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rockartuk Posted on: 07-Feb-2002, 05:12 PM

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Hi Janet and Paul,
Thanks for the warm welcome! The rock art we're dealing with was made in the Megalithic period, starting in Atlantic Europe at about 6000BC after the ice melted away. These people preceded the Bronze Age Beaker People and the Celts who emerged from central Europe and spread in all directions. So when the Celts finally reached England, Scotland and Ireland, they must have noticed the carvings on outcrop rock and boulders as well as, of course, the stone circles and standing stones. The Megalithic and Beaker people were long gone by then. So the sequence must have looked like this: Megalithic People (passage graves, stone circles, standing stones, abstract rock art) followed by the Beaker People (decorated beakers, cairns, stone burial cists) followed by the Celts (great jewels and decorated -copper- weapons) followed by the Picts (figurative decorated stones; horses/comb/mirror/etc and their decorated bodies). They were driven North by the invading Romans in 50BC. After te Romans the Vikings invaded the UK, later followed bij the Anglo-Saxons. They all must have noticed the same rock art in the landscape as we do now in 2002. But the meaning of the abstract motifs has been lost in time and space. There are however a lot of -wild?- guesses (see our website). And the nice thing is that everybody is right, because not a single meaning is -nor will be- proven! Look at our photos and give your own meaning (or vote for one). But above all; enjoy these carvings for their beauty and connection to the ancient landscape.
Oeps....long story! This subject will easily carry you away from everydays life! It would be great if you posted your impressions in this forum.
Bye for now and rocking greetings.
Gus & Jan
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rockartuk Posted on: 07-Feb-2002, 06:37 AM

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Hi Folks!
We are new to this great forum; time for a brief introduction. We manage a community website about prehistoric abstract rock art in Scotland and England. These enigmatic carvings were made by our ancient ancestors in the late Stone- and early Bronze Age. They are about 5000 years old and are still there, in the beautiful Scottish landscape. And although the meaning of these motifs is lost, it is the earliest communication with the people of the deep past. Please find some time to enjoy these "images of a lost message". Hope to hear/see you.
Gus van Veen & Jan Brouwer, The Netherlands.
Rock Art in the British Landscape
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