Rock carvings at Alta

The rock carvings at Alta are a body of more than 6,000 petroglyphs found around Alta in Finnmark, northern Norway, first recorded in 1973 and made over a span of roughly 3,700 years by hunter-gatherer communities. The carvings show reindeer, elk, bears, fish, boats, hunting and fishing scenes and human figures, and are associated with shamanistic practices including the ritual veneration of bears. The site was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985, the only prehistoric World Heritage Site in Norway, and is now home to the World Heritage Rock Art Centre, Alta Museum. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/