The oldest art of the Eurasian Arctic: personal ornaments and symbolic objects from Yana RHS, Arctic Siberia
2012; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 86; Issue: 333 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0003598x00047827
ISSN1745-1744
AutoresVladimir V. Pitulko, Elena Y. Pavlova, Pavel A. Nikolskiy, Varvara V. Ivanova,
Tópico(s)Indigenous Studies and Ecology
ResumoThe excavated site termed Yana RHS is dated to about 28000 BP and contained a stunning assemblage of ornamented and symbolic objects—the earliest art to be excavated in the Arctic zone. Decorated beads, pendants and needles connect the site to the Eurasian Upper Palaeolithic; but other forms and ornaments are unparalleled. Shallow dishes and anthropomorphic designs on mammoth tusks find echoes among hunting practice and shamanistic images of the indigenous Yukaghir people recorded in the early twentieth century.
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