PETROGLYPHS-SYMBOLS OF THE NORTHERN BALKHASH REGION IN KAZAKHSTAN (ANTIQUITY AND THE MIDDLE AGES)

Proceedings in Archaeology and History of Ancient and Medieval Black Sea Region, 2024

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DOI 10.53737/2713-2021.2024.14.71.001
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Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of petroglyphs-symbols founded in the figurative monuments of the Northern Balkhash Region and Betpakdala and having complex mythological content, which is repeated in the form of symbolic signs similar in iconography, found over vast geographical spaces. These include images of solar signs, labyrinths, lattices, as well as some animals, chariots, anthropomorphic characters and clan’s tamgas. The analogies proposed by the authors indicate the vast geography of their distribution and contacts of the local population with the southern regions of Central Asia both in the Bronze Age and in subsequent historical periods. Статья посвящена анализу петроглифов-символов, обнаруженных в изобразительных памятниках Северного Прибалхашья и Бетпакдалы, имеющих сложное мифологическое содержание, которое повторяется в виде сходных по иконографии символических знаков, встречающихся на обширных географических пространствах. К ним относятся изображения солярных знаков, лабиринтов, решеток, а также некоторых животных, колесниц, антропоморфных персонажей и родовых (клановых) тамг. Предложенные авторами аналогии указывают на обширную географию их распространения и контакты местного населения с южными регионами Центральной Азии как в эпоху бронзы, так и в последующие исторические периоды.