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Photographs in Tibet Autonomous Region

The site’s single pillar and enclosure. Note the traces of the well-delineated walls of the rectangular enclosure. The north tumulus. The south tumulus. The central tumulus. Note the cairn on the boulder in the background. The site’s upright stones. The salt lake on the right side of the image is Gomang Tso (<i>sgo mang mtsho</i>). The tallest standing stone at the site. Note the slab wall in the foreground. The tallest standing stone and some of its companions. The portion of the two rows of upright stones with the tallest specimen among them. The road at the top of the image was the recipient of stones recently pilfered from the archaeological site.
Funerary structure FS2. Funerary structure FS4. Funerary structure FS1. Funerary structure FS3. The vestiges of funerary structure FS6. The scant remains of funerary structure FS7. A close-up of the slab walls of funerary structure FS3. The large double-course slab-wall funerary structure FS3.
Residential structure RS2. The basement of residential structure RS1. The stone and rammed-earth walls of residential structure RS1. Residential structure RS3. Residential structures RS1 and RS3. Funerary structure FS9, the site’s largest terraced funerary structure. Two of the smaller terraced funerary structures. The prominently elevated forward flank of a large terraced funerary structure.
One of the larger terraced funerary structures. Note the depression in the middle of the structure. One of the larger terraced funerary structures. A poorly preserved terraced funerary structure. One of the site’s largest terraced funerary structures. Note the clearly delineated rear wall (foreground). One of the larger terraced funerary structures. Some of the site’s terraced funerary structures. A funerary structure in the northwest sector. Surveying funerary structure FS27.

Tibet Autonomous Region in Places


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