Pages: 203-218 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp222203218
The article is dedicated to cave drawings from Shakhty and Kurteke sites located in the high mountain areas of the Pamir. The main studies at these sites were carried out by V. A. Ranov in the late 1950s and 1960s of 20th century. The re-documenting of these drawings in 2019 and the processing of the received photographs by DStretch refined the contours and details of some images, important for attribution and subsequent interpretation. These data called into question some of the earlier analogies from rock art of adjoining territories, and also allowed to attract new analogies. On the basis of the analysis of sources, the possible chronological boundaries of the creation of rock drawings in the Eastern Pamir were clarified. It is assumed that images of the Shakhty rock-shelter can be dated within the range of Mesolithic to the Bronze Age. Some of the drawings of the Kurteke may be attributed to the Bronze Age, but this does not preclude an earlier date of the rest of the imagery of the site.
Keywords: Eastern Pamir, rock art, paintings, Shakhty, Kurteke
Information about authors:
Lidia Zotkina (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Akademik Lavrentiev Ave., 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1912-3882
Irina Abolonkova (Kemerovo, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. Kuzbass Museum-Reserve “Tomskaya Pisanitsa”. Tomskaya St., 5a, Kemerovo, 650099, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2033-7850
Saltanat Alisher kyzy (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation). Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Akademik Lavrentiev Ave., 17, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3138-0942
Nuritdin Sayfulloev (Dushanbe, Tajikistan). Candidate of Historical Sciences. A. Donish Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan. Rudaki Ave., 33, Dushanbe, 734025, Tajikistan
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8540-2145