Fantastic Beings and Where to Make Them ‒ Boats as Object-Beings in Bronze Age Rock Art

The boat motif in Bronze Age rock art is generally assumed to represent real or symbolic boats in some form. In this paper, however, it is argued that Bronze Age rock art motifs are independent mat ...

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