ABSTRACT
The open-air rock-art site at Leirfall, Central Norway, has been known since the early twentieth century. It is the largest locality in this region of Norway that is rich in open-air rock-art panels and is one of the few that is open to the public. For the past 50 years, it has acted as a field laboratory for in situ research into the documentation, conservation, and management of fully exposed, rural, open-air rock-art in Central Norway. Leirfall is representative of other exposed open-air rock-art sites and the management challenges confronting cultural heritage managers not only in this region but also across Northern Scandinavia. The aim of this chapter is to present the biography of Leirfall within the context of evolving developments in Norwegian and Northern Scandinavian open-air rock-art management practices and to further contribute more generally to discussions of site management in cold regions.
