ISBN:
9781789692433
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (296 pages)
DDC:
947.4301
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
The largest and brightest megalithic complex in Russia's Ural Mountains is located on Vera Island, represented by three chambered megaliths and sanctuaries of the Eneolithic period (mid-4th - 3rd millennium BC). The oldest samples of stone sculpture in the Urals have been revealed within this complex.
Abstract:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. -- Chapter 1. -- Figure 1.1. Map of location of Chelyabinsk region and Lake Turoyak. -- Figure 1.2. Space image of the Turgoyak Lake. -- Figure 1.3. Vera Island. View from the south. -- Figure 1.4. Vera Island. View from the north. -- Figure 1.5. Image of Vera Island from space. -- Figure 1.6. Plan of Lake Turgoyak. Picture by N. Filyansky (1909). North on right. -- Figure 1.7. Plan of Vera Island. Picture by N. Filyansky (1909). North on left. 1 - cemetery -- 2 - refectory-cave (Megalith 1) -- 3 - church. -- Figure 1.10. Entrance to the refectory-cave. Picture by N. Filyansky (1909). -- Figure 1.11. Remains of the church walls. Picture by N. Filyansky (1909). -- Figure 1.8. Plan of Megalith 1. Picture by N. Filyansky (1909). North on the left. -- Figure 1.9. Side view (window) to refectory. Picture by N. Filyansky (1909). -- Figure 1.12. Archaeological sites of Vera Island. -- Figure 1.13. Capstone near the settlement of Vera Island 2. -- Figure 1.14. Vera Island 6. Rock in the centre of the island. -- Figure 1.15. Vera Island 6. Sculpture of a panther's head. -- Figure 1.16. Vera Island 6. Sculpture of a panther's head. Traces of stone tools. -- Figure 1.17. Menhir north-westward of site Vera Island 8. -- Figure 1.18. Menhir in the west of the island. -- Figure 1.19. Object 4. -- Figure 1.20. Construction 1. A - Plan. B - Photograph of a stone fence. -- Figure 1.21. Construction 5. -- Figure 1.22. Construction 12: A - photo, B - scheme. -- Figure 1.23. Complex of Objects 5. -- Figure 1.24. Constructions 6 and 11. -- Figure 1.25. Construction 7. -- Figure 1.26. Construction 8. -- Figure 1.27. Construction 8. Photo: view from the east. -- Figure 1.28. Construction 3.
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