Suruktakh-Khaya Sanctuary, Yakutia, Revisited: Tentative Results and Prospects

Suruktakh-Khaya Sanctuary, Yakutia, Revisited: Tentative Results and Prospects

M.V. Maksimova, A.V. Penkov, A.K. Sharaborin, and E.K. Zhirkov.

Since the expeditions led by A.A. Savvin in 1939 and by A.P. Okladnikov in 1941, Suruktakh-Khaya, a key rock art site on the Markha River, Yakutia, was only revisited recently in 2011. The paintings at the site, unlike those at most sites on the Middle Lena, are quite satisfactorily preserved, making it possible to conduct additional studies in August 2011 mostly using digital photography.

Keywords: Yakutia, sanctuaries, rock art, photography, preservation, destruction, graphic copies.