APPROACHING THE PETROGLYPHS
The petroglyphs were, however, the principal interest in my studies, and the starting point was that the images represented a language-like or information structure, which could be analysed in terms of signs, proximities, quantities, traces and observations into one connected religious system for Europe is a dubious project.
It is true that many of the phenomena observed are superficially similar, but they are probably part of quite different circumstances, even if the archaeological material suggests connections.I hope that what is written above will persuade younger researchers to enter the field of archaeology and look for further levels of interpretations which are not obvious to traditionally trained archaeologists. Some support for this being a possible and productive direction lies in the fact that what I did with the rock art was very close to what Christopher Tilley (1991) did with the site of Namforsen, but the reference works used were totally different, which means that there is more than one way available to reach a similar goal.
SUGGESTED READING
Bernbeck, R. & R. McGuire (eds) 2011. Ideologies in Archaeology. Tucson.
Helskog, K. & B. Olsen (eds) 1995. Perceiving Rock Art: Social and Political Perspectives (ACRA: The Alta Conference on Rock Art). Oslo.
Helskog, K. (ed.) 2001. Theoretical Perspectives in Rock Art Research (ACRA: The Alta Conference on Rock Art). Oslo.