Variety of animals; stags with variety of antlers, ibex with large horns, two hunters. Scraped, rolled bedrock surface; natural pits have been enlarged artifically at some time in the past.
Surface high on eastern ridge of Shiveet Khairkhan with a variety of images: hunter, upper left, from the Bronze Age; two figures in combat, left (Bronze Age); large yak with load and goats (Late Bronze Age); stylized ibex with curled horn (Early Iron Age).
Rider in Early Nomadic costume, drawing bow. In his gorytus is held another bow. Rendition of rider and his horse is fine, that of the other animals is uncertain. Flat bedrock surface with deep scrape.
Composition extended over large, broken outcrop: horses with stiff, upright manes; group of argali approached by wolves; and in upper right, a hunter walking toward the argali with bow readied.
Section of ""Large Panel,"" with stag with elaborate parcelling, small archer on left and dog and small figure (unfinished; unrelated?) on right. Scraped, discolored surface.
Large hunting scene with small archer, a woman standing above and to the left (?), many animals including some finely pecked goats, below. On boulder with scraped, cracked surface.
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.
Crude archer drawing long bow in direction of a large stag attacked by two dogs or wolves; second figure approaches from the right. On boulder surface.
View of one hunting scene: hunters with bows, large bull, many small animals. On vertical surface of broken outcrop. Note variation in patina possibly as a result of the varied mineral character of surface.
Caravan scene with woman leading a yak on which is a large (older?) figure. On either side and below, archers hunting wild animals. On worn section of Large Panel. The character of the pecking, patina, and style suggests a scene by one hand.
Small hunter with mushroom shaped hat and two boar—one executed in a fine late Bronze Age style (Arzhan?), the other cruder. On a badly ruined, over-pecked vertical surface.
Small boulder with scene of a hunter, several dogs, a large moose (?) identifiable by its bell, and, possibly, a stag. If this is a moose image, it suggests a relatively late date for the transition to a climate too dry for such animals. On right bank of Khar Salaa just above confluence with Tsagaan Salaa.
Hunting scene using the boulder as a landscape: archer approaching capris, large deer; behind, a large nursing wolf or dog. Above the wolf and on other side of the curved surface, a fine, recumbent bull.
Group of images on vertical, broken surface; four figures, each with different implements and weapons, one holding two large sticks (?), another drawing his bow, a third tall figure with spear and what may be a dagger in his belt. Compare this last figure with that in RA_PETR_TG_0822.
Scene with large elk surrounded by dogs and goats, followed by a hunter shooting long bow. Vertical snake (?) on the left. Small surface of broken boulder.
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.
View of large boulder dominating East Ritual Site, with several stylized deer, birthing women, hunting scenes and dwellings on upper part of stone. Entire stone has been pecked over, as if in a ritual activity. Stone faces out from the ritual site toward Turegtiin Ikh Uul on the south.
Group of images including a hunter with horned headdress, bow, and throwing stone; a large yak; and four birds, possibly a kind of vulture. The stag is probably of a later time. On a sloping boulder in a high draw of the section.
Detail of hunting scene: two hunters, in profile, shooting at an elk stuck with many arrows. Below, a cow elk attacked by dogs. Pecking is crude and some of the images may be overpecked.
Detail with fine archer with quiver and drawn bow, nursing wolf or dog above, running goats. Note lacquer-like whitened patina of wolf, transition of patina as boulder descends.
Large hunting scene of the type ""life-line,"" with several archers on the left and many animals, all attached by a continuous line. On vertical surface of large boulder. This is the most complicated of several ""life-line"" compositions in the Khar Chuluut section. A large area at the bottom of the boulder has been cleared to reveal more hunters and animals. See second view, RA_PETR_TG_0817.
Small hunter with drawn bow facing two goats arranged on a trail. A small dog chases the large goat and what looks like a horse stands below, perhaps awaiting the hunter. The pecked surface has fallen off the images leaving the matrix revealed. Broken bedrock surface.
Group of figures on left side of curved outcropping. Bulls, goats, argali below. In center left, a single female figure (?) with long braids. Several hunters, one with a large bow with extended tips, another leading a horse as he draws his bow. The upper group appears to have been executed later than the lower group of images.
Shattered surface of outcrop covered with several layers of imagery: hunting scenes, chariot with horses laid feet to feet, one wheel overlaid by a large animal; and a large elk (upper right) which seems to have been pecked over an argali with elaborate horn.
Stylized ibex superimposed on earlier scratched scene involving two indeterminate animals (behind) and a hunter with long bow (on right). On scraped, horizontal bedrock high on eastern ridge of Shiveet Khairkhan.
Detail of the front section of the stylized stag showing areas of overlay: dog or wolf attacking the neck of the large stag overlays a smaller stag; and large stag's front leg overlays the antlers and arrows of a small stag on the left. Two hunters on foot, one unfinished (?), the bow of the lower hunter possibly finished at a later time.
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.
Large figure in Early Nomadic tunic overlaying scene with three smaller Bronze Age archers. The large horses belong with the large central figure; the original archers should be paired with the small goats. Modern writing on far left. Broken slab.
Detail of hunting scene in form of ""life-line"". Three figures visible on left; one seems to be holding a throwing stone as if to fling it; the other two figures may have bows or other weapons. Note that the animals are done in a variety of ways, including parcelling and partial contouring.
Surface with large hunter wearing horned headdress and carrying a recurve bow fitted with arrow. To his right, an axle with spoke wheels and below him, a stag and a cart with spoke wheels, large basket, and unclear elements in the front.
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.
Detail of large boulder, with hunter shooting to the left, flying birds, wolves and other animals. Here as on the other two large boulders covered with apparently narrative compositions, the pecking is worn and shallow, often difficult to read.
Three archers shooting at a long-horned bull; other animals include large elk, goats, dogs. On vertical surface of broken slab. Style and subject of a hunt for a wild bull suggests Late Bronze Age, but the very white patina is a problem.
Two hunters attached by so-called ""life line"" to a series of animals mounting up the rock face. On deeply varnished, fractured outcrop. This ""life-line"" composition is one of three in this immediate area (Khar Chuluut). Style of figures suggests that the lower group (with hunters) was done later than the upper group.
Detail of RA_PETR_TG_0929, with large stag, archer/rider, a small dog, a goat, and what may be a large wolf or dog. All images are executed with the same technique and style, indicating one composition and date, different from that of the light-colored riders in the full scene. Surface deeply scraped.
Large archer shooting at elk-like animal. These have been laid over an earlier scene, in which the small figures on the left were hunting an animal covered, now, by the more recent one. Below, a large figure with spear (?), apparently unrelated to the first scene. Large, sloping surface, scraped and rough.
Detail of flat, worn slab with deep red surface; two large yaks on left, two wheeled vehicles in center, and faint hunter with several animals.Located on high east ridge of Shiveet Khairkhan.
Crudely pecked scene with two wheeled vehicles. That on the left has two drivers in the basket. The driver of the cart on the left is shooting his bow to his right. Both carts have solid wheels, although the original form may have popped out. Both carts are pulled by two horses, roughly formed.
Detail of hind section of stylized stag showing levels of overlay: large stag's hind leg over the back hip of a small stag, and the dog biting at the rear thigh of the stylized stag overlaying the antlers of the smaller stag, below.
Detail of Large Panel: chariot drawn by two horses, yoked but without reins. Driver stands in basket and appears to be shooting an arrow toward a small animal. Other animals by same hand; modern scratched elements.
Section of Large Panel with chariot in upper right with driver/hunter; hunter on foot overlaid by spotted boar executed in same style as felines elsewhere on Large Panel.
Group of figures that may or may not be related: archer in spoke wheeled cart drawn by two horses, small animal, and rider with tall headdress. On horizontal surface of rise.
Two archaic birthing women in upper right section of the surface, partially covered by horn of a caprid within a later hunting scene. Low, worn reddish surface, boulder. Lower ledge, East Ritual Site.
Vertically sloping surface with several riders representing at least two different periods; hunter on foot shooting many arrows at group of animals and, in turn, being shot by a figure above his head (probably added later). This panel is just below RA_PETR_TG_0672 and appears to be largely done by the same hand.
Section of large outcrop irregularly covered with lichen and including two scenes from very different periods. On the left, a large, ithyphallic figure with raised arm and tail-like appendage overlays a walking bovid. To the right, a small running dog, pecked in the same dense style as the man, is partially lost under lichen. Below, two crouching hunters and two fine argali are executed in a linear, engraved style.