Tibet Archaeology

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April 2015

…Tibet’s ancient past is steadily being eroded. This article examines specific threats to archaeological sites in Upper Tibet and calls for the initiation of a project to protect and conserve…

December 2014

…of horse tack. For other examples of this class of objects, see fig. 9 below; and August 2014 Flight of the Khyung, fig. 5. Comparative features of the Volutes mask…

February 2017

Thangde Mukyu in the foreground and the temple-tomb (Mound I) and companion structure (Mound II) in the background. Fig. 40. A coherent wall footing on the northwest side of Mound…

September 2017

…by Ldawa, Mehta and Devers as of Spring, 2017. Our augmented corpus of rock art opens new perspectives for understanding Ladakh’s past. For example, a clear differentiation between Upper and…

October 2016

…the mascoids of Spiti may possibly be the oldest examples of rock art also common to Upper Tibet and Ladakh. Although a Bronze Age attribution for the earliest mascoids of…

October 2017

details: Situated among other wild felines and wild yaks and perhaps a standing anthropomorph, which form one or more integral compositions. This rock art is highly worn and not easily…

Maps

1986 – 2012. Vehicular, on foot and on horseback. Click map image to download high-resolution PDF (24.6 MB) Author’s routes in the Western Himalaya, 1983 – 2001. Black line =…

July 2013

my book Divine Dyads (1997: 262), and as a photograph in Zhang Zhung (2008: 160). See ‘Books’ on this website for bibliographic information. Fig. 2. Another polychrome depiction of a…

November 2016

of shrines consisting of graduated steps. These include rudimentary examples like this one as well as more complex and later forms known as stupas (Sanskrit) or chortens (Tibetan). In addition…

August 2012

have suffered much misfortune. Tiger skin is used in a variety of Tibetan rituals. For example, in a ceremony to summon good fortune (g.yang-’gugs), tiger and leopard skins are used…

March 2015

the rock art sites recorded in Western Tibet is shown on this map. For a more complete listing of sites see: Bruneau, L. and Bellezza, J. V. 2013: “The Rock…

April 2014

…m x 60 m). The structures are densely arrayed, save for an open area of around 14 m in length between the southern and northern halves of the complex. Most…

December 2013

Upper Tibet. These compositions may have had a wide purview of meaning and function. Having speculated on this subject before, I will not rehash my ideas here.* For example, see…

Flight of the Khyung - April 2017

April 2017

in rock art compositions. Readers are encouraged to consult the earlier article for information and lore about the wild yak, the largest native mammal of the Tibetan Plateau. Esthetic and…

June 2017

…Western TibetEstimated Age: Iron Age or Protohistoric period Fig. 204. Two wild yaks and another animal that appear to form an integral compositionProminent motifs: downward pointing wedge-shaped tail; inward curving…

March 2011

some of the most impressive examples, please see the Antiquities of Zhang Zhung website www.thlib.org/bellezza (still not finished but getting close). Fig. 2. Two pillars sit at the west end…

January 2015

khyung (for example, see figs. 13 and 14 in August 2014 Flight of the Khyung). In number, form, and position, the long tail feathers complement the horns. The bird is…

December 2006

come. The seminar was opened by a number of Tibetan dignitaries, the foremost of which was His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama encouraged the attendees to search for…

September 2011

Sichuan University. Harvard University also provided some sponsorship. Airport transfers, hotel accommodation and meals for participants were provided free of charge by the sponsors. Thank you to all concerned! Nearly…

December 2010

Recherche des Civilisations d’Asie Orientale. He is compiling an inventory of fortifications, temples and rock art in Ladakh and Zanskar, dating from the Bronze Age upto the second diffusion of…

February 2016

many years, Shang Nyima freely shared with me his formidable knowledge of Tibetan history and culture, and he was a generous supporter of my research work. Also see next month’s…

January 2017

…and other stelar necropolises in more depth, it is necessary to examine archaeological evidence from North Inner Asia. Comparative study establishes certain affinities at the end of the Bronze Age…

December 2012

Paintings of Celestial Lake in Northern Tibet”, East and West [Rome], vol. 52, 2002, p. 393 (fig. 53). For access to this paper, see articles section of website. Also see…

August 2011

great features such as interactive maps, the ability to view Tibetan names in phonetics or in transliteration, image search functions, and print-out formats. Publishing such a large work (more than…

February 2013

by commercial interests, and 4) the cutting of new roads around ecologically sensitive headlands. From what I observed less than two months ago, absolutely no measures for the conservation of…

November 2014

antelope, thus it does not appear to be pursuing the animal. As I have commented in my book Zhang Zhung, p. 174 (see books section of this website for bibliographic…

October 2011

intricate that they can be described as ‘apartment complexes’. As for earlier periods of tenure in the region, there is the Chokhopani (1200–450 BCE) and Mebrak (450 BCE to 50…

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