Rock art of Titovskaya Sopka: the results of the latest research

The article presents the results of field work carried out in 2022-2023, during which the rock art monuments of the Titovskaya hill were re–examined - Sokhatinyi Kamen, Sukhotino–13 and Titovskaya Hill, presumably dating from the II millennium BC. The first millennium A.D. A new pisanitsa Gorge was discovered with two groups represented by images of lines and a zoomorphic figure. Much attention is paid by the authors to the recently discovered groups with ancient images on the planes of the Sokhatina Stone and Sukhotino-13, as well as to the analysis of the semantics and dating of all the monuments of rock art of the Titovskaya Hill. In the course of the study, the authors came to the conclusion that rock carvings, mainly on the Sokhatin Stone, were systematically applied by nomadic pastoral tribes, and could be used as ritual complexes. At the same time, the problem of preservation of monuments and their further museification within the framework of the Ethno-Archeopark "Sukhotino" is being raised. To clarify the more accurate chronology and semantics of the drawings, further research is needed using various interdisciplinary methods, such as ethnography, as well as natural science, which will allow for a more detailed study of these objects in terms of dating and cultural affiliation.

Titovskaya sopka, rock art, Sochatinny Stone, Titovskaya Sopka, Sukhotino-13, digital fixation methods, cultural interpretation, chronological interpretation, the culture of tile graves, the problem of safety