Title The anatomy of deep time : Rock art and landscape in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia / Esther Jacobson-Tepfer

Published Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (84 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Cambridge elements. Elements in environmental humanities, 2632-3125 Cambridge elements. Elements in evolutionary economics. Contents Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- The Anatomy of Deep Time: Rock Art and Landscape in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- The Study of North Asian Rock Art -- Rock Art and Archaeology -- The Petrology of Rock Art -- Rock Art and the Natural Environment: Implications for Further Study -- 2 The Natural Context: Geology, the Paleoenvironment, Vegetation, and Fauna -- Glaciation and Impacts on the Human Presence -- Vegetation Regimes -- Faunal Regimes -- 3 The Complex of Aral Tolgoi -- The Rock Art of Aral Tolgoi -- 4 The Complex of Tsagaan Gol -- 5 The Complex of Baga Oigor -- 6 Rock Art and the Anatomy of Deep Time -- References 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 14, 2020) Subject Rock paintings -- Mongolia Petroglyphs -- Mongolia Petroglyphs -- Altai Mountains Landscapes -- Mongolia Landscapes -- Altai Mountains Landscapes Antiquities Petroglyphs Rock paintings Altai Mountains -- Antiquities Asia -- Altai Mountains Mongolia Form Electronic book ISBN 9781108855518 1108855512

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