Pages: 137-151

The paper presents an overview of the Stone Age art objects discovered in the Ural Mountains. The oldest evidence of artistic activity in the region is dated to 33—35 kya. During the Stone Age, from the Upper Palaeolithic through Neolithic, the cult practice was associeted with cave and rock painting. The best known site with Upper Palaeolithic parietal art is Kapova Cave. In addition, Palaeolithic paintings were discovered in a number of caves on the Sim river, such as Ignatievskaya, Serpievskaya 2, and, presumably, Kiselevskaya. In addition, the sites of this period have yielded stone, bone, wooden and clay figurines, including small flint and pebble sculptures. Many tools, and first of all weapons, were decorated with engravings.

Keywords: Urals, Stone Age, painting, sculpture, engravings, ornaments.

Information about author:

Yury Serikov (Nizhny Tagil, Russian Federation). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Nizhny Tagil State Social and Pedagogical Academy. Krasnogvardeiskaya St., 57, Nizhny Tagil, Sverdlovsk Oblast, 622031, Russian Federation
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