Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Rock Art of Alta' has mentioned 'Rock art' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| In April 2014 the World Heritage Rock Art Centre - Alta museum launched the website altarockart.no, a digital archive containing pictures of the rock art of Alta. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 Cultural and historical background 2 Discovery and restoration 3 World Heritage Rock Art Centre - Alta Museum 4 Imagery and interpretations 4.1 Animals 4.1.1 Bears 4.2 Hunting and fishing scenes 4.3 Scenes of mundane life and scenes of rituals 4.4 Geometric symbols 5 See also 6 References 7 Other sources 8 External links | WIKI |
| World Heritage Rock Art Centre - Alta Museum[edit] | WIKI |
| World Heritage Rock Art Centre - Alta Museum features a display of objects found in the area thought to be related to the culture that created the carvings, a photographic documentation of the carvings, and displays on Sami culture, the phenomenon of Aurora Borealis and the area's history of slate mining. | WIKI |
| More rock art made by hunter-gatherers is found in Alta than anywhere else in northern Europe. | UNESCO |
| The Rock Art shows communication between the world of the living and the worlds of the spirits, and gives insight into the cosmology of prehistoric hunters and gatherers. | UNESCO |
| Moreover, the Rock Art provides a unique testimony to the interaction of hunter-gatherers with the landscape. | UNESCO |
| Good preservation conditions permit the study of rock art production. | UNESCO |
| Investigation of the large settlement sites adjacent to the carvings gives a better understanding of the social context of the Rock Art. | UNESCO |
| The Rock Art and the settlement sites demonstrate communication in prehistory with areas thousands of kilometres away. | UNESCO |
| Nearly all the Rock Art sites known in Alta are included in the World Heritage property. | UNESCO |
| The rock art was created close to what was the shoreline in prehistory. | UNESCO |
| The landscape in which the rock art is found remains relatively unchanged in recent times, and in particular the view stretching many kilometres out into the fjord is almost untouched by modern activity. | UNESCO |
| As part of the visitor management strategy, wooden walkways and platforms have been constructed to protect the Rock Art from damage. | UNESCO |
| Except for a few cases of carvings on loose boulders, all of the rock art is found on the bedrock and is exceptionally well-preserved. | UNESCO |