The Anatomy of Deep Time: Rock Art and Landscape in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia

by Esther Jacobson-Tepfer

Petroglyphic rock art in three valleys of Mongolia's Altai Mountains reveals the anatomy of deep time at the boundary between Central and North Asia. Inscribed over a period of twelve millennia, its subject matter, styles, and manner of execution reflect the constraints of changing geology, climate, and vegetation. These valleys were created and shaped by ancient glaciers. Analysis of their physical environment, projected from the deep past to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108790089
• ISBN13: 9781108790086
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"