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Photographs in Archaic Monument and Rock Art

Type I.1c. A staggered rampart network with parapet wall on summit; a reconstruction of the basal structural elements (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.4b. Shrine of the tenkhar (<i>rten mkhar</i>) or chöten (<i>mchod rten</i>) class; a reconstruction of the basal structural elements based on ancient rock art and tokchak (<i>thog lcags</i>) (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.4b. Shrine of the tenkhar (<i>rten mkhar</i>), sekhar (<i>gsas mkhar</i>) or lhaten (<i>lha rten</i>) class; reconstruction of the basal structural elements based on ancient rock art, tokchak (<i>thog lcags</io>) and larger models made of stone and iron (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.4b. Shrine of the tenkhar (<i>rten mkhar</i>), sekhar (<i>gsas mkhar</i>) or lhaten (<i>lha rten</i>) class; reconstruction of the basal structural elements based on ancient rock art, tokchak (<i>thog lcags</i>) and larger models made of stone and iron (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.4b. Type II.4b. Shrine of the tenkhar (<i>rten mkhar</i>), sekhar (<i>gsas mkhar</i>) or lhaten (<i>lha rten</i>) class; reconstruction of the basal structural elements based on ancient rock art, tokchak (<i>thog lcags</i>) and larger models made of stone and iron (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.3. Cubic mountaintop tomb; a reconstruction of the basal structural elements (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.2e. Terraced funerary construction from the eastern Jangtang (<i>byang thang</i>); a reconstruction of the basal structural elements (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.2d. Larger bangso (<i>bang so</i>) with cruciform walls on top; a reconstruction of the basal structural elements (drawn by Kleo Belay)
Type II.2d. Smaller bangso (<i>bang so</i>); a reconstruction of the basal structural elements (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.2c. Heaped-stone wall enclosure; a reconstruction of the basal structural elements (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.2b. Double-course quadrate enclosure with well developed walls; a reconstruction of the basal structural elements (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.2b. Double-course quadrate enclosure composed of upright slabs; a reconstruction of the basal structural elements (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.2b. Double-course quadrate enclosure composed of stones embedded in the ground; a reconstruction of the basal structural elements (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.2a. Single-course quadrate enclosure composed of upright blocky stones; a reconstruction of the basal structural elements (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.1c. Quadrate array of pillars with appended edifice (larger example); a reconstruction of the basal structural elements. View from the west (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.1c. Quadrate array of pillars with appended edifice (larger example); a reconstruction of the basal structural elements. View from the east (drawn by Kleo Belay)
Type II.1c. Quadrate array of pillars with appended edifice (smaller example); a reconstruction of the basal structural elements. View from the east (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.1b. Pillar erected within a quadrate enclosure; a reconstruction of the basal structural elements. View from the northwest (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.1b. Pillar erected within a quadrate enclosure; a reconstruction of the basal structural elements. View from the east (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.1b. Pillars erected within a quadrate enclosure; a reconstruction of the basal structural elements. View from the southwest (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type II.1b. Pillars erected within a quadrate enclosure; a reconstruction of the basal structural elements. View from the east (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type I.2c. An artist's conception of a residential complex built into caves with all-stone corbelled anterooms (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type I.2a. An artist's conception of an all-stone corbelled residence built into a mountainside (drawn by Kleo Belay) Type I.1a. An artist's conception of an all-stone corbelled citadel with staggered ramparts in the foreground (drawn by Kleo Belay)
Close up of mountain god altar on top of mountain near Lhagang town Prayers carved into boulder near ? Lake. Prayer flags and prayers carved into rocks at ? Lake. Prayer flags and prayers carved into rocks at ? Lake. Prayer flags and prayers carved into rocks at ? Lake. Prayers carved into rocks at ? Lake. Prayers carved into rocks on the shore of ? Lake. A prayer carved into a boulder near the shores of ? Lake.

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