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Gold and Bronze Objects in the Era before Empire: Cross-cultural Reverberations on the Tibetan Plateau and Soundings from other Parts of Eurasia February-May 2018: Written in Stone: A comprehensive inventory…

December 2011

…steppic examples. The mascoids of Upper Tibet are even more highly stylized and they are characterized by complex ornamentation consisting of linear and curvilinear motifs. Recently, working in collaboration with…

July 2012

wild yaks, eagles, and hawks, etc. Formal Lamaist divinities notwithstanding, many Tibetan folk deities use wild creatures as their conveyances. Among the popular deities commonly mounted on wild animals are…

March 2012

I documented mascoids (see December 2011 newsletter), camels (see current) and chariots (see August 2010 and November 2011). As for animals in combat and ‘heraldic’ pairs of carnivores, other distinguishing…

January 2014

kinds of compositions not represented on the main panel. There are nevertheless may parallels in form and function between these two panels, the handiwork of a people who shared the…

August 2008

write in their own language. The Contemporary Political and Economic Scene in Mongolia The systematic dismantling of Mongolian culture and the formation of a Communist state has had a lasting…

April 2013

landed are the remains of an ancient residential complex, which appears to have had both religious and utilitarian functions. Its origins have been long forgotten: nowhere are they preserved in…

January 2007

hazards in order to reach the south side of the Himalaya. Gnetahn is also an accomplished designer, musician and audio engineer. Recently he composed songs for Anurag Kashyap’s widely acclaimed…

July 2007

the Lopon. As with Buddhism, Bon is attracting an ever wider circle of mainland Chinese followers. These are mostly educated and affluent individuals, searching for a more profound dimension in…

May 2008

(intellectual, emotional, professional, financial, etc.) accrue to the author for having written it? In this age of instantaneous mass communications where, spin and double-speak abound, the question of exactly why…

September 2008

…shaman revivalists, and Vajrayana Buddhists vie for control of the hearts and minds of the Mongols. In this hothouse religious environment the gloves are off as rivals jockey for a…

April 2009

Ode to the Birds of Spring The vernal equinox has come and the days are lengthening here in the Himalaya. A few rain showers have eased the effect of…

December 2009

…case, being warm, or for that matter cold, is largely a state of mind. Certain physical and mental exercises can help to insure one’s comfort even in subfreezing temperatures. Diet…

October 2006

the most lucid skies of the year but instead, I have pulled out photocopies of my many old journals and opened up somewhere in the middle. My random search turned…

June 2011

and housed a number of commodious rooms. Clearly, this form of construction entailed the use of wooden rafters. In the contemporary period wood suitable for this purpose is not found…

November 2007

it what you will; it has always been seen as an object fit for inquiry. Indeed, to grapple with questions concerning the basic identity and purpose of humanity appear to…

June 2009

shrine has become an assembly point for Lhasa’s growing Bonpo community. Pilgrimage and Recreation: The Recreation of a Lhasa Holy Site Recently, I had the opportunity to revisit Drak Yerpa…

April 2008

decade. The unanimous reply was that certain elements from outside the region have stirred up communal hatred and violence. There is much validity in this. What happened [recently] in Ladakh…

August 2016

…carved example in this composition has nine rays, a number that has acquired much mythic, religious and cosmological significance in Tibet. The triangular form has not been identified. The wild…

May 2012

of smaller residences, a line of recently looted chortens, and a lower complex of buildings. Where many hundreds of people once lived there is now not a single soul. The…

November 2012

who come later in time. In the text below we shall examine how these physical and psychological forces in theory may have been articulated in the carvings and paintings of…

September 2013

going to get a lift easily, I decided to hike to Shandur and camp out for my birthday. It is sunny but cool this morning. I am very comfortable in…

February 2008

for posting on the website by a highly competent technical staff at the University of Virginia (headed by Professor David Germano). I will certainly announce in my newsletter when the…

January 2008

work comprehensively examines the monumental and esthetic traces of the Metal Age and early historic period in Upper Tibet. Based on a field survey project of twelve years duration, the…

September 2010

of rock art is carried out using various types of physical, artistic and textual evidences, allowing for its placement in broad categories of time. The two compositions under scrutiny belong…

January 2012

…khyung, the mythical horned eagle of Tibet. These fabulous birds come in many forms, painted and sculptural. Horned raptors are also found in the rock art of Upper Tibet, forming…

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February 2007

of formatting and proofreading will ensue. This could take several more months.I am in no hurry. I want to get everything right so as to insure that Antiquities of Zhang-Zhung…

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