The proposed project's starting point is that the rock carvings are a unique source material that can be linked to economic cycles in the metal trade and that the rock carving material can thus contribute actively to the knowledge of the social and economic history of the Bronze Age. Archaeological finds and analyses indicate that during the Bronze Age, 1700-500 BCE, the Nordic countries were part of complex interregional metal exchange networks. These networks changed over time in relation to the availability of copper and tin, which means that we can talk about economic cycles in the metal trade. The Nordic rock carvings were thus influenced by the European regions and networks that supplied metal to Scandinavia and the rock carvings reflect both networks and economic cycles in an exciting way. The project aims to identify ups and downs in rock carving practice and to relate them to overall economic and social cycles. Svenskt Hällristnings Forsknings Arkiv (SHFA) has access to a new 3D documentation material of rock carvings and the idea is now to make a book that presents and links the new material to our research idea. There is great international interest in the new information that has emerged thanks to the new 3D techniques. SHFA has previously published several books with the renowned English publisher Oxbow, which has an extensive international distribution network, and we see this as a suitable forum for the upcoming book.