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Photographs in 2005 Tibet Upland Expedition (TUE)

The giant enclosure from the west. Note the indentation in the north (left wall) of the enclosure. The giant enclosure from the southwest corner. The tripartite enclosure. The three subsidiary enclosures situated inside the outer walls are visible. The giant enclosure is seen to the left. The indentation in the north wall of the giant enclosure. Note the well developed wall segment on the right side of the image. Funerary structure FS3. Funerary structure FS3. Funerary structure FS2. Funerary structure FS1.
One of the in situ tamarisk members of the edifice. The remains of the pillars and appended edifice. The vestiges of the appended edifice. A slab wall (foreground), pillars (center) and the appended edifice mound (background). A corral at the foot of the mountain is visible directly behind the appended edifice mound. The slab-wall fragments in the foreground. The few remaining pillars and appended edifice mound are also visible. The mountain of Drarongmön Dzong (<i>gra rong mon rdzong</i> [A-21]), which forms the site’s backdrop. The pillars of the north enclosure. Funerary structure FS4 of the west sector. Note the coherent wall fragment in the foreground.
Funerary structure FS7, funerary structure FS8 of the west sector. Funerary structure FS3 of the east sector. Note the motorable track that cuts right through the middle of the site. In the far distance is the west edge of the Tongtso (<i>stong mtsho</i>) Basin. The L-shaped funerary structure FS2 of the east sector. The south complex of pillars. Pillars of the north enclosure. The north complex of pillars. Pillars of the north enclosure. The south face of Pöri (<i>spos ri</i>) Mountain.
Funerary structure FS3. Funerary structure FS2. Funerary structure FS1. Funerary structure FS1. Funerary structure FS4. Funerary structure FS3. Note the significant height of the forward wall of this structure. Funerary structure FS1. Lakkor (<i>lag skor mtsho</i>) is just visible in the upper left side of the image. A double-course, superficial wall fragment in the vicinity of funerary structure FS3.

2005 Tibet Upland Expedition (TUE) in Topic


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