Enigmatic World of Ancient Graffiti

Rock Art in Chukotka. The Chaunskaya Region, Russia

By (author) Margarita Kir’yak Translated by Richard L. Bland

Book cover: Enigmatic World of Ancient Graffiti

Extent: 172 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: Art & Art History, European Prehistory, Slavic Studies

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(November 2015)

ISBN: 9781784911881

6.89 x 9.65 inches

Price: $64.00

In stock

This monograph is devoted to small forms of engraving on stone. It summarises the archaeological material obtained during the course of excavations at the Rauchuvagytgyn I site in northern Cukotka (dated to 2500 years ago). The book analyses the content and semantics of the pictorial resources and ethnic identification is made.


This monograph is devoted to small forms of engraving on stone. It summarizes the archaeological material obtained during the course of excavations at the Rauchuvagytgyn I site (dated to 2500 years ago) in northern Chukotka. The book analyzes the content and semantics of the pictorial resources, and ethnic identification is made. The interpretive part of the study raises issues of an ideological character and brings one closer to the inaccessible realm of ideas and concepts of the ancients. This well-illustrated book is directed primarily toward archaeologists, ethnographers, historians, and fine art experts but will also be of interest to a broad range of readers.

Translator’s Introduction

Preface

Introduction

Chapter I. Cultural and Chronological Characteristics of the Rauchuvagytgyn I Site

Chapter II. The Semantic Interpretation of the Graffiti

Chapter III. Ethnic Identification of the Ymyyakhtakh Culture Conclusion

Postscript

References

Appendix

  • By (author) Margarita Kir’yak
  • Translated by Richard L. Bland