Kamyana Mohyla
Location | Melitopol, Melitopol Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine |
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Coordinates | 46°57′0″N 35°28′12″E / 46.95000°N 35.47000°E |
Type | National Archeological Site |
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Website | www.stonegrave.org |
Kamyana Mohyla (
The site encompasses a group of isolated blocks of
Petroglyphs are found only inside the caves and grottoes of Kamyana Mohyla, many of them still filled up with sand. No adequate protection from the elements has been provided to this day. Few traces of ancient human settlement have been discovered in the vicinity, leading many scholars to believe that the hill might have served as a remote sanctuary. Faint traces of red paint remain on parts of the surface. Scholars have been unable to agree whether the petroglyphs date from Mesolithic or Neolithic.
History
In 1889, the Russian archaeologist Nikolay Veselovsky was called upon to explore the enigmatic site and started excavations the following year. As soon as he concluded that the site was a burial mound, excavations were terminated. There was very little scientific exploration of the site during the first third of the 20th century.
In the 1930s, the site was investigated by a team of scholars from Melitopol under Valentin Danylenko (1913–82). The young archaeologist claimed to have discovered thirty caves with petroglyph inscriptions which he dated from the 20th century BC to the 17th century AD. Danylenko resumed his work on the site after World War II and claimed to have discovered thirteen additional caves with petroglyphs.
The site was designated an archaeological preserve in 1954. The move was intended to prevent the area from being flooded after construction of a
In 2006, the government of Ukraine nominated the site for inscription on the
Engravings inside the Bull Grotto (the drawing have sometimes been considered to be a mammoth) at Kamyana Mohyla have been studied in the 21st Century using digital tools.[1][2]
Gallery
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A stone with petroglyphs
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Museum
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Museum
Further reading
- Рудинський М. Я. Кам’яна Могила (корпус наскельних рисунків), видавництво АН УССР, Київ, 1961.
- Даниленко В. М. Кам’яна Могила, «Наукова Думка», Київ, 1986.
- Михайлов Б. Д. Петроглифы Каменной Могилы в Украине, Запорожье, 1994.
- Кифишин А. Г., Древнее святилище Каменная Могила. Опыт дешифровки протошумерского архива XII-III тысячелетий до н.э., «Аратта», Киев, 2001.
See also
- Ural characters
- Vinča signs
- Stonehenge
References
- S2CID 243796227.
- ^ "Kamyana Mohyla complex – A 3D model collection by Seeing through time (@simon.radchenko)". Sketchfab. Retrieved 27 March 2022.