New Interpretation of the Engraving Discovered at Mezhirich Upper Paleolithic Site
Authors
Eskander Baitenov1, *
1The Faculty of Architecture, Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Almaty, Kazakhstan
*Corresponding author. Email: bajte@mail.ru
Corresponding Author
Eskander Baitenov
Available Online 25 November 2021.
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.211125.155How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Mezhirich; Upper Paleolithic Period; Dwelling erected from the mammoths’ bones; Engraving; Mammoth’s tusk; Paleolithic Art
- Abstract
There have been suggested diverse interpretations of the engraving on a piece of mammoth’s tusk which has been discovered at the Mezhirich upper Paleolithic site (Ukraine). The author suggests other version of the engraving’s interpretation – the four elements that are placed frontally are the fragments of the “façade” of the so called first dwelling. The left plots on the engraving represent “facades” of the three other constructions. The form of the plate resembles almost fully the hypsometry of the Mezhirich cape. The placement of the facades on the plate is correlated in general with the location of the dwellings on the cape. The engraving is suggested to be closely connected with the rituals related symbols.
- Copyright
- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Eskander Baitenov PY - 2021 DA - 2021/11/25 TI - New Interpretation of the Engraving Discovered at Mezhirich Upper Paleolithic Site BT - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Architecture: Heritage, Traditions and Innovations (AHTI 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 85 EP - 93 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211125.155 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211125.155 ID - Baitenov2021 ER -