Pages: 103-125

The article presents new data obtained in the course of excavations in the Drawings Hall of the Kapova Cave (upper level) in 2004—2005. Special attention is given to the questions of protection and conservation of ancient images. The author widely cites from unpublished reports of art restorers who worked in Bader’s expedition in the 1970s. These materials show that some of the images that were previously regarded as newly discovered had in fact been recorded by O. N. Bader as early as the beginning of the 1970s. It is stressed that joint efforts of specialists working in different fields (archaeologists, geologists, art restorers, etc.) are needed to secure preservation of the Kapova paintings.

Keywords: Southern Ural, Kapova Cave, Late Palaeolithic, cave paintings.

Information about authors:

Tatiana Shcherbakova (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences.
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