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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">nsc</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Archaeology, Ethnology &amp; Anthropology of Eurasia</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Археология, этнография и антропология Евразии</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">1563-0110</issn><publisher><publisher-name>IAET SB RAS</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17746/1563-0110.2020.48.3.059-069</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">nsc-1020</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>THE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIOD</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ЭПОХА ПАЛЕОМЕТАЛЛА</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Petroglyphs of Mount Dyalbak, Eastern Altai</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title></trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8897-8454</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Konstantinov</surname><given-names>N. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Associate Professor</p><p>Lenkina 1, Gorno-Altaisk, 649000</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">nikita.knstntnv@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Konstantinova</surname><given-names>E. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Keeper of Museum Funds</p><p>Choros-Gurkina 46, Gorno-Altaisk, 649000</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">shtanakova.evgenia@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2000-4722</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Urbushev</surname><given-names>A. U.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p> Junior Researcher</p><p>Lenkina 1, Gorno-Altaisk, 649000</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">aidurbushev@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-1"><institution>Gorno-Altaisk State University</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-2"><institution>Anokhin National Museum of the Altai Republic</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2020</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>04</day><month>10</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>48</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>59</fpage><lpage>69</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Konstantinov N.A., Konstantinova E.A., Urbushev A.U., 2020</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Konstantinov N.A., Konstantinova E.A., Urbushev A.U.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Konstantinov N.A., Konstantinova E.A., Urbushev A.U.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/1020">https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/1020</self-uri><abstract><p>This study focuses on a petroglyph site of Mount Dyalbak in the northeastern part of Balyktuyul village, in the Ulagansky District, Altai Republic. Images are engraved mostly on horizontal planes of the Devonian limestone of which the mountain slope is composed. We give a detailed description of the documentation methods. Photography was carried out under the oblique natural light, though certain areas of the planes were photographed using fl ash. Engravings were copied mostly on a tablet computer. On the basis of visual observations, the condition of planes with petroglyphs is described, conclusions regarding the principal threats are given, and measures aimed at the preservation of the site are proposed. Rocks and planes with engravings are described in detail. Most images date to the Early Middle Ages. Their motifs and characters have numerous parallels in Central Asian art. There are scenes of hunting, armed fi ghting, and separate pictures of bows and quivers, relating to the cult of weapons and militarism. Two depicted warriors are holding spears with banners. Images of animals include those of mountain goats, reindeer, and boars. Some motifs are unusual: yurts and a pair of Siberian stags, male and female, related to the fertility cult. Some images, such as that of a chariot, date to the Late Bronze Age, while others, like those engraved on a separate small stone, are recent.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Petroglyphs</kwd><kwd>Altai</kwd><kwd>Turkic period</kwd><kwd>Early Middle Ages</kwd><kwd>Dyalbak</kwd><kwd>hunting scene</kwd><kwd>chariot</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">This study was supported by the RF President grant for the state support of young Russian scholars, MK-1413.2019.6</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Cheremisin D.V. 2004 Results of the most recent investigations into petroglyphs of the Ancient Turkic period in the Southeastern Russian Altai. 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