Anatomy of Deep Time - Rock Art and Landscape in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia

Petroglyphic rock art in Mongolia's Altai Mountains is used to study the intersection of prehistoric culture and paleoenvironment.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. The natural context ¿ geology, the paloenvironment, vegetation, and fauna; 3. The complex of Aral Tolgoi; 4. The complex of Tsagaan Gol; 5. The complex of Baga Oigor; 6. Rock art and the anatomy of deep time.

Summary

Analysis of Petroglyphic rock art in three valleys of Mongolia's Altai Mountains begins to explain the rhythm of cultural manifestations: where rock art appears, when it disappears, and why. The material and this remote arena offer an ideal laboratory to study the intersection of prehistoric culture and paleoenvironment.

Product details

• Authors: Esther Jacobson-Tepfer, Jacobson-Tepfer Esther
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781108790086
• ISBN: 978-1-108-79008-6
• Series: Elements in Environmental Humanities; Elements in Environmental Huma
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Literary theory