The Rock Paintings of Tsagaan Salaa are located in western

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

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Altai Tavan Bogd National Park Altai Tavan Bogd National Park (, ''Altai five saints nature complex'') is a national park in Bayan-Ölgii Province of western Mongolia. The park includes the Mongolian side of the Tavan Bogd massif, which is divided by the triple border with Rus ...

and was approved as part of a larger Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai World Heritage Site along with The Upper Tsagaan Gol Complex in 2011.

Site description

Within an area of roughly 15 km² reside approximately 10,000 figures on the southern side of the White River Valley. Dating from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age, this massive collection of pictorials primarily depicts livestock and big game both individual and in large herds.Tsagaan salaa rock painting - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
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These rock paintings are rich not only in their numbers, but also in meanings, expressiveness, subject and compositions. They are important monuments of the art of the transition from ancient hunter-gatherer societies to livestock breeding and the beginning of the classic nomad economy in Mongolia.

World Heritage status

This site was added to the

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Tentative List on August 1, 1996 in the Cultural category.

References

{{Wikivoyage, Altai Tavan Bogd National Park

External links

Petroglyphic Complexes of the Mongolian Altai
UNESCO Collection on Google Arts and Culture
Tsagaan salaa rock painting - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Accessed 2009-03-02. Rock art in Mongolia World Heritage Tentative List