Editing History of skiing (section)

===Rock carvings===

{{see also|Rock carvings at Alta|Onega petroglyphs}}

[[File:Belomorsk petroglyphs18.jpg|thumb|Skiers, [[Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea|White Sea rock carvings]], before 2000 BCE]]

The earliest Scandinavian examples of skiing date to 3000 or 4000 [[BCE]] with primitive carvings. An image of a skier holding a single [[Ski pole|pole]] or an ax with both hands, is found in [[Norway]]. The Rødøy carving shows skis of equal length. A rock carving at Norway, from about 1000 or 500 BCE depicts a skier seemingly about to shoot with bow and arrow, with skis positioned in an angle (rather than parallel) to offer good support.<ref name="Weinstock">{{cite journal |url=https://thenorthernreview.ca/index.php/nr/article/view/160/154 |title=The Role of Skis and Skiing in the Settlement of Early Scandinavia |last=Weinstock |first=J. |date=2005 |journal=Northern Review |number=25/26 |page=180}}</ref> [[Rock drawings]] in Norway dated at 4000 BCE<ref>{{cite web|title=Bølamannen|url=http://www.steinkjer-kommune.net/eggevandring/egge/index.php?art_id=310 |website=Steinkjer Kunnskapsportal |access-date=25 September 2012}}</ref> depict a man on skis holding a stick. Near the [[White Sea]] in [[Russia]], rock carvings were discovered in 1926 and dated to 2000 or 2500 [[BCE]]. One of the [[Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea|White Sea carvings]] depicts hunting of big game with hunters on equal length skis. The hunters apparently used their bow and spear as poles.<ref name="Weinstock" />

5000-year-old wall paintings suggest skiing had also evolved separately in the [[Xinjiang]] region by the [[Tuvans|Tuvan people]]; however, this continues to be debated.<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Krichko|first=Kade|title=China's Stone Age Skiers and History's Harsh Lessons |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=19 April 2017|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/sports/skiing/skiing-china-cave-paintings.html|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Larsen|first=Nils|title=Origin Story: Where did skiing begin?|website=International Skiing History Association|date=12 June 2017|url=https://www.skiinghistory.org/news/origin-story-where-did-skiing-begin|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref>