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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">10.17746/1563-0110.2025.53.3.045-052</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">nsc-2268</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>PALEOENVIRONMENT. THE STONE AGE</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ПАЛЕОЭКОЛОГИЯ. КАМЕННЫЙ ВЕК</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>The Earliest Petroglyphs of Rashaan-Khad, Mongolia: New Observations</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/0000-0001-6256-4299</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Svoiskiy</surname><given-names>Y. M.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Svoiskiy Y.M., Engineer; Head</p><p>Staraya Basmannaya 21/4, bldg. 3-L, Moscow, 105066;</p><p>Proezd Rusanova 9, Moscow, 129323</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">rutil28@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3984-1950</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Levanova</surname><given-names>E. S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Levanova E.S., Head of the Palaeo Art Centre; Associate Professor</p><p>Miusskaya pl. 6, Moscow, 125047</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">paleoartlab@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/0000-0001-5138-9202</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Romanenko</surname><given-names>E. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Romanenko E.V., Specialist </p><p>Proezd Rusanova 9, Moscow, 129323</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">eromanenko@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-3"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5428-3129</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Uranchimeg</surname><given-names>D.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Uranchimeg D., Associate Professor, Director</p><p>Sukhbaatar district, 11th subdistrict, MNUAC bld. 2, Ulaanbaatar, 14180</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">uranchimeg_fineart@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-4"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Amarsanaa</surname><given-names>G.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Amarsanaa G., Senior Lecturer, Head of the Department of Painting and Sculpture</p><p>Sukhbaatar district, 11th subdistrict, MNUAC bld. 2, Ulaanbaatar, 14180</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">amarsan_g@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-4"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Ulziibayar</surname><given-names>D.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ulziibayar D., Scientifi c Secretary</p><p>Sukhbaatar district, 11th subdistrict, MNUAC bld. 2, Ulaanbaatar, 14180</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">uuujii802@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-4"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-1"><institution>Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies, National Research University – Higher School of Economics; RSSDA Laboratory</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-2"><institution>Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences; Russian State University for the Humanities</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-3"><institution>RSSDA Laboratory</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-4"><institution>Academy of Fine Arts, Mongolian National University of Arts and Culture</institution><country>Mongolia</country></aff><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>09</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>53</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>45</fpage><lpage>52</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Svoiskiy Y.M., Levanova E.S., Romanenko E.V., Uranchimeg D., Amarsanaa G., Ulziibayar D., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Svoiskiy Y.M., Levanova E.S., Romanenko E.V., Uranchimeg D., Amarsanaa G., Ulziibayar D.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Svoiskiy Y.M., Levanova E.S., Romanenko E.V., Uranchimeg D., Amarsanaa G., Ulziibayar D.</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/2268">https://journal.archaeology.nsc.ru/jour/article/view/2268</self-uri><abstract><p>We present preliminary findings relating to the Rashaan-Khad (Arshan-Khad, Mongolia) petroglyph site studied by the Russian-Mongolian expedition in 2016 and 2023. Special attention is paid to petroglyphs that, in A.P. Okladnikov’s words, appear archaic and those that can with various degree of certainty be interpreted as representations of Late Pleistocene mammals such as woolly rhinoceros or mammoths. Okladnikov wrote that six petroglyphs stand out mostly by their large size, carved outlines, «primitivism», and robustness. Our study has revealed eight figures that could be interpreted as those of large Upper Paleolithic animals or archaic-looking ungulates, but one of the figures published by Okladnikov has not been found. We discuss the correlation of such images with wavy lines, groups of intertwined lines, and what can be seen as a representation of a «bear paw print». Despite the limited time for fieldwork, we were able to identify panels especially relevant to the chronology of the site, refine the trace-drawings, obtain new data on already known images, and detect new ones. Comparison of petroglyphs published by Okladnikov in the 1980s with 3D-models and curvature maps based on them demonstrated yet again the need for and efficiency of advanced digital documentation in the study of rock art and the re-documentation of already known sites.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Mongolia</kwd><kwd>rock art</kwd><kwd>Rashaan-Khad</kwd><kwd>petroglyphs</kwd><kwd>Upper Paleolithic</kwd><kwd>3D-modeling</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Ankhsanaa G., Mijiddorj E., Davaatseren B., Taylor W.T.T. 2023 Rock art and early cultural dynamics in Eastern Mongolia. Asian Perspectives, vol. 62 (1): 2–20.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Ankhsanaa G., Mijiddorj E., Davaatseren B., Taylor W.T.T. 2023 Rock art and early cultural dynamics in Eastern Mongolia. 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