Abstract
In this paper we present a description of some rock engravings that have been discovered by reindeer herders in Padjelanta, on the fringes of the Sarek Mountains in Lapland, northern Sweden. The site has now been registered, but it has not yet been fully researched and is unprotected, so its precise location will not be disclosed. In this paper we shall call it the Padjelanta site. The pictures there include various figures – animals including reindeer, human-like forms, and many patterns difficult to interpret – but the boats are the most striking feature. At least three of the boats are sailing boats, and two of them are depicted in some detail with rudders, an anchor, masts and sails, and occupants. This paper will focus on what the boats themselves represent, without considering the other surrounding and overlapping figures to which the boats may or may not be related.
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