Knut Helskog (15 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The rock art found in the World Heritage sites in the Alta area, Arctic Norway, comprise thousands of images including reindeer and elk as well as fish, birds, boats, humans and geometric patterns. They contain information about peoples who lived in this northern area from about 5000 BC up until the birth of Christ; such as possible social organizations, hunting and trapping, beliefs, rituals,stories, legends, myths, cultural changes and continuities.Communicating with the world of beings addresses an understanding of the rock art in terms of communication with other people and other than-human beings. The figures could have been seen and experienced as symbols in rituals or as expressions of identity, position, power and rights, as depictions of real events and perhaps for use in storytelling. Through rock art, people might also have been able to communicate with other-than-human beings who ruled parts of the environment in order to petition favors for themselves or others. These other-than-human beings may have been perceived as good and evil powers and spirits of the different worlds of the universe; the dead or souls; which also included the animals depicted or were even embodied in the stone.This communication may have been based on a belief that both living beings and inert objects and natural phenomena had souls, a belief that may have existed ever since the earliest settlements. Such an animistic belief means that everything was seen as having a consciousness and identity of its own, independent and imbued with a will. Therefore, it was essential that the different participants communicated with one another as equal partners.In this beautifully illustrated book Knut Helskog provides a lyrical and personal interpretation of the chronology, patterning and possible meanings behind this extraordinary landscape of prehistoric rock art. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Condition: New.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (Petroglyphs, Prehistoric art) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Leatherette. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 135pp., text in Norwegian, hardly any wear to book. Dustjacket is unclipped, light edgwear. The Rock art of Alta (Helleristningene i Alta) are located in and around the municipality of Alta in the county of Finnmark in northern Norway. Since the first carvings were discovered in 1973, more than 6000 carvings have been found on several sites around Alta.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 185 pp., illustrations, diagrams, maps, bibliography.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 240 pages. 11.75x9.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

1st Ed. Slim 4to. 240pp. 263 figures, mainly in colour from photos. From the library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, very good in original white lettered dark burgundy coloured pictorial laminated boards. Additional postage may be necessary US$37.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 330 p. Instituttet for sammenlignende kulturforskning/The Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture (IFSK). Serie B, 106. Carved and painted figures on rock surfaces as a form of human expression, past and present, are found in most regions of the world. The theoretical dialogue in rock art research is global, multifaceted, increasingly intense and rewarding. In this volume, from the second Alta Conference on Rock Art, in Alta, Norway, scholars present their views on theory, and on the history of theory. The volume also focuses on ritual and cultural beliefs, ritual and cultural landscapes, and on issues of gender, to further increase our understanding of what these depictions are about.…

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New. Rock Art Research Institute Monograph.

Condition: New. pp. 328 This item is printed on demand.