in these carvings are first and foremost boats, but also cupmarks, people, horses and geometric figures.

The Bardal field features carvings of both types, with some of the younger agricultural carvings placed directly on top of the older hunting carvings. This can make the Bardal field a bit difficult to take in at first. It is believed that the very process of carving the newer images on top of the pre-existing ones had a special meaning.

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