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Photographs in 2004 High Tibet Welfare Expedition (HTWE)

Funerary structure FS13. Funerary structure FS10 (foreground) and funerary structure FS11 (left). The vast Selepuk (<i>se le phug</i>) Basin spreads out in the background. Funerary structure FS4 with members of the survey team. Funerary structure FS5. Funerary structure FS1. The site, seen from the east. Note the two large “portal” stones that run perpendicular to the masonry course in the wall in the foreground. The site, seen from the southeast. Long-stone DR3.
The site, seen from the west. The site’s five pillars. Long-stone DR3. The site’s pillars. The east funerary enclosure. The north funerary enclosure. The logistical support team peering into the structure. The east side of the structure.
Funerary structure FS9. The north and east sides of the structure. Funerary structure FS10. Funerary structure FS2. Funerary structure FS1. The recently damaged west face of the structure. In 2004 stones were extracted from the revetment for use at local pastoral camps. Funerary structure FS1. The interior of the structure.
The site’s lone pillar. Funerary structure FS1. Note how the structure is prominently elevated above the adjacent terrain Measuring funerary structure FS2. Note the coherent double-course wall fragment. A close-up of the chalky white outcrop. If there was an appended edifice at this site, it was located on or in front of the white outcrop in the center of the image. The site’s pillar array with the outlying structure (middle left). Funerary structure FS10. Funerary structure FS6.

2004 High Tibet Welfare Expedition (HTWE) in Topic


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