Antes. Foto: Nordland fylkeskommune |
Después. Foto: Nordland fylkeskommune |
El petroglifo, situado en una isla de Noruega, inspiró a los creadores de los pictogramas de los Juegos Olímpicos de Lillehammer de 1994.
Al intentar hacer que el petroglifo de 5.000 años de antigüedad luciera más visible para otros visitantes de la isla noruega de Tro, un joven pulió con un objeto afilado la imagen de una figura con esquís. Los arqueólogos locales temen que el daño sufrido por la imagen del antiguo 'esquiador', uno de los símbolos más reconocidos de Noruega en el mundo, sea irreparable.
"Es una tragedia, porque es uno de los sitios históricos más famosos de Noruega", comentó el alcalde del municipio de Alstahaug, Bard Anders Lango, a The Local. El petroglifo representa una de las primeras pruebas de que los pobladores que habitaban la zona en la Edad de Piedra esquiaban. Además, inspiró a los diseñadores de los pictogramas para los Juegos Olímpicos de Lillehammer (Noruega) de 1994.
Aparte del famoso esquiador, el joven también hizo daño a otros tallados de piedra en el sitio. Lango señaló que el joven tenía buenas intenciones y no se enteró de la gravedad de su 'ayuda'. RT
Link 2: Norway youth 'improves' 5,000-year-old skier carving - The Local / Link 3
A stone-age rock carving of a figure on skis - one of Norway’s most famous historical sites — has been vandalised in what a local politician has described as “a national tragedy”.
A youth visiting the 5,000-year-old carving used a sharp object to scratch along the lines of the carving, apparently intending to make then clearer for other visitors.
“It’s a tragedy, because it’s one of the most famous Norwegian historical sites,” Bård Anders Langø, the mayor of the nearby Alstahaug Municipality, told The Local. “It is one of the most internationally known symbols of Norway.”
The carving, on the island of Tro off Nordland, northern Norway, provides amongst the earliest evidence of skiing by stone age man. It inspired the symbol used for the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer in 1994.
Langø said that archeologists believed that the damage to the carving was irreversible.
“They are going back in September to do a bigger study, but what they can say now is that its probably damaged forever, and we may not ever be able to see the pictogram of the skier as it was originally made 5,000 years ago.”
He said the youth, who is a minor, had also damaged other rock carvings at the site. He is not being named in order to protect him from abuse.
"It’s a kid, and it was done out of good intentions," he said. "They were trying to make it more visible actually, and I don’t think they understood how serious it was. I think now they understand."
The carving was originally quite faint and difficult to see
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