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Archaeology and Landscape in the Mongolian Altai: An Atlas
Archaeology and Landscape in the Mongolian Altai examines the distribution of ancient surface archaeology within the mountainous landscape of northwestern Mongolia. For thousands of years, this region has been inhabited by hunters and pastoral nomads who erected great stone altars, burial mounds, standing stones and stone images in the valleys through which they moved; they left behind them huge concentrations of rock art in the high valleys-images that effectively recount their lives.
- GenresArchaeology
209 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2009
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June 1, 2014
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Until 1994, the Mongolian Altai was terra incognita to the outside world. In that year, the authors began to survey the western-most part of that region. In the process of exploration, survey, and documentation, the authors were struck by the way ancient monuments were embedded and oriented in the surrounding landscape. The results of their fieldwork reveal a true cultural landscape, where the relationship of monuments to rivers, snow-covered ridges, and sacred mountains reflect ancient beliefs in the order of the natural world, the cosmos, and the place of humans within that universe.
The co-author is Esther Jacobson of The Deer Goddess Of Ancient Siberia: A Study In The Ecology Of Belief (from her dissertation).
This project has a site with digital archive:
http://mongolianaltai.uoregon.edu/ind...
Until 1994, the Mongolian Altai was terra incognita to the outside world. In that year, the authors began to survey the western-most part of that region. In the process of exploration, survey, and documentation, the authors were struck by the way ancient monuments were embedded and oriented in the surrounding landscape. The results of their fieldwork reveal a true cultural landscape, where the relationship of monuments to rivers, snow-covered ridges, and sacred mountains reflect ancient beliefs in the order of the natural world, the cosmos, and the place of humans within that universe.
The co-author is Esther Jacobson of The Deer Goddess Of Ancient Siberia: A Study In The Ecology Of Belief (from her dissertation).
This project has a site with digital archive:
http://mongolianaltai.uoregon.edu/ind...
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