The unknown rock carvings of the Kiviksgrave

The enormous Kiviksgraben with its eight carved rocks can almost be considered a national monument of the Scandinavian Bronze Age. Since the discovery of the rock carving motifs in the mid-18th century, they have been depicted countless times. Despite this, we note that there is still no modern documentation carried out by professional rock carving documenters. On occasional visits, we have found that there are still motifs on the rocks to be discovered or reinterpreted. As we have a combined experience of documenting rock carvings for more than 40 years, and having documented more than 1000 rock carvings in Bohuslän and Dalsland, we now feel ready to take on the Kiviksgraven rock art. The purpose of the project is partly to make a professional reproduction of the images of the Kiviksgraven rocks and partly to search for missing rocks and parts of them. We intend to publish the results in an archaeological journal.