nscArchaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of EurasiaАрхеология, этнография и антропология Евразии1563-0110IAET SB RAS10.17746/1563-0110.2022.50.3.113-120nsc-1507Research ArticleTHE METAL AGES AND MEDIEVAL PERIODЭПОХА ПАЛЕОМЕТАЛЛАThe State of Preservation of the Shakhty Rock Art Site and the Prospects of Its Conservationhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2033-7850AbolonkovaI. V.

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Tomskaya 5a, Kemerovo, 650099

abolonirina@mail.ruSayfulloevN. N.

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Hieboni Rudaki 33, Dushanbe, 734025

sayfulloev.nuritdin@gmail.comhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6164-4094DedovI. E.

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Pr. Akademika Lavrentieva 17, Novosibirsk, 630090

11.dedov.com@gmail.comKuzbass Museum-Reserve “Tomskaya Pisanitsa”Russian FederationDonish Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of TajikistanRussian FederationInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of SciencesRussian Federation202206102022503113120Copyright © Abolonkova I.V., Sayfulloev N.N., Dedov I.E., 20222022Abolonkova I.V., Sayfulloev N.N., Dedov I.E.Abolonkova I.V., Sayfulloev N.N., Dedov I.E.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/1507

This article deals with the preservation of the Shakhty rock art site, discovered in the Eastern Pamirs in 1958 by the leading Central Asian Stone Age researcher V.A. Ranov. The analysis of photographs taken in the Shakhty rock shelter during the 2019 survey revealed the nature of destructive processes at the site due to environmental conditions of the Eastern Pamir highland. The article integrates the results of analysis of Ranov’s archives at the Donish Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Tajikistan. Thanks to Ranov’s diaries and photographs, it was possible in 2019 to assess the degree of erosion on the rock surface, and the loss of fragments of painted images over more than 60 years. Emergency areas requiring conservation efforts were identified. Principles of conservation and restoration of rock art are outlined, and an overview of techniques developed for sites of this type in the post-Soviet space in the last quarter of the 20th century is presented. State of the art conservation methods for rock art, which, in the future, can be applied for the preservation of emergency areas at Shakhty, are described. A set of measures is suggested to preserve this site.

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