Nadezhda V. Lobanova

Institute of Linguistics, History and Literature of the Karelian Research Centre of RAS, Petrozavodsk (hopelob@yandex.ru)

Key words: the lower reaches of Vyg River, White Sea petroglyphs, groups of Zalavruga, Besovy Sledki, Erpin Pudas, archaeological sites in the vicinities of petroglyphs, chronology and periodization of cave art.

The major aim of the article is to prove the chronological frames of the petroglyphs in the lower reaches of the Vyg River (the Southern-Western White Sea Region) based on the complex analysis of the modern archaeological, geological and paleographical evidence. The author has tried to find the evolution course and basic tendencies in the development of cave art. The attention has been paid to the question of the clearly traceable connection between the artist of the cave art pieces of the White Sea and Onega Lake at the appointed stage.