Abstrakt
The presented paper focuses on the previously unknown petroglyphs discovered by the Czech-Uzbekistani archaeological team in the south Uzbekistan in 2015. The data presented here have been collected during the two seasons of research (2015, 2016).
Based on the preliminary iconographic and stylistic analogies, it is possible to date most of the petroglyphs to the turn of the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age. Although the rock art is by no means unique in other regions of Central Asia, this phenomenon was not closely studied in south Uzbekistan yet, since relevant data were missing.
Having detected this new petroglyph cluster, we aim to fill this gap in research. The studied rock-art of the area in question is so far represented only by engravings (except for the well-known site of Zaraut Say, no paintings were detected yet) that occur on the loose stones with black patina.
Regarding depicted motives, the petroglyphs mostly represent various species of ibexes and goats just as on another sites of rock-art in Central Asia. The paper brings the basic facts about the investigated site, individual petroglyphs and summarizes results of the research.