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The Angara Rock Art Style and the Emergence of Ethno‐Cultural Identity
Author(s) -
Ponomareva Irina A.,
Taçon Paul S.C.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/ojoa.12154
Subject(s) - rock art , style (visual arts) , ethnic group , identity (music) , cultural identity , archaeology , structuring , anthropology , bronze age , history , aesthetics , sociology , art , social science , political science , negotiation , law
Summary This paper focuses on a stylistic analysis of depictions of elk in Siberian rock art in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. The aim of this paper is to go beyond the cultural and chronological attributions of rock art and to try to understand why and through what processes changes in rock‐art style occurred. In order to answer these questions, the phenomena of ethnicity and ethno‐cultural identity are explored. Rock art is not considered as a passive reflection of past ethno‐cultural groups but rather as an active agent in structuring social identities.