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The Solar Stag of the Chamalals and Tindals and other masonry petroglyphs in the upper Andiiskoe Koisu region of Dagestan and their relationships to similar phenomena in the mountain communities of the Caucasus: Socio-ecological and historical perspectives

open access: yesЮг России: экология, развитие, 2022
Aim. Following the discovery of a number of iconographically unique masonry petroglyphs depicting a red deer solar stag (i.e. bearing the sun between its antlers) in settlements of the Chamalal ethno‐linguistic group in the upper Andiiskoe Koisu region ...
G. Petherbridge   +8 more
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Pazyryk-type burial and petroglyphs of the Tausamaly archaeological complex

open access: yesTurkic Studies Journal, 2022
The article presents the results of a research work carried out at the archaeological complex of Tausamaly. The complex consists of a large burial ground and accumulations of petroglyphs.
Sergey Yarygin
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El-Gendi Fortress: a new military and religious geo-archaeological site, Sinai, Egypt: geomorphological and hydrogeological remarks

open access: yesHeritage Science, 2023
El-Gendi Fortress is a unique geo-archaeological site in Sinai, Egypt. It reflects the progress of the Islamic military architecture during Saladin’s reign (Salah ad-din al Ayyubi), the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (1174-1260AD).
Hesham M. El-Asmar   +2 more
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Petroglyphs of the Ala-Tei Mountain (New Discoveries of Rock Art in the Upper Reaches of the Yenisey River)

open access: yesАрхеология евразийских степей, 2021
The article introduces into scientific discourse the new petroglyphs of the Ulug-Khem Depression in the Republic of Tuva. The main focus of research is a new monument of rock art - the sanctuary of the Ala-Tei sacred mountain.
Igor A. Bondar, Ekaterina N. Lenkova
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Russian meteorite of the Bronze Age (rock record) [PDF]

open access: yesArchaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2014
This paper presents the results of the study of petroglyphs found in the quartzite grotto near the Skelnovsky small village in the Northern Black Sea in the South of Russia. The aim of the study was the analysis and interpretation of the Early Bronze Age
Vodolazhskaya, L.N., Nevsky, M.Yu.
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The archaeology of rock art in Northern Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The first reports on the rock art of north Africa were written in the mid-nineteenth century. Since then, rock art has become a key area of African archaeological research.
DI LERNIA, Savino
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New Discoveries of Petroglyphs in Vangchhia

open access: yesJournal of Neolithic Archaeology, 2019
Vangchhia is a small village in Mizoram, lying on the Indo-Myanmar border. Many engraved menhirs were discovered at Vangchhia during the course of exploration. Also, petroglyphs were found in four localities of this particular village.
Salam Shyam Singh
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The Newfound Petroglyphs at Aso, Birjand, Eastern Iran [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Archaeological Studies, 2018
Located only 300 meters south of the village of Aso in a mountainous landscape, the so-called Aso petroglyphs wereidentified and analyzed as part of archeological and anthropological surveys in 2013.
Hamid Reza Ghorbani, Sara Sadeghi
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Rock art research as landscape archaeology: a pilot study in Galicia, north-west Spain [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
[EN] Like so much rock art, the Neolithic/Bronze Age petroglyphs of Galicia have been studied mainly as a source of stylistic information. This paper contends that it may be more rewarding to see them as a vital component of the prehistoric landscape. In
Bradley, Richard   +2 more
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Newfound Petroglyphs of Qonaq Qiran, Ardabil, NW Iran [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Archaeological Studies
Petroglyphs, as one of the earliest forms of art, are highly valued evidence in fields such as archaeology, art history, and anthropology. A significant number of petroglyphs have thus far been identified and documented throughout Iran, with Northwestern
Zahra Almasipeyman   +3 more
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