The oldest boat depictions in rock art from northern Europe have previously been dated to about 5500–5000 BC. A recent discovery of rock art boat depictions at Valle in Nordland County, northern Norway, made in the ground technique, pre‐dates the earlier known boat depictions by more than 3000 years. The rock art at Valle is dated by shoreline dating to be between 10,000 and 11,000 years old. The find has implications for the rock art material record, is likely to alter current views and have an impact on the research history of rock art in northern Norway. The boat is depicted in outline, life size, measuring more than 4 m in length. The closest parallels are the Arctic skin boats found in the ethnographic record. The settlement record from northernmost Europe during the Early Mesolithic supports a maritime and highly mobile strategy that would require boats and an advanced maritime technology. It would not be possible to settle the numerous islands along the coast without seaworthy boats. The boat find has implications for the appreciation of the maritime colonization of seascapes in northern Norway during the Early Mesolithic, being part of the pioneer settling of northernmost Europe after the Ice Age.

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北欧最早的船只描述：挪威北部的瓦尔，新近发现的原生岩石岩石艺术

北欧岩石艺术中最古老的船形画以前可以追溯到公元前5500-5000年。最近，在挪威北部的诺德兰县的瓦尔（Valle）发现了岩画船，这是通过地面技术进行的，比已知的船画早了3000多年。瓦尔（Valle）的岩石艺术的海岸线年代可追溯到10,000至11,000年。这一发现对岩石艺术材料的记录具有启示意义，可能会改变目前的观点，并会影响挪威北部岩石艺术的研究历史。船的轮廓，实际尺寸，长度超过4 m。最相似的是人种志记录中发现的北极皮船。中石器时代初期来自欧洲最北端的定居记录支持海上和高度机动的战略，这需要船只和先进的海上技术。如果没有适航的船只，就不可能在海岸上定居无数的岛屿。这艘船的发现对中石器时代早期挪威北部海域海洋殖民化的欣赏意义深远，这是冰河时代之后最北端欧洲定居的一部分。