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May 2014

Persia, India, China, Mesoamerica, Andes, etc., areas synonymous with the rise of complex human orders that meet most or all of the criteria set forth above. I contend that Tibet…

About the Author

Center, University of Virginia, and the University of Bern, Switzerland, and has lived in high Asia for three decades. Since 1994, Bellezza has comprehensively surveyed ancient monuments and rock art…

June 2015

examples from Spiti that have an archaic or old-fashioned character, those traditions, customs and observances that are non-Buddhist in origin and comparable with the contents of early Tibetan texts and…

July 2016

…verify this presupposition. For example, clans such as Khyung-po, Gu-rub and Ra-ba. On these clans and others of Upper Tibet, see Bellezza 2008, pp. 263–269, 288, 289. On questions of…

May 2015

freely and share their time and resources, have been severely scaled back in recent years. For example, the summertime horseraces and the excitement it brought to villages have now almost…

July 2015

…which can be downloaded from the internet for free. For example, the ibex is the most common animal in rock art hunting scenes of northern Pakistan (Hauptman 2007: 24). On…

May 2013

in eastern Tibetan) and Chugong (Chu-gong in central Tibet), that have been excavated to any degree of thoroughness. Even scientific data from these two places are patchy, furnishing, for example,…

Books

book and open access digital copy: https://archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/Products/9781803276168 A Comprehensive Survey of Rock Art in Upper Tibet, Vol. I. Eastern Byang thang Oxford: Archaeopress, August 31, 2023 Focusing on the eastern…

December 2016

…that direction. Toward the east, the vista extends for many kilometers. The three similarly sized and designed complexes of TBRH form a single line of structures along the east-west running…

July 2017

…found in another composition in northwestern Tibet (see September 2016 Flight of the Khyung, figs. 111, 113). With its riders and mascoids (anthropomorphic visages in emblematic form), this scene embodies…

January 2016

…of ancient civilization in Upper Tibet. The abstract and promotional materials are freely available on the Popular Archaeology website, but the article itself is behind a pay-wall. However, for just…

March 2013

bow and its connections to the Eurasian cultural world of yore. Curves of history: the composite bow in Upper Tibet Introduction The bow and arrow have been around for at…

June 2013

parts of this long and little known history (for more information visit our website: www.tedahl.org) Conclusion It is important to emphasize that the observations made below are for the moment…

August 2017

…very few close-up shots available for examination. Moreover, not all red ochre pigment applications were photographed, therefore, a comprehensive inventory of compositions and epigraphs is still pending. Exercising much diligence…

August 2015

two regions.* For other examples of the sun-moon-swastika composition in Upper Tibet, see Bruneau and Bellezza 2013, p. 112 (fig. II.10); Bellezza 2001, p. 358 (fig. 10.78); 2008, pp. 165…

May 2017

Protohistoric period Fig. 101. Lone wild yak and sun that appear to form an integral compositionProminent motifs: wedge-shaped tail; circular horns; small anterior hump; rounded snout; flat belly; four unflexed…

November 2013

the region feel compelled to mark them with lasting reminders of their presence? As noted in previous newsletters, there appear to be two major reasons for this art and epigraphy,…

June 2014

…in Upper Tibet. Buddhism could not often co-inhabit comfortably with their veneration. Over time, many sites were reviled and slowly forgotten. Moreover, ancient sites like Bell Island were not the…

October 2010

…the Chos-gong (central Tibet) and mKhar-ru (eastern Tibet) sites, strongly suggesting distinctive cultural orientations for these respective regions. The grave finds indicate that Montsher had well-developed trade relations, with commodities…

February 2015

few links: For a description of the Tibet Museum and its holdings, see the website China Tibet Information Center: http://zt.tibet.cn/english/zt/culture/20040200451384554.htm Much of the same information as above is found on…

October 2014

on the body) and the S-shaped design (occupies the middle of the body). Although single volutes are a common form of ornamentation in other regions in which the animal style…

September 2012

…the hidden path stands as a magnificent example of ancient stone architecture with stone corbelled structures, lintels and stairs, all executed in a skilful manner. The whole fortified complex, almost…

August 2013

…indigenous tradition of shrine building in Tibet. Chortens were also commonly engraved and painted on stone surfaces in Upper Tibet. A variety of popular forms are represented in this rock…

February 2014

…For example, the tale of Dragu Ngongen triumphing over Thanglha and Nam Tsho subtly shows that humans are more precious than the ‘worldly’ deities. In Buddhist terms, this is so…

Articles

…to the Bon goddess Drog Tsho Menma. I had the good fortune to trek around this lake in the winter of 1997 and complete a preliminary archaeological survey, which has…

December 2015

…Thangkhar is associated with an ancient tribe known as the Mon.   Next Month: Documenting the opening of ancient tombs in Spiti and the search for the missing artifacts!…

April 2012

conducted if we are to better understand the physical and cultural components of the burial. A battery of archaeometric tests and analyses is required, ranging from the forensic to the…

March 2016

…have reviewed the formation of the Lesser Northern Metallurgical Province (LNMP: southern Xinjiang, northwestern China and far eastern Tibet), let us examine questions concerning this entity’s possible impact on the…

August 2014

zeitgeist that swept the continent. For comparative purposes, let us review some of the most famous examples of horned anthropomorphs and horned headdresses in Eurasia. I will not provide website

April 2016

Reports, an open access journal published by nature.com. I shall briefly describe the findings of this landmark study, and furnish complementary archaeological data as well as an analysis of its…

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