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Photographs in Chunak Doring

Interconnected enclosures in the south sector of the main cluster. Interconnected enclosures of the north sector in the main cluster. The mesa with the sloping top in the upper left hand corner of the image is Khardong (<i>mkhar gdong</i>). The site’s large tumulus. The site’s walled pillars. Note the smaller pillars in and against the south wall and how the enclosure is prominently elevated above the surrounding plain. The wall subdividing the north section of the enclosure (center foreground) is also visible. The site’s walled pillars. Note how the enclosure is partitioned into two main sections. The Chunak (<i>chu nag</i>) flood plain is to the left of the monument. The large pillar (long-stone DR2) in the south section of the enclosure.

Chunak Doring in Places


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