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Photographs in 2002 High Tibet Circle Expedition (HTCE)

The square slab-wall structure east of the pillar array (Site 1). The array of pillars appended to an edifice (Site 1) from the north. Note the drokpa (<i>’brog pa</i>) encampment in the background. The local residents have been instrumental in protecting this very important archaeological monument. The array of pillars appended to an edifice (Site 1) from the east. Note the traces of the slab wall running in front of the pillars. Funerary structure FS4. Funerary structures of the west rim with members of the survey team. One of the wall fragments on the edge of the formation. The tent-like rocky outcrop. The site’s four pillars.
A close-up of the pillars. The pillar site. The site’s pillars. Note how the terrain slopes down. Funerary structure FS6. Funerary structure FS6. Funerary structure FS3. Funerary structure FS1. Funerary structure FS4.
Funerary structure FS4. Note the way in which the entire structure is prominently raised above the surrounding plain. The entrance to the Chakgo Draklung (<i>lcags sgo brag lung</i>) gorge can be seen in the background. Funerary structure FS5. The dispersions of stones in the foreground appear to have been part of ancillary structures. Funerary structure FS7. The southern extension of Tsho Ngönmo (<i>mtsho sngon mo</i>) can be seen in the distance. Members of the survey team at funerary structure FS3 measuring the ancillary east enclosure. Note the double-course perimeter walls in the foreground. Funerary structure FS1. Note the dispersion of stones in the center of the enclosure. The north tunnel façade. The revetment fragment at the south end of the ledge. The site, suspended on a shelf above the Chakgo Draklung (<i>lcags sgo brag lung</i>) Gorge.
The north portion of the site. A masonry wall fragment with an ochre-tinted veneer surmounted by a tiered structure. The cave’s large entrance and skylight. An elevated masonry cell in the cave’s façade. The elaborate and well-built cave façade. Wall footings lining each side of the forward portion of the cave. A sequestered room in the central chamber. The ledge and entrances to the central chamber (foreground) and west chamber (just visible near the most distant man in the image).

2002 High Tibet Circle Expedition (HTCE) in Topic


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