The French National Museum of Primitive History hosted an open lecture by NSU archaeologist Lidia Zotkina titled, "Stone Chronicles. Rock art of Khakassia (Southern Siberia). "
Lidia Zotkina is a senior lecturer at the Department of Archeology and Ethnography at the NSU Humanities Institute and a researcher at the mirror laboratory of the Multidisciplinary Studies of the Early Art of Eurasia at Novosibirsk State University (LIA ARTEMIR).
“The lecture gave an overview of the main archaeological cultures and pictorial traditions of the Minusinsk Depression and methods of studying petroglyphs on open plains. Also, I touched on the technological aspect of rock art and told about the possibilities of using the toxicological analysis in petroglyph studies in order to clarify their cultural and chronological affiliation, "said Lidia Zotkina.
In her report, the specialist noted the possibilities of using this technique in studying the Dordogne cave art and presented examples of the first research results. Currently, Zotkina participates in research carried out jointly with her French colleagues on the Abri du Poisson cave art monument in Dordogne, where she studies relief images with the use of herbal techniques and three-dimensional visualization.
“Specialists in rock art from Novosibirsk and Dordogne (Perigueux, Les Eyzies) have been working closely for more than five years. Cooperation in the rock studies of the Ukok plateau (Kalgutinsky mine) has made it possible to create a productive, cohesive team that successfully expands the objectives and geography of joint research, "said Lidia Zotkina.
The NSU Laboratory of Multidisciplinary Studies of the Primary Art of Eurasia was created with the support of the 5-100 program to improve the competitiveness of Russian universities.
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