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Site information

Site code: IND-LAD-KRU
Karu 3
unknown
On the roadside, close to the access road of a military camp. The site borders the important Stakna irrigation canal which runs parallel to the river. Rocks engraved on both sides of the road.

Statistics of the site

item #
zones
systematic 3
surveyed 0
reported 0
rocks 22
surfaces 23
motifs 97
scenes 14

Site zones

IND-LAD-KRU-Zo01
Karu 3

# rocks : 6
# surfaces : 7
# motifs : 27
# scenes : 3
IND-LAD-KRU-Zo02
Karu 4

# rocks : 14
# surfaces : 14
# motifs : 54
# scenes : 8
IND-LAD-KRU-Zo03
Karu 5

# rocks : 2
# surfaces : 2
# motifs : 16
# scenes : 3

Images

Motif statistics

    Category and identification
  • anthropomorph: 20
  • architecture: 0
  • artefact: 0
  • indeterminate: 11
  • inscription: 0
  • other: 0
  • plant: 0
  • sign: 3
  • zoomorph: 63
    Scene description
  • battle: 0
  • ceremonial: 0
  • confrontation: 0
  • domestication: 1
  • duel: 0
  • hunt: 7
  • image and text: 0
  • inter-species group: 1
  • intra-species group: 0
  • mating: 0
  • none: 0
  • other: 2
  • pair: 2
  • predation: 1
  • religious: 0
    Patina
  • fresh: 0
  • clear: 1
  • medium: 2
  • dark: 68
  • very dark: 26
  • unknown: 0
    Production technique
  • abraded: 0
  • combination: 0
  • hammered: 97
  • incised: 0
  • painted: 0
  • pecked: 0
  • unknown: 0
    Period
  • contemporary: 0
  • historic: 1
  • pre-historic: 53
  • unknown: 43
    Direction
  • front view: 1
  • left: 2
  • right: 0
  • reading sense: 26
  • aerial: 0
  • none: 68
  • unknown: 0
    Drawing
  • contour: 15
  • silhouette: 78
  • combination: 2
  • unknown: 2
    Style
  • rectilinear: 21
  • curvilinear: 0
  • parallel: 3
  • rectoparallel: 0
  • rectangular: 1
  • rectotriangular: 1
  • triangular: 0
  • bitriangular: 0
  • Eurasian animal style: 0
  • other: 0
  • non specific: 71