Kalbak-Tash II Yaloman Central Panel
Калбак-Таш II — Яломан борбордук · Yaloman Terrace Central · Chuya Yaloman II
Bronze Age to Early Medieval·Andronovo, Saka, Turkic·🇷🇺 Altai Republic, Ongudai District, Chuya Valley, Russia
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About Kalbak-Tash II Yaloman Central Panel
Central Yaloman terrace 200 m above Chuya at 723 km tract, a 40-m-wide sandstone cliff with 180 peckings of Kalgutinsky elk, Saka deer-masks and Turkic horsemen. Latticed anthropomorph panel K-31 with grid-body human unique in Altai. Documented Okladnikova 2011, latticed petroglyphs temple/barn Mother Goddess interpretation.
Why it mattersKey petroglyph sequence for pastoral rock-art tradition.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Interpretation of anthropomorphs
- 02Chronology of overlays
Theories
- 01Solar cult
- 02Clan territory marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.2000 BCE–800 CE
- Period
- Bronze Age to Early Medieval
- Culture
- Andronovo, Saka, Turkic
- Builders
- Steppe pastoralists
- Purpose
- Open-air shrine and clan territorial marking in mountain corridor
- Abandoned
- c.800 CE
- Rediscovered
- 19th c. antiquarians; systematic 1946–1960
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c.2000 BCE
Earliest peckings
c.800 BCE
Saka recarving
1950s
Systematic mapping
2004
Heritage listing
On the ground
Structures & features
50.1350° N · 86.6720° E · 720 m · 2 mapped features
Central Panel — Elk Cow Herd (Panel K-12)
petroglyph panel4-m sandstone face with 7 elk cows led by stag, Kalgutinsky style
50.1355° N · 86.6725° ELatticed Anthropomorph (Panel K-31)
petroglyph panelGrid-body human with headdress and raised arms, Bronze Age
50.1345° N · 86.6715° E
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