La défense de Mammouth gravée, modélisée par photogrammétrie.
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L’article “Camel images of the Paleolithic Age on the Tom river in West Siberia” par Esin, Y.; Magail, J.; Monna, F.; Ozheredov, Y.I. vient d’être publié dans Journal of Historical, Philological and Cultural Studies, 2019, 2 , 41–68 (en russe).
Ce travail, initié par Yury Esin (Institut d’archéologie et d’histoire, Abakan, Russie) concerne une défense de Mammouth exceptionnelle, découverte en 1988 sur les berges de la rivière Tom (Sibérie). Deux chameaux et probablement une figure anthropomorphe sont gravés à la surface de cette défense, datée aux alentours de 13000 cal. BP. La technique utilisée est typique du paléolithique supérieur tardif de Sibérie de l’Ouest. Il s’agirait des plus anciennes représentations de chameaux en Asie.
Abstract. The article is devoted to engravings on a fragment of a mammoth tusk from lower reaches of the Tom River in West Siberia. It was found in 1988 during construction works on the outskirts of Seversk and transferred to the Tomsk University, but for a long time it has been remained out of specialists’ view. According to the results of AMS dating its age is 13100‒13005 Cal BP. On the surface of the object four two-humped camels with arrows and wounds in the
body and possibly an anthropomorphic figure are depicted. The sequence of their application is established. Camels form two pairs, heads facing each other. Each pair can be perceived as an independent composition and as a part of a general composition on the object. Pairs of the opposed animals are correlated to the habit of natural behavior of camels – fights of males during mating season. The most important stylistic feature of the images is a series of short transverse lines along the contour of the figures, representing wool. This technique is typical for the Upper Palaeolithic of Europe and detected in the Late Upper Palaeolithic of West Siberia. The comparative analysis of animals on the tusk with images of camels in caves of the southern Urals, in art of South Siberia and Central Asia is carried out. It is concluded that at present the images of camels on the tusk from the Tom River are the oldest in Asia. Their discovery in this area is consistent with the hypothesis of the emergence of mobile population groups from more southern territories in the Late Upper Palaeolithic in West Siberia.