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Camel scenes in the rock art of the Minusinsk Basin

Camel scenes in the rock art of the Minusinsk Basin DISCUSSION DOI: 10.1134/S1563011007040093 A.N. Mukhareva Kemerovo State University, Krasnaya 6, Kemerovo, 650043, Russia E-mail: mukhareva@mail.ru Despite the fact that rock art sites in the Minusinsk Basin project, including the present author, previously have been studied for more than a century, new images unknown petroglyphs have been copied and the site and even whole complexes are still being discovered in completely documented (Miklashevich, 2004a). Among this region. Petroglyphs have recently been discovered the new images revealed, compositions including camels at Bolshoi Ulaz Mount (Leontiev, Miklashevich, as well as individual camel images have particularly Mukhareva, 2005), at Lisichia Mount (Kovaleva, 2005), drawn researchers’ attention. etc. Regretfully, many of the petroglyphs are in a poor Since ancient times and to the present day, camels state of preservation. Whilst some are partly destroyed have been common in Central Asia – in the Altai, others have been totally obliterated. As a result, it is Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. In ancient times and during often diffi cult to piece together a true picture of the the Middle Ages, the Minusinsk Basin served as one of the “original” site. In such cases, archival and museum camel’s most northern habitats. Individual camel images materials (such as drawings and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia Springer Journals

Camel scenes in the rock art of the Minusinsk Basin

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2007 by A.N. Mukhareva
Subject
Social Sciences, general; Archaeology; Regional and Cultural Studies; Anthropology
ISSN
1563-0110
eISSN
1531-832X
DOI
10.1134/S1563011007040093
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Abstract

DISCUSSION DOI: 10.1134/S1563011007040093 A.N. Mukhareva Kemerovo State University, Krasnaya 6, Kemerovo, 650043, Russia E-mail: mukhareva@mail.ru Despite the fact that rock art sites in the Minusinsk Basin project, including the present author, previously have been studied for more than a century, new images unknown petroglyphs have been copied and the site and even whole complexes are still being discovered in completely documented (Miklashevich, 2004a). Among this region. Petroglyphs have recently been discovered the new images revealed, compositions including camels at Bolshoi Ulaz Mount (Leontiev, Miklashevich, as well as individual camel images have particularly Mukhareva, 2005), at Lisichia Mount (Kovaleva, 2005), drawn researchers’ attention. etc. Regretfully, many of the petroglyphs are in a poor Since ancient times and to the present day, camels state of preservation. Whilst some are partly destroyed have been common in Central Asia – in the Altai, others have been totally obliterated. As a result, it is Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. In ancient times and during often diffi cult to piece together a true picture of the the Middle Ages, the Minusinsk Basin served as one of the “original” site. In such cases, archival and museum camel’s most northern habitats. Individual camel images materials (such as drawings and

Journal

Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of EurasiaSpringer Journals

Published: Feb 18, 2007

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