Publications

Reports

In Archaeological Report Series, eight reports have been issued. All are made in collaboration with the museum, which also stands as the publisher for the reports.

Rapport 8, Hällristningarna på Lökeberg Ny rapport är nu klar. Rapporten är utgiven med bidrag från IKOM-projektet i Munkedals kommun. I rapporten är samtliga bildristningar från Foss socken, bl.a. den stora ristningen på Lökeberg. Denna ristning var den första som dokumenterades av L. Baltzer, och därför har vi hans planscher och text i facsimile.  Printed Report 8 can be purchased at the museum. Textdelen med beskrivning av vår arbetsmetod, beskrivning av hällristningarna på Lökeberg och foton kan laddas ner som pdf. Text pdf.         Archaeological Report 7 In autumn 2009, completed the foundation for the documentation of Bohuslän petroglyphs "Archaeologicl Report 7". The report covers the petroglyphs in Tossene parish. Approximately 550 rock carvings are known in the parish, and all are described in the report. Of these, over 400 areas have been chalk and repoduced in the report. Oher carvings, such as destruction, not been recorved or only consists of a single dish pit. Wort on documentation lasted five field seasons, and several people have been involved in documentation work. The first years mainly Sven-Gunnar Broström and Kenneth Ihrestam, the closing years mainly Andreas Toreld, Camilla Olsson and Tommy Andersson. An early version (with minor clerical errors) of the Archaeological Report 7 available for download as a PDF: Text (620 KB) Poster 1 (12050 KB) Poster 2 (10700 KB) Printed Report 7 can be purchased at the museum.       Arkeologisk rapport 6 Askum socken, Bohuslän del 3 2003 Rapporten är den tredje och sista med hällristningar från Askums socken, socknens södra del. Under tre fältsäsongen dokumenterades ca 320 hällristningar, varav en stor del nyfynd. Se nedanstående tabell. Arkeologisk rapport 6 kan laddas ned som pdf: Textdel (410 KB) Planschdel 1 (285 KB) Planschdel 2 (1800 KB) Inventory                                        Petroglyphs Figures 1627 Alfsön 1 4 1848 Holmberg 4 52 1886 Ekhoff 16 ca 140 1908 Baltzer 2 36 1920-talet Gbg-inventeringen 17 ca 140 1971 Raä 127 1654 1996-1997 "Stiftelsen" 309 4273

Archaeological Report 5 World Heritage area's central part and Grebbestad 2000 This report is one of many results of a large collaborative project between the Western Gotland and Østfold County Authority. The project "Interreg II - Petroglyphs in Frontier Village Community" was carried out during the years 1996 to 1999. Report 5 was the second report of Torsten's Högberg materials. Torsten got himself never see the report in the press, at the age of 84 and after a short illness, he died in April 1999. He had before his death also issued two custom reports with petroglyphs from Tanum Pour photos Aspeberget and pour Pictures of Kalleby (1998). Most of the material in the report is never published and has not been available for either research or other stakeholders. "It is an old truth that an image, no matter how good, can not be offset by a site visit, but it is also a truth that the visit easier if you have access to good documentation once it is in place." And for all who are interested in petroglyphs, scientists and other stakeholders, it is published documentations of inestimable value. Those who have the opportunity to do field studies on all petroglyphs in a parish are few.     Lasse Bengtsson: Bilder vid vatten. The Foundation's documentation of rock carvings in Askums parish, Report No. 3, 4 and 6, has been the basis of a licentiate thesis, Images of Water (2004), Lasse.     Archaeological Report 4 Petroglyphs from Askums Parish, Bohuslän, Part 2 1998 The report is the second from Askums parish, and treats its middle part. In the report's preface describes Sven-Gunnar and Kenneth the documentation work was done. "At first inventoried the area, all appropriate outcrops examined for new and unknown carvings and previously known carvings looked up and cleaned. During daylight is a general assessment of the characters' appearance and propagation of rock. At night marked the figures appearing with trailer lights from a spotlight, with regular chalk. following day filled figures in white chalk powder suspended in water and the final interpretation of the characters' appearance is made. Pour inscription is then measured and described according to a tandardiserad method and photographed with slide film and plain color film. During this is also a brief description of the setting. carving traced by the hob are covered with a plastic sheet in which the characters contours are drawn in with waterproof marker pen. These plastics are photographed in turn, reduced to a scale of 1:10 and renritas eventually. " Archaeological Report 4 can be downloaded as a pdf: Text (sid 1-20, 1960 KB) Text (sid 21-38, 1510 KB) Poster 1 (1620 KB) Poster 2 (1960 KB) Poster 3 (634 KB)     Archaeological Report 3 Petroglyphs from Askums Parish, Bohuslän (Part 1) 1997 The report was the first with material from the Foundation's own documentation. It is the first part of the large and rich rock material from Askums parish. The material is never released, and a large part of it is also nyfynd. The carvings in the report are from the northern part of the parish. Efforts to document Askums petroglyphs began in 1996 and was performed in the field by Sven-Gunnar Broström and Kenneth Ihrestam. In the report's preface Lasse Bengtsson writes: "The work of Askum has been very rewarding for research. Many new motifs and combinations of motifs have been recorded and work has also made ​​valuable contributions to the study of ristningarnas distribution in the landscape and the individual subjects' distribution. It is our firm belief that the publication of the rock carvings in Askum will be able to pour the image research a big step foreward. " Archaeological Report 3 can be downloaded as a pdf: Text (sid 1-20, 1700 KB) Text (sid 21-38, 1280 KB) Text (sid 39-56, 1330 KB) Poster 1 (1880 KB) Poster 2 (1840 KB) Poster 3 (1810 KB)       Archaeological Report 2 Petroglyphs from Högsbyn in Tissel Forest parish (Dalsland) 1997 The report was published in cooperation with Ask & Embla hb, the Foundation's current Secretary Tommy Andersson. The report published petroglyphs from Högsbyns woodlands. The report includes 25 rock surfaces documented. Of these, only five published before, and 12 of the surfaces is nyfynd. Tommy has self-published, Ask & Embla hb, published two reports with material from Högsbyn in Tissel Forest parish, Dalsland.         Archaeological Report 1 Petroglyphs from Litsleby, Tegneby & Living in Tanums parish 1995 In the first report, published a small part of Torsten Högberg documentation Tanums petroglyphs. Some of the material in the report is never published. Torsten Högberg was born in 1915 in Gothenburg. In the early 1950s he had become interested in the Bohuslän petroglyphs, and in 1975, at age 60, he left his work in the textile industry and moved to Tanum. Högberg helped start Rock Carvings Institute, the forerunner of the museum. In 1980 he finished rock Institute, but continued his work to document the petroglyphs a few more years. The result consists of ten binders filled with materials from Tanum and five from Kville. Arkeologisk report 1 constituting the material in one of them.