Camel mountain hides around 2000 petroglyphs date back to the Paleolithic Erain Armenia.
The site of Ukhtasar is located within the prominent Syunik mountain range in south-eastern Armenia. Situated at c. 3,300 m high within an extinct volcano, Ukhtasar is inaccessible for much of the year with accessibility possible in the summer months. Within the inner crater is a glacial lake, turquoise circular pools, meadows and boulder streams that are characteristic of the geological formations of this area. Rock art is found located on a number, but not all, of the boulder streams. The site was first discovered by archaeologists in the 1960s and documented by Safian and Karakhanian’s The Rock Carvings of Syunik in 1970. Safian and Karakhanian noted “graphic and voluminous” rock carvings located horizontally or vertically on the flat surfaces of rocks and they recorded the art with schematic monochrome drawings of the depictions. However, while the site is known of, and to some extent recorded, it is little understood. The Ukhtasar Rock Art Research Project is studying in detail the rock art in terms of its composition and considering how the rock art relates to its location within the inner dimensions of the volcanic crater and its wider landscape setting.
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Location: Ughtasar Armenia
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