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Photographs in 2002 High Tibet Circle Expedition (HTCE)

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. Funerary structure FS14.
Funerary structure FS13. Funerary structure FS1. The sacred pillar. Note the old cairns around the pillar. The sacred pillar. The sacred pillar. Note the heads of livestock attached to the pillar as appeasement offerings. Faint structural remains at the site. A close-up of the structural remains. The site’s headland projecting into Dungchak Tso (<i>mdung chags mtsho</i>).
Funerary structure FS5. Funerary structure FS1. Funerary structure FS4. Funerary structure FS2, funerary structure FS3, funerary structure FS4. Note the specimen in the distance (funerary structure FS2) with the walls of a small shepherd’s shelter. Funerary structure FS2. Funerary structure FS3. Funerary structure FS1. Funerary structure FS41.

2002 High Tibet Circle Expedition (HTCE) in Topic


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