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The transition of attention from the beast image to
that of a human-being is a very important turning-point in the development
of ancient social consciousness. It is connected with a reassessment of old
ideas of oneself and the surrounding world, of the inexhaustibility of human
powers and possibilities.
The Karelian petroglyphs were created in Neolythic
period, three thousand years BC, that is five thousand years ago.
Northern Europe is rich in stone images, especially
the territory of Fennoscandia. In Southern Scandinavia numerous images of
the agricultural type belonging to the Bronze Age have been discovered.
Besides the Karelian petroglyphs, Altafjord and Vingen in Norway and
Nemforsen in Sweden boast of hunter type stone images of the Stone Age. A
comparative historical analysis will promote a better understanding of the
emergence and spreading of stone art in Northern Europe, of the stages and
nature of its development, the role it played in the life of society.
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A Hunter. One of the Stone Images of the White Sea
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Regarding these pictures as originals recording human
thought, as the most vivid reflection of the spiritual life of primitive
society, petroglyphs enable us to delve deep into the problems of thinking
and consciousness in their making, and this is one of the fundamental
problems of scientific knowledge, as a whole.
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