Open AccessAs related to the interpretation of the "Map"from the Paleolithic settlement of Mezhirich (Ukraine)
Author(s) -
Eskander Baitenov
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
k̦azak̦ bas sa̋ulet-k̦u̇rylys akademiâsynyn̦ habaršysy/k̦azak̦ memlekettìk sa̋ulet-k̦u̇rylys akademiâsynyn̦ habaršysy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2788-6948
pISSN - 1680-080X
DOI - 10.51488/1680-080x/2021.1-03
Subject(s) - engraving , settlement (finance) , mammoth , archaeology , interpretation (philosophy) , geography , geology , art , visual arts , philosophy , world wide web , computer science , payment , linguistics
The engraving applied on the mammoth’s tusk that has been discovered at Mezhirich Paleolithic settlement is traditionally interpreted as the plan of the settlement which reflects four frontally located dwellings surrounded by landscapes (a river, trees etc.). Some other versions of the above interpretation have been also suggested. The author of the paper has offered a somewhat different explanation of the specified engraving – four frontally located elements of the engraving are not four separate dwellings, they reproduce the fragments of the same so-called first dwelling, and the other engraved plots of the drawing are suggested to be the analogs of the rest three dwellings of Mezhirich settlement.