Heritage sites, Archaeological discoveries, History of Archaeology

Rock Art of Alta

Location

Finnmark

Country

Norway

Year of Research

1985

Culture

Rock Art of Alta group of petroglyphs in the Alta Fjord, near the Arctic Circle, bears the traces of a settlement dating from c. 4200 to 500 B.C.
The thousands of paintings and engravings add to our understanding of the environment and human activities on the fringes of the Far North in prehistoric period.