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'''Tolbaga''' is an archaeological site, located south of [[Lake Baikal]], on the right bank of the Khilok river.<ref name="RGB50">{{cite journal |last1=Bednarik |first1=Robert G. |title=Pleistocene Palaeoart of Asia |journal=Arts |date=2013 |volume=2 |issue=2 |page=50 |doi=10.3390/arts2020046 |url= |
'''Tolbaga''' is an archaeological site, located south of [[Lake Baikal]], on the right bank of the Khilok river.<ref name="RGB50">{{cite journal |last1=Bednarik |first1=Robert G. |title=Pleistocene Palaeoart of Asia |journal=Arts |date=2013 |volume=2 |issue=2 |page=50 |doi=10.3390/arts2020046 |url=http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/b212/3b424e14117c817aac9950b7ff2e47313b5f.pdf|doi-access=free }}</ref> It was excavated by Okladnikov circa 1970. The site is dated from bones to 34,860 ± 2100 BP and 27,210 ± 300 BP.<ref name="RGB50"/> |
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The site is especially known for a three-dimensional naturalistic sculpture of an animal head (probably a bear), carved from the projection of the second vertebra of a woolly rhinoceros ([[Coelodonta antiquitatis]]). The sculpture has microscopic toolmarks, indicating that it was made with stone tools.<ref name="RGB50"/> The date of the sculpture is probably 34,860 ± 2100 BP, which who place it among the earliest known example of naturalistic sculpture in the world.<ref name="RGB50"/> |
The site is especially known for a three-dimensional naturalistic sculpture of an animal head (probably a bear), carved from the projection of the second vertebra of a woolly rhinoceros ([[Coelodonta antiquitatis]]). The sculpture has microscopic toolmarks, indicating that it was made with stone tools.<ref name="RGB50"/> The date of the sculpture is probably 34,860 ± 2100 BP, which who place it among the earliest known example of naturalistic sculpture in the world.<ref name="RGB50"/> |
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Coordinates | 51°30′N 108°30′E / 51.5°N 108.5°E |
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History | |
Founded | 34,000–27,000 BP cal |
Periods | Paleolithic |
Tolbaga is an archaeological site, located south of Lake Baikal, on the right bank of the Khilok river.[1] It was excavated by Okladnikov circa 1970. The site is dated from bones to 34,860 ± 2100 BP and 27,210 ± 300 BP.[1]
The site is especially known for a three-dimensional naturalistic sculpture of an animal head (probably a bear), carved from the projection of the second vertebra of a woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis). The sculpture has microscopic toolmarks, indicating that it was made with stone tools.[1] The date of the sculpture is probably 34,860 ± 2100 BP, which who place it among the earliest known example of naturalistic sculpture in the world.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Bednarik, Robert G. (2013). "Pleistocene Palaeoart of Asia" (PDF). Arts. 2 (2): 50. doi:10.3390/arts2020046.
- ^ Zhao, Chao; Wang, Youping; Walden, John P. (3 November 2022). "Diachronic shifts in lithic technological transmission between the eastern Eurasian Steppe and northern China in the Late Pleistocene". PLOS ONE. 17 (11): e0275162. Bibcode:2022PLoSO..1775162Z. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0275162. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 9632798. PMID 36327263. This article incorporates text by Zhao Chao available under the CC BY 4.0 license.