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Photographs in 2001 Upper Tibet Antiquities Expedition (UTAE)

Funerary structure FS2. One of the heaped-stone enclosures. One of the heaped-stone enclosures. Funerary structure FS2. Kharngön Gönpa (<i>mkhar sngon dgon pa</i>), a Buddhist adobe block edifice with an interior circumambulatory passage. Room 5 of the southwest dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>). The north portion of the southwest dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>). The formation underlying the fortress.
The forward portion of the structure. A close-up of the in situ, lichen-covered corbels of the central west structure. The east side of the structure. The west side of the structure. The east face of the southwest dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>). The south-facing entranceway to the north dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>). The east and north walls of the north dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>). The middle tier entranceway in the southeast dokhang (<i>rdo khang</i>).
A close-up of the site’s stonework. The entranceway to the site. The courtyard and building. The interior of the site. The middle tier south room. The lower rampart of the fortress. A rampart fragment of the fortress. The central rampart of the fortress.
A defensive structure of the fortress’s central ramparts. A natural terrace behind a central rampart. The double-course subsidiary enclosure inside funerary structure FS2. Note the outer perimeter walls in the background. Funerary structure FS1. The ruined enclosure. Note the pillar-like stones in the elevated south wall of the enclosure. The two local guides stand in the background. A close-up of the prostrate stones in an enclosing wall of funerary structure FS1. Funerary structure FS2. Note the heaped-stone wall belonging to the south and east sides of the enclosure. The smaller enclosure.

2001 Upper Tibet Antiquities Expedition (UTAE) in Topic


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