Detail of RA_PETR_TG_0388, showing the way in which the small animal was pecked over the large elk and the differences between the large and small elk in pecking quality and patina.
Small, vital elk with large antlers; dense, re-patinated pecking. Contrast fine, indirect pecking of the elk with the cruder, direct execution of the more recent goat on the right. Flat, scraped bedrock.
One large elk, two unfinished elk, on horizontal surface, deeply mineralized, on high outcrop. Images have been crowded by later ibex and unknown animal and overlaid by modern writing.
Archaic contoured image of an antlered elk with legs reduced to two tapered shapes. A pecked line of uncertain significance crosses the body of the animal. On a boulder in an area with many archaic images.
Sloping surface of outcrop. Two archers with recurved bows. One archer wears a three-horned headdress. Above are two fine, darkly patinated and almost invisible elk. Below is a cruder elk, apparently the animal being hunted.
Panel with large elk and confronting elk and moose, several small hunters and dogs. The scene suggests the representation of a narrative. The appearance of the moose is indicative of a wetter period in the past when the climate would have supported a richer riparian vegetation.
Three elegantly pecked elk—a cow and two stags—on a flat , high surface. Note that the animals are rendered as if after carved bone or wood or after cast metal prototypes from the Tagar Period.
Horizontal surface with several animals reflecting three different periods: a Bronze Age yak, below; a fine, stylized deer with exaggerated antlers, above; and a somewhat later, still whitish realistic elk on the right.
Slab covered with large elk images and other animals; a small archer-hunter is visible above the animals. The slab has fallen from the cliff against which it is leaning. One of the large animals has been recently repecked.
Deeply grooved elk and smaller horse, under lichen. The elk's body has been crossed with deep grooves, the horse's head is obscured. Below the horse is a silhouetted, inverted animal. Other images appear vaguely under the lichen.
Elk, body almost completely obscured by abrasions and lichen. The animal's head and body have been filled in by lichen. On steep, upper slope of section.
Large scraped and polished outcrop with domestic scene of a woman leading two huge bulls, a small dwelling, and various other animals. View here is to the north, toward Shiveet Khairkhan.
Hunter drawing bow towards two large elk, one with internal spots. Other animals, some much lighter in patination but not necessarily done later. Hunter wears belted tunic typical of the Early Nomads.
Broken, worn surface sloping to the north with a large elk (1 m), two smaller elk, and an argali crossing the haunch of the large animal. The large animal's elegant head, vestigial legs and heavy body indicate the considerable antiquity of the image.
Red slab with images of large elk, deer, and dogs; in lower right section, a horned hunter holding several dogs on leashes and a second figure with readied bow.
Three fine stags and other animals on the rough surface of a large boulder. Not long antlers of the stags. The goat in the lower right is later in execution.
Large elk over older animal, one of them with double bull tail. Small hunters and wolves or dogs in upper left. Below the elk, small boar, other animals. Overlay.
Detail of large surface: large elk that has been pecked over an earlier scene. Note that the elk and several of the smaller animals have been more recently retouched, and that a coiled horn above the elk's back indicates earlier images.
Elk and two frontal figures on a smooth surface partially overgrown by vegetation. The rough pecking, the combination of silhouette and contours for the treatment of the elk, the simplification of the legs and the sense of the animal's massive realism indicate an archaic execution. The figures appear to be executed with the same technique.
Massive, table-like boulder (""Table Rock"") covered with images all in same style and with same patina. Subjects include moose, elk, hunting scene, and a probable birthing woman.On a hidden terrace overlooking the BO valley.
Detail of massive ""Table Rock,"" with hunter in upper left carrying a large weapon and approaching a moose surrounded by dogs. A fine elk in the lower left and a birthing woman in the center.
Two elk, male and female, followed by a fine wolf; on sloping slab on high terrace, east end of complex. Two other crude images and one ""lost"" image below. Note that the pecked surface of the large elk has fallen out revealing the grey and flaking matrix.
Very damaged, vertical surface with two elegant elk surrounded by wolves. The head of the larger elk has been partially lost, the pecked surface of the smaller animal has partially fallen out.
Detail of slab, rotated as it would have been found originally. The small hunter is visible in the upper right and small dogs are visible around several of the elk.
Detail of two fine elk in center of hunting scene; third elk lost under lichen. Animals are viewed in a partial three-quarter view; they have cleanly contoured bodies, dense pecking, large and elegant antlers.
Arzhan-style deer with curious mineralization in area of chest around stone fracture. Its antlers are considerably lighter in tone: added later? Compare the variation in re-patination on this figure with the cruder, later goat on the left. Vertical surface.
Detail of animals scratched and engraved into scraped, polished surface: note greenish patina of central elk, repatinated engraved lines; addition (later) of scratched elements.