Rock art in Sápmi
Subtitle: images and stories = Guvvieh jïh soptsestidie = Bilder och berättelser
By: text, Coppélie Cocq, Jans Heinerud, Thomas Larsson, Britta Lindgren Hyvönen ; photo, Petter Engman
Contributors: Heinerud, Jans, author; Larsson, Thomas B., author; Lindgren-Hyvönen, Britta, author; Engman, Petter, photographer
Publisher: Västerbottens museum
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Umeå
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9789163743474
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Petroglyphs; Rock paintings
Description: This book presents a number of sites with prehistoric rock art in Sápmi, the cultural region traditionally inhabited by the Sami people, specifically Västerbotten and Jämtland in Sweden, and two of the largest sites in the Norwegian and Finnish parts of Sápmi - Alta and Värikallio. Nature and the landscape play important roles n the Sami storytelling tradition. The stories may explain why a lake, a rock, or a mountain have the names they do. The stories also bear witness to the way of life, attitudes to nature and the landscape and how these have changed over time.
Notes: This book is part of Rock Art in Sápmi, Västerbottens museum's major collaboration project before and during Umeå's year as European Capital of Culture, 2014.

In English, Sami, and Swedish.