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Megaliths of Vera Island in the Southern Urals /
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 c...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Summertown, Oxford :
Archaeopress,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Archaeopress archaeology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
- Figure 1.29. Construction 4 (1), 9 (2) and Megalith 2 (3). Figure 1.30. Constructions 4 and 9.; Figure 1.31. Constructions 4. Stone walls and floor.; Figure 1.32. Constructions 4. Stone structure in the north.; Figure 1.33. Construction 9 and the eastern wall of construction 4.; Figure 1.34. Construction 10.; Figure 1.35. Quarry of Vera Island 2a. Displaced slab.; Figure 1.36. Slab with small stones put under it.; Figure 1.37. Stone wedge.; Figure 1.38. Stone block with traces of wedges.; Figure 1.39. Stone block with traces of wedges.; Vera Island and Localisation of Objects and Constructions
- 1.1. Geographical Location and Geomorphology1.2. Research History; 1.3. Character of Location; 1.3.1. Settlements; 1.3.2. Cult Structures and Objects; 1.3.2.1. Megaliths; 1.3.2.2. Cult Place of Vera Island 6; 1.3.2.3. Menhirs and Other Objects and Structures; 1.3.3. Constructions of the Old Believers (or Possibly Reused by Them); 1.3.4. Stone Quarry of Vera Island 2a; Chapter 2.; Chapter 2.; Table 2.1. Blades on the cult place of Vera Island 9.; Chapter 2.; Figure 2.1. Megalith 1. Plan of the surface.