Yinshan Rock Art Tiger Leaping Panel
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE)·Multi-period rock art·🇨🇳 Inner Mongolia, Yinshan, China
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About Yinshan Rock Art Tiger Leaping Panel
Yinshan Rock Art Tiger Leaping Panel in Inner Mongolia, Yinshan, China is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal panel 12 m long × 3 m high and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 41.0240N 110.3210E controls access to Inner Mongolia resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey rock art for Inner Mongolia, Yinshan, illustrating Multi-period rock art construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Meaning of iconographic motifs
- 02Dating of superimposed phases
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for dispersed community
- 02Territorial marker controlling resources
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. 15000 BCE–500 CE
- Period
- Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE)
- Culture
- Multi-period rock art
- Purpose
- Rock art sanctuary and ritual landscape with petroglyphs/pictographs
- Rediscovered
- 1997 survey
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 15000 BCE–500 CE
Initial construction of Yinshan Rock Art Tiger Leaping Panel main structure
c. 1937
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1997–2012
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Yinshan Rock Art Tiger Leaping Panel) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
41.0240° N · 110.3210° E · 339 m · 3 mapped features
Yinshan Rock Art Tiger Leaping Panel — Main Structure
panelPrincipal rock art — Panel 12 m long × 3 m high with diagnostic masonry/panel
41.0248° N · 110.3219° EYinshan Rock Art Tiger Leaping Panel — Ancillary Complex
complexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature
41.0230° N · 110.3203° EYinshan Rock Art Tiger Leaping Panel — Peripheral Feature
outlierPeripheral feature with petroglyph panel extension
41.0255° N · 110.3222° E