Institute for the History of Material Culture RAS
Pervobytnaia arkheologiia. Zhurnal mezhdistsiplinarnykh issledovanii
Prehistoric Archaeology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
Pervobytnaia arkheologiia. Zhurnal mezhdistsiplinarnykh issledovanii
Prehistoric Archaeology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies

Uspenskaya M. B. Invisible petroglyphs of Shoyrukshin Island

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St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University for the Humanities, 23Б Novokuznetskaya st., Moscow, 115184, Russia [usmarus@yandex.ru]

Abstract. The article for the first time presents the results of recording the images discovered by the author in 2011–2012 on a rocky ledge (designated here as Stone) of Shoyrukshin island, 17 m north of the “Besovy Sledki” pavilion. During the reconstruction of the pavilion, the surface of the Stone was damaged, and now the published data is the only source for researchers. All conclusions about the presence and outlines of images were obtained on the basis of fabric copies and photographs made by the author in 2011–2017; in some cases, analogies with petroglyphs of the main cluster were used to analyze the contours. The multivariance of
the interpretation of the presented data and the ambiguity of conclusions are inevitable when studying rock canvases with a strong degree of degradation.
Keywords: rock art, petroglyphs, White Sea, Karelia, Shoyrukshin island, Besovy Sledki.

Received 02.10.2024, accepted 14.11.2024

For citation: Uspenskaya M. B. Invisible petroglyphs of Shoyrukshin Island. Prehistoric Archaeology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. 2024 (2), 120–141 (in Russ.). DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2024-2-120-141

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