Shape Analysis of Petroglyphs in Central Asia

Abstract

Abstract. New methods to characterize shapes of the petroglyphs in Central Asia and properties of their groups are proposed, and results by the use of these methods are presented. Shapes of petroglyphs were treated by image analysis to obtain simplified shapes called “skeleton”. Structures of skeletons are expressed by the use of some symbols, from which quantitative comparison among petroglyphs is shown to be possible. Properties of groups of petroglyphs, i.e. those drawn on the same rock, are expressed by statistics of simple quantities, such as the numbers of animals and men, the numbers of animal species and the ratio of the right-oriented to the left-oriented animals (or men). Some discussion is made on the meanings of these quantities and a possibility of future development of this kind of studies. 1.

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