Spirits and stones
Subtitle: shamanism and rock art in Central Asia and Siberia
By: edited by Andrzej Rozwadowski with Maria M. Kośko.
Contributors: Rozwadowski, Andrzej.; Kośko, Maria M.
Series: Poznańskie studia wschodoznawcze ;; nr 4
Publisher: Instytut Wschodni UAM
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Poznań
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Petroglyphs -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia.; Petroglyphs -- Asia, Central.; Rock paintings -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia.; Rock paintings -- Asia, Central.; Art, Shamanistic -- Asia, Central.; Art, Shamanistic -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia.; Shamanism -- Asia, Central.; Shamanism -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia.; Asia, Central -- Antiquities.; Siberia (Russia) -- Antiquities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Shamanism : an essential component of the Kazakh worldview -- Maria M. Kośko; title: Kazakh ethnographic engravings and baksylyk -- Zhumash Zhetybaev; title: "Shamanic" motifs in the petroglyphs of Eastern Kazakhstan -- Zainolla Samashev; title: Disappearing into the rock : shamanistic aspects of Indo-Iranian mythology as a context for interpreting Central Asian petroglyphs -- Andrzej Rozwadowski -- The; title: deer petroglyphs of Arpauzen, South Kazakhstan -- Kenneth Lymer; title: Traces of shamanic motives in the petroglyphs and burial paintings of the Gorno-Altai -- Vladimir D. Kubarev; title: Siberian shamanistic rock art -- Ekaterina Devlet and Marianna Devlet; title: Shamans, lamas and the social effectiveness of rock art -- Simon Crook; title: Rock art of the Middle Lena River and Eastern Siberian shamanism -- Anatolii I. Gogolev; title: Reconsidering the rock paintings at Sinsk Village, Middle Lena River (Yakutia) -- Andrzej Rozwadowski and Peter Knurenko.