Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Rock Art of Alta' has mentioned 'Fishing' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| The wide variety of imagery shows a culture of hunter-gatherers that was able to control herds of reindeer, was adept at boat building and fishing and practiced shamanistic rituals involving bear worship and other venerated animals. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 Cultural and historical background 2 Discovery and restoration 3 World Heritage Rock Art Centre - Alta Museum 4 Imagery and interpretations 4.1 Animals 4.1.1 Bears 4.2 Hunting and fishing scenes 4.3 Scenes of mundane life and scenes of rituals 4.4 Geometric symbols 5 See also 6 References 7 Other sources 8 External links | WIKI |
| The almost 5000 years over which carvings were made by the people of the late stone age and early metal age, saw many cultural changes, including the adoption of metal tools and changes in areas such as boat building and fishing techniques. | WIKI |
| Hunting and fishing scenes[edit] | WIKI |
| Many scenes depicting humans show hunters stalking their prey; these scenes have traditionally been explained as being connected to hunting rituals, although current researchers seem to favor more complicated explanations that see depictions of different hunting and fishing actions as symbols for individual tribes and the interrelations of different hunting and fishing carvings as symbolic representations of existing or wished-for intertribal relations. | WIKI |
| Of special interest is the depiction of boats: while small fishing boats appear from the earliest drawings onward, later drawings show larger and larger boats, some carrying up to 30 people and being equipped with elaborate, animal-shaped decorations on bow and stern that are sometimes reminiscent of those found on viking longboats. | WIKI |
| While some of these objects have been explained as tools or similar objects (the line patterns, for example, are sometimes explained as fishing nets), most of these symbols remain unexplained. | WIKI |
| The panels show hunting, fishing and boat journeys, and are thought to represent micro-landscapes. | UNESCO |