RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Another Look at the Pegtymel’ Petroglyphs
JF Arctic Anthropology
JO Arctic Anthropol
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 22
OP 31
DO 10.1353/arc.2010.0014
VO 47
IS 2
A1 Richard L. Bland
YR 2010
UL http://aa.uwpress.org/content/47/2/22.abstract
AB Petroglyphs are a relatively common form of prehistoric communication, in the sense that those who drew the petroglyphs knew what they meant, as no doubt did many of their fellow tribesmen who viewed them. The meaning or significance of these images, however, was generally specific to the individual or group that created them. There was never a cross-cultural standardization of symbols and as a result much of the meaning of many petroglyph series has been lost. But has it been entirely lost for all groups of petroglyphs? This article takes a close look at the Pegtymel’ petroglyphs of Northeast Asia with that question in mind.