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Photographs in 2004 High Tibet Welfare Expedition (HTWE)

The site’s pillar array. Funerary structure FS1 with the rock filled depression in the middle of the enclosure. Funerary structure FS3 (center), funerary structure FS2 (upper right), funerary structure FS7 (upper left), and funerary structure FS5 and funerary structure FS6 (upper middle). Funerary structure FS1. A funerary structure, Dorna (<i>rdor sna</i>). Funerary structure FS3. The most prominent structure of funerary structure FS2 (foreground) and the double-course slab-wall fragment immediately to its right. Funerary structure FS1.
Funerary structure FS6. The single granite pillar. The single granite pillar. The local guide and a member of the survey team stand by the enclosure. The site’s stone enclosure. In the background is Bumtso (<i>’bum mtsho</i>). The site’s main pillar. The site’s stone enclosure. The site’s main pillar. Note the pillar’s discoloration.
The site, seen from the northwest. The loophole in rampart R4. The site, seen from the southwest. Rampart R6. The site, seen from the east. Members of the survey team sit by the monument. The outer face of the castle’s forward most defensive work. The outer side of the castle’s forward most defensive work. The inner side of the castle’s forward most defensive work.
A rubble covered mound of Amnakkha (<i>am nag kha</i>). A rubble covered mound of Amnakkha (<i>am nag kha</i>). A rubble covered mound of Amnakkha (<i>am nag kha</i>). The upper wall and terrace of Amnakkha (<i>am nag kha</i>). The upper wall and terrace of Amnakkha (<i>am nag kha</i>). The site, with members of the survey team. The pile of stones is what remains of a <i>maṇi</i> wall. The most extensive in situ structural traces from the archaic cultural horizon are found to the right of this pile.

2004 High Tibet Welfare Expedition (HTWE) in Topic


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