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Photographs in Earth

The north pillar of the west sector. The two pillars of the west sector. Traces of the west and north walls of the enclosure are also visible. The two pillars of the west sector. Residential structure RS3. The better preserved structure of S2. A portion of a ruined shrine can be seen to the right of residential structure RS2. Residential structure RS3. Frozen Namtso (<i>gnam mtsho</i>) can be seen in the background. Residential structure RS3. The west point house.
Residential structure RS3. An isolated Phase I foundation at Dzongmar (<i>rdzong dmar</i>). Shrine. The tiered ruins of Dzongmar (<i>rdzong dmar</i>). The adobe-block walls of the Lamaist occupation (Phase II) behind the stone walls of the archaic cultural horizon (Phase I), Galo Puk (<i>gwa lo phug</i>). The adobe-block walls of Galo Puk (<i>gwa lo phug</i>) (Phase II) and the much more substantial outlying stone structures of the archaic cultural horizon (Phase I). The Dzongmar (<i>rdzong dmar</i>) dispersion. Phase I structural traces at Galo Puk (<i>gwa lo phug</i>).
The island’s central shrine. The sacred mountain Nyenchen Tanglha (<i>gnyan chen thang lha</i>, highest in the range) is visible on the far side of Namtso (<i>gnam mtsho</i>). The east side of the Lukhangché (<i>klu khang che</i>). The roots of a massive wall bounding the escarpment. The island, across frozen Namtso (<i>gnam mtsho</i>) from Rikngado (<i>rigs lnga do</i>). One of the ramparts of the lower summit. A so-called möndur (<i>mon dur</i>) of Changla Takpuk (<i>cang la btags phug</i>). The portion of the cave with human bone fragments and other debris, Changla Takpuk (<i>cang la btags phug</i>). The entrance to Changla Takpuk (<i>cang la btags phug</i>).
The staggered defensive wall fragments of the lower summit. The large amounts of rubble in front of the cave. Fragment of a curtain-wall at the low end of the site. Local guides at the disintegrated front of the cave. A close-up of a curtain-wall fragment at the low end of the site. The formation supporting the remains. A defensive wall rising above the summit of the formation. One of the two wall sections on the more westerly ledge in the rear of the cave.

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