Petroglyph gallery Cholpon-Ata

Historical Site

Petroglyphs of Cholpon-Ata

Place type
Historical Site
Elevation
1725 m

Field notes

The field account

Near the former airport of Cholpon Ata, you may find a large site of petroglyphs from Bronze Age and some sacred places. There are thousand of drawings. First were painted by the Andronov tribes (Andronic), the former Sintashta tribe who colonized Central Asia around 3800 year BC. They were agro-pastoral. Then, we can see paintings from Scythian's tribes (VIII-III centuries B.C.). Most of drawings show animals like ibex or deer for example. 

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Where it sits

Visual field notes

A closer look