Authors Mariyashev A. N.
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A very distinct composition of the Turkic period is located 50-70 meters to the East of these Bronze Age Petroglyphs. Two horse-riders are portrayed there with pointed hoods and the horses are adorned with plooms and tassels at the baso the neck. The horse-riders are holding lances with banners that each have two ribbons. On the upper part of the scene there is a man, holding a horse by the reins. In the lower part of the scene there is an archer, shooting the deer as it bends down (fig 6).
The Ungourii canyon is located at the foot of the Chuyili Mountains in the Kurdai region ofJambul Oblast. The collection of Petroglyphs is located in 30 km. to the southeast from the Chu Station. Mountains in this region smoothly diminish to the northwest becoming plains, which are striated by channels of rivers and streams. One of these ancient channels formed the Ungourii canyon.
Petroglyphs were hammered out on the upright blocks of the cliff on both sides of the river that has the same name as the Canyon river. A total of 100 designs along a 4-5 km stretch. On several levels of the vertical blocks, are the finely figures ground of wild bulls, wild boars, horses, goats, and argali. These images are as large as 30-40 cm. Some hunting and sacrifice scenes can be met as well as compositions of people and animals.
The main part of the Petroglyphs analogous with Tamgaly region are dated from the Bronze age, though there are also some separate images of animals in the "animal" style.
The natural boundary Chokpar is located in 1,5 km. to the south from the station Alaigyr in the Kurdai region of the Jambyl oblast in the wide valley at the North Slope of the mountains Kyndyktas. It represents a very narrow canyon with homonymous river. Canyons with Petroglyphs have been discovered in 3 km. to the west from the entrance to the natural boundary from the direction of Sartai valley. Petroglyphic images have been hammed out on the small rocky blocks from both sides of the river. The most of them are accumulated on the lefr shore to the south in a small ?? There are approximately 50 paintings. The images of the bull, which is executed in the characteristic Tamgaly traditions and an argali in the "animal" style, are located in the center of the sanctuary. These images are much bigger in comparison with other paintings. There are also scenes of hunting of archers and animal chase. Next to them there are hammed out images of camels, deer, bulls, goats, dogs, and predators.
Besides above-mentioned sanctuaries with Petroglyphs, there are also some small collections of petroglyphic images in the mountains Khantai, in the natural boundary Akkainar, Shoshkabas, in the region of the pass Kurdai. Most of them are organized in the same principle - one or two outstanding big images and the rest of the scene is represented by small portrays of hunting and animal figures.
The main part of the Petroglyphs on the territory of Northeast Semirechie has been discovered in Jungar Alatau and in its spurs. The range Jungarski Alatau represent by itself a vigorous alpine mountain mass with multi spurs that expand in the direction from west to east. The peculiarity of Petroglyphs of this region is in the fact that even after the Bronze epoch this petroglyphic art continued to develop and gave bright examples of Saak and Old Turk art.
The originality of Jungar Petroglyphs, which remarkably differs from the paintings of west part of Semirechie, lies in the combination of topics and whole compositions, as well as stylistic signs and technical methods of applying of the images on the rocks. Abundance of nomadic engravings proves that the region has been assimilated at the boundary of II-I millenniums before Christ and continued actively develop during the following epochs.
The largest primitive art monuments of the of Jungar are the Petroglyphs in the Eskiolmes mountains.
The Eskiolmes range is a western spur of Jungar Alatau. It extends approximately 30 km. and is located on the Taldykourgan Region of Almaty Oblast, in 30 km. to the south of the city Taldykourgan. The nothern slopes of the range smoothly spread out into a wide plain. The southern side abruptly descends to one of the many rivers of Semirechie - Koksu. And here the Koksu river breaks free from its narrow gorge and broadly pours out into numerous. The height of the range is 1300 meters above sea level (photo 20).
On a small terrace between the Eskiolmes range and the right bank of the Koksu river are large number of archeological monuments from the Bronze Age to medieval times. This proves that the location has been settled since the ancient times. There are hills with Petroglyphs above this terrace. The Petroglyphs are concentrated in six canyons and on the hills that are between them. The majority of them are located a alongside of the river 6.5 km above the dam and opposite Talapty. 2
There are figures of people, animals, and symbols on these images. The main part consists of images of animals: camels, horses, goats, deer, wild boar, bulls, dogs, and predators. In no other sanctuary of Semirechie can one find as many chariots harnessed with horses as in this place (photo 21, 22 fig 7, 8). There are many scenes including the previously unknown subject of an attack of a "giant" by three archers (photo 23 fig 9, 10). Scenes of single combat, hunting, and sacrifice are widespread (photo 24, 25 fig 11, 12, 13). The images of sun-headed idols on chariots and in scenes of hunting are interesting and original for the petroglyphic art of Semirechie (fig 14). 3
The most ancient paintings of the sanctuary belong to the Bronze Age and Saak time. Judging from the discoloration of the many touched up or even revised images, it can be determined that they are from the ancient Turkic period.
