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Photographs in 2002 High Tibet Circle Expedition (HTCE)

The remains of a residential structure in the ancient village. The ruins of the castle from the inner side of the formation. The outer (west) side of the formation. The main structure at Ganden Tsewang Khar (<i>dga’ ldan tshe dbang mkhar</i>). The upper site. Trashigang (<i>bkra shis sgang</i>), the walled citadel converted into a monastery is visible in the valley below. To the left of the Trashigang Monastery is the Senggé Tsangpo (<i>seng ge gtsang po</i>). The outer (east) side of the formations. The lower complex is situated on the small outcrop on the left side of the image while the upper complex sits on the larger pyramidal mount to the right. There appears to have been a gateway in the gap between the two formations. A portion of cluster 2 (?). A coherent wall fragment of the enclosure.
The site. Note the road running past the site in the foreground and the Senggé Tsangpo (<i>seng ge gtsang po</i>) in the background. The site’s fragmentary enclosure. Cluster 2 (foreground), cluster 3 (background). Cluster 3. In the background are outliers of the Ayila (<i>a yi la</i>) range. Seated inside the structure are two members of the survey team. The excavated funerary structure FS5. It is unclear where the large stones in the foreground were originally positioned. The opened funerary structure FS10. Note the superstructure, which appears to be of single-course construction. The opened funerary structure FS3. The great troglodytic settlement of Chiwang Namgyel (<i>phyi dbang rnam rgyal</i>).
The remains of a summit structure. Wall traces belonging to summit structures. A terraced structure of the lower site. The lower site dispersion. Traces of cobble walls in the summit complex. A portion of the summit complex. The summit of the formation. Tiny coherent wall vestiges are embedded in the formation. The settlement of Toding (<i>mtho lding</i>) is visible on the opposite side of the Langchen Tsangpo (<i>glang chen gtsang po</i>). The formation behind and immediately to the left of Toding is surmounted by Khar Barma (<i>mkhar bar ma</i>). Traces of cobble walls in the summit complex.
The interior of the summit complex. The two interconnected cells of funerary structure FS27. The hill formation. The lower site consists of the rocky zone on the flanks of the hill. The large funerary superstructure of FS7. Funerary structure FS8. Funerary structure FS2. Funerary structure FS1. Residential structure RS12.

2002 High Tibet Circle Expedition (HTCE) in Topic


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