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Photographs in 2003 High Tibet Antiquities Expedition (HTAE)

The formation and caves. The cut east side and uncut west side of the summit formation. Chambers cut into the formation’s summit. An earthen block and cobble wall fragment near the summit edge. Structural traces in the west sector and the tall adobe wall fragment in the east sector. Cobble wall fragments on the edge of the summit. A chamber cut into the summit with the remains of cobble walls above it. Wall remains near the south end of the site.
The west sector of the site looking towards a tall adobe wall fragment in the east sector. Residential structure RS4. The northeast room of residential structure RS4. A formation with troglodytic remains. Troglodytic cave remains. Residential structure RS3. Note the intact entranceway. The northeast and southeast rooms of residential structure RS2. Residential structure RS1.
The walls of residential structure RS1. The pillar site. Note the blue sheep horn and skull fragment on the pile of stones. The pillar site. Note the hilltop prayer flag mast in the background. A portion of the rubble-clad lower site. The modern village of Dosham (<i>mdo gsham</i>) is visible in the upper left side of the image and the monastic complex of Dosham Mukkhar Gön (<i>mdo gsham mug mkhar dgon</i>) in the upper right side of the image. A revetment fragment of the upper site. A structural fragment of the upper site. A cobble wall footing in the upper site. Stone and adobe wall remnants clinging to a bluff at the upper site.
The castle’s exterior. The fragmentary adobe walls of the castle. The castle’s interior. Residential structure RS5 in the foreground. Note the arable lands in the background. Residential structure RS3. Note the remains of the buttress dividing the two rooms. Residential structure RS4. A portion of residential structure RS8. Residential structure RS7 in the foreground.

2003 High Tibet Antiquities Expedition (HTAE) in Topic


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