The Anatomy of Deep Time
The Anatomy of Deep Time
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USDPetroglyphic rock art in three valleys of Mongolia's Altai Mountains reveals the anatomy of deep time at the boundary between Central and North Asia. Inscribed over a period of twelve millennia, its subject matter, styles, and manner of execution reflect the constraints of changing geology, climate, and vegetation. These valleys were created and shaped by ancient glaciers. Analysis of their physical environment, projected from the deep past to the present, 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.
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September 2020Adobe eBook Reader
9781108846844
0 pages
50 b/w illus.
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Table 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.
