Status quo, ongoing challenges, and future perspectives - after more than 20 years of practice in rock art documentation, conservation, and management in southwestern Norway

AM-UiS and University Museum of Bergen established a collaboration where the intention was that AM should have the primary responsibility for development and research on conservation methods, as well as long-term effects, while University Museum of Bergen was responsible for research on factors infl...

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Published inAdoranten pp. 1 - 12
Main Authors Bjelland, Torbjørg, Kjeldsen, Gitte
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tanumshede Scandinavian Society for Prehistoric Art 01.01.2020
Subjects
Archaeology
Conservation
Cultural heritage
Documentation
Excavation
Interdisciplinary aspects
Museums
Petroglyphs
Prevention
Vegetation
Norway
Scandinavia
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Summary:AM-UiS and University Museum of Bergen established a collaboration where the intention was that AM should have the primary responsibility for development and research on conservation methods, as well as long-term effects, while University Museum of Bergen was responsible for research on factors influencing degradation, environmental monitoring and methods to slow down the degradation. In the late 1960s a number of sites was painted, and from the 1970s until the start of the national rock art project, various interdisciplinary groups have been appointed to work on weathering and conservation issues. The natural degradation as e.g. frost weathering, water seepages, lichens, and plant roots etc., as well as human activity (trampling injuries), and lack of consideration, all pose a risk to the rock carvings. Later, the database was closed, and only a small amount of information was transferred to the national database "Askeladden". [...]some information from the first Rock Art database was lost during this process.
ISSN:0349-8808
0349-8808