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Petroglyphs of the Ukok Plateau

Petroglyphs of the Ukok Plateau DISCUSSION ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF PREHISTORIC ART DOI: 10.1134/S1563011007040081 V.I. Molodin and D.V. Cheremisin Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademika Lavrentieva 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia E-mail: cheremis@archaeology.nsc.ru Introduction provided specific evidence that bearers of different archaeological cultures reached the plateau. Multidisciplinary research conducted on the Ukok Plateau There is no doubt that the petroglyphs discovered during the period 1990 – 1996 has revealed a signifi cant by V.D. Kubarev, D. Tseveendorj, and E. Jacobson in volume of data on the rock art of this archaeological the Tsagan-Salaa and Baga-Oigur valleys are superior region. V.D. Kubarev (1980) was the first to provide to those located on the Ukok Plateau both in quantity information on petroglyphs executed on the rocks and and diversity. Evidently, the main migration routes moraine stones of this area. The present authors have and camping grounds of the nomadic pastoralists lay in addition recorded over 50 petroglyphic localities further south of the plateau’s southernmost mountain (Molodin, Cheremisin, Novikov, 2004), established their range and natural border. Nevertheless, the scientifi c chronological classifi cation, and made suggestions for signifi cance of the Ukok petroglyphs is great. Firstly, the interpretation of various compositions http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2007 by V.I. Molodin and D.V. Cheremisin
Subject
Social Sciences, general; Archaeology; Regional and Cultural Studies; Anthropology
ISSN
1563-0110
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1531-832X
DOI
10.1134/S1563011007040081
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Abstract

DISCUSSION ISSUES IN THE STUDY OF PREHISTORIC ART DOI: 10.1134/S1563011007040081 V.I. Molodin and D.V. Cheremisin Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Akademika Lavrentieva 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia E-mail: cheremis@archaeology.nsc.ru Introduction provided specific evidence that bearers of different archaeological cultures reached the plateau. Multidisciplinary research conducted on the Ukok Plateau There is no doubt that the petroglyphs discovered during the period 1990 – 1996 has revealed a signifi cant by V.D. Kubarev, D. Tseveendorj, and E. Jacobson in volume of data on the rock art of this archaeological the Tsagan-Salaa and Baga-Oigur valleys are superior region. V.D. Kubarev (1980) was the first to provide to those located on the Ukok Plateau both in quantity information on petroglyphs executed on the rocks and and diversity. Evidently, the main migration routes moraine stones of this area. The present authors have and camping grounds of the nomadic pastoralists lay in addition recorded over 50 petroglyphic localities further south of the plateau’s southernmost mountain (Molodin, Cheremisin, Novikov, 2004), established their range and natural border. Nevertheless, the scientifi c chronological classifi cation, and made suggestions for signifi cance of the Ukok petroglyphs is great. Firstly, the interpretation of various compositions

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Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of EurasiaSpringer Journals

Published: Feb 18, 2007

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