Papers by Gerhard Milstreu
RANE – Rock Art in Northern Europe et EU-Interreg IIIB-projekt 2002-2005 med Sverige, Norge, Finl... more RANE – Rock Art in Northern Europe et EU-Interreg IIIB-projekt 2002-2005 med Sverige, Norge, Finland, Rusland og Danmark som deltagere. Danske deltagere: Bornholms Museum, Nationalmuséet med afdelingerne Danmarks Oldtid og Bevaringsafdelingen, Nationalmuseets Marinarkæologiske Forskningscenter, Bornholms Regionskommune, Natur Bornholm, Bornholms VelkomstCenter og amatørarkæologerne på Bornholm og Flækken i Kgs. Lyngby. Projektleder for Danmark: Gerhard Milstreu.
Læs mere i: Kaul, F., Stoltze, M., Nielsen, F.O., Milstreu, G., 2005: Helleristninger – Billeder fra Bornholms Bronzealder.
Archäologie in Deutschland, 2008
Leben und Kunst, Lebensbedingungen und Bildmagie hingen in vorhistorischen Zeiten ursächlich zusa... more Leben und Kunst, Lebensbedingungen und Bildmagie hingen in vorhistorischen Zeiten ursächlich zusammen, was viele Bildwerke, die wir heute Kunst nennen bezeugen. Aber es war nicht Kunst um der Kunst willen. Die Bilder waren Hilfsmittel zum Überleben, zum sich verständigen und spiegelten Probleme des Weltverständnisses, religiöse, mythologische Vorstellungen wieder an Stelle einer Schriftsprache.
This article discusses the re-cutting of rock art ships. It shows how some boats were remade to u... more This article discusses the re-cutting of rock art ships. It shows how some boats were remade to update the boat style so that it corresponded with what was current in a period that was later than when it was first cut. The article points out the need for more in-depth studies to understand the creation and use of rock art over an extended period. It is argued that rock art sites are connected to social traditions that made people return to the same place and make changes to already existing images.
Beiträge zur Ur- und Frühgeschichte
Mitteleuropas. Botschaften in Stein –
Dokumentiert, interpret... more Beiträge zur Ur- und Frühgeschichte
Mitteleuropas. Botschaften in Stein –
Dokumentiert, interpretiert
und experimentiert
Gedenkschrift zum 100. Geburtstag
des Felsbildforschers und Experimentalarchäologen
Dietrich Evers
Herausgegeben von
Avfotografering av imålade fält kräver ofta stor kreativitet. Lövåsen i Tanums Världsarv. Photogr... more Avfotografering av imålade fält kräver ofta stor kreativitet. Lövåsen i Tanums Världsarv. Photographing the painted panels demands a high degree of creativity.
Books by Gerhard Milstreu
Adoranten , 2018
This article discusses the re-cutting of rock art ships. It shows how some boats were remade to u... more This article discusses the re-cutting of rock art ships. It shows how some boats were remade to update the boat style so that it corresponded with what was current in a period that was later than when it was first cut. The article points out the need for more in-depth studies to understand the creation and use of rock art over an extended period. It is argued that rock art sites are connected to social traditions that made people return to the same place and make changes to already existing images. Key words: Boats, carvings, Bohuslän, Bronze Age
Forthcoming from Bornholms Museum:
More rock carvings are found on Bornholm than in any othe... more Forthcoming from Bornholms Museum:
More rock carvings are found on Bornholm than in any other place in Denmark. The island’s ice scoured rocks have formed a perfect surface for these 3000 year old images from the Bronze Age. In recent years, many new discoveries have been made, and both the new and the old finds have been the focus of fresh study.
Cultural objects and images represented on bronze, in conjunction with the rock carvings, offer an insight into a strange, ritual world. It is possible that the rock carvings are found in sacred places that were also the focus of many other activities. Over recent years, archaeologists have been at the forefront of investigations to gain insights into these, as well as other research questions, including excavations conducted at the largest rock art panel in Denmark: Madsebakke, on Bornholm.
This revised and updated English edition, based upon the original Danish language volume published in 2005, enhances and expands the archaeological understanding and interpretation of the Prehistoric Art of Bornholm. Special attention is given, within two new chapters and revised sections of the text, to the discovery of new panels and figures, archaeological excavations in the vicinity of rock art, as well as the insights offered by the most recent scientific analyses.
Talks by Gerhard Milstreu
ADORANTEN, 2018
In Adoranten 2018, a collection of articles have been assembled centred around the theme of the c... more In Adoranten 2018, a collection of articles have been assembled centred around the theme of the context of cup-marks. Recent notable discoveries of cup-marked stones in dateable contexts across Scandinavia have given research one of the most significant insights to date concerning the most numerous and widely distributed figure: the cupmark. In this contribution, we wish to commit to paper a proposal developed by the first named author, presented at the Annual 2017 Working Seminar, concerning a suggested categorization of the contexts where cup-marks are found and the ways that cup-marks are represented. At the same time, the authors explore the universal symbolism of cupmarks across time and space.
Unpublished reports by Gerhard Milstreu
Unpublished report presenting and describing the first examples of figurative rock art on vertica... more Unpublished report presenting and describing the first examples of figurative rock art on vertical surfaces on the island of Bornholm, Denmark.
This unpublished source is provided as supplementary information to accompany Dodd, J. and Milstreu, G. (2019) Find of the (last) decade! The first ships discovered on vertical surfaces on Bornholm., Adoranten: 45-53. Available at: www.rockartscandinavia.com
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Papers by Gerhard Milstreu
Læs mere i: Kaul, F., Stoltze, M., Nielsen, F.O., Milstreu, G., 2005: Helleristninger – Billeder fra Bornholms Bronzealder.
Mitteleuropas. Botschaften in Stein –
Dokumentiert, interpretiert
und experimentiert
Gedenkschrift zum 100. Geburtstag
des Felsbildforschers und Experimentalarchäologen
Dietrich Evers
Herausgegeben von
Books by Gerhard Milstreu
More rock carvings are found on Bornholm than in any other place in Denmark. The island’s ice scoured rocks have formed a perfect surface for these 3000 year old images from the Bronze Age. In recent years, many new discoveries have been made, and both the new and the old finds have been the focus of fresh study.
Cultural objects and images represented on bronze, in conjunction with the rock carvings, offer an insight into a strange, ritual world. It is possible that the rock carvings are found in sacred places that were also the focus of many other activities. Over recent years, archaeologists have been at the forefront of investigations to gain insights into these, as well as other research questions, including excavations conducted at the largest rock art panel in Denmark: Madsebakke, on Bornholm.
This revised and updated English edition, based upon the original Danish language volume published in 2005, enhances and expands the archaeological understanding and interpretation of the Prehistoric Art of Bornholm. Special attention is given, within two new chapters and revised sections of the text, to the discovery of new panels and figures, archaeological excavations in the vicinity of rock art, as well as the insights offered by the most recent scientific analyses.
Talks by Gerhard Milstreu
Unpublished reports by Gerhard Milstreu
This unpublished source is provided as supplementary information to accompany Dodd, J. and Milstreu, G. (2019) Find of the (last) decade! The first ships discovered on vertical surfaces on Bornholm., Adoranten: 45-53. Available at: www.rockartscandinavia.com
Læs mere i: Kaul, F., Stoltze, M., Nielsen, F.O., Milstreu, G., 2005: Helleristninger – Billeder fra Bornholms Bronzealder.
Mitteleuropas. Botschaften in Stein –
Dokumentiert, interpretiert
und experimentiert
Gedenkschrift zum 100. Geburtstag
des Felsbildforschers und Experimentalarchäologen
Dietrich Evers
Herausgegeben von
More rock carvings are found on Bornholm than in any other place in Denmark. The island’s ice scoured rocks have formed a perfect surface for these 3000 year old images from the Bronze Age. In recent years, many new discoveries have been made, and both the new and the old finds have been the focus of fresh study.
Cultural objects and images represented on bronze, in conjunction with the rock carvings, offer an insight into a strange, ritual world. It is possible that the rock carvings are found in sacred places that were also the focus of many other activities. Over recent years, archaeologists have been at the forefront of investigations to gain insights into these, as well as other research questions, including excavations conducted at the largest rock art panel in Denmark: Madsebakke, on Bornholm.
This revised and updated English edition, based upon the original Danish language volume published in 2005, enhances and expands the archaeological understanding and interpretation of the Prehistoric Art of Bornholm. Special attention is given, within two new chapters and revised sections of the text, to the discovery of new panels and figures, archaeological excavations in the vicinity of rock art, as well as the insights offered by the most recent scientific analyses.
This unpublished source is provided as supplementary information to accompany Dodd, J. and Milstreu, G. (2019) Find of the (last) decade! The first ships discovered on vertical surfaces on Bornholm., Adoranten: 45-53. Available at: www.rockartscandinavia.com