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Zone information

Zone code: IND-LAD-ACH-Zo01
Achinathang-Hanuthang
unknown
Roadside site, shortly after Achinathang village but before the Thangurtse site.
none

road
bank, river, slope
Comments on the environment: Right bank of the Indus, rockks on either side of the road, below and overhanging.

scattered
few

open air
petroglyph
granite
boulder

historic, pre-historic

Visits: Laurianne, Bruneau (2006): systematic
exploited
Comments on the condition: Roadside rocks are mined/exploited for road or construction purposes.

Statistics of the zone

item #
rocks 8
surfaces 8
motifs 26
scenes 6

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Rocks

Motif statistics

    Category and identification
  • anthropomorph: 7
  • architecture: 0
  • artefact: 0
  • indeterminate: 1
  • inscription: 2
  • other: 0
  • plant: 0
  • sign: 1
  • zoomorph: 15
    Scene description
  • battle: 0
  • ceremonial: 0
  • confrontation: 0
  • domestication: 0
  • duel: 0
  • hunt: 6
  • image and text: 0
  • inter-species group: 0
  • intra-species group: 0
  • mating: 0
  • none: 0
  • other: 0
  • pair: 0
  • predation: 0
  • religious: 0
    Patina
  • fresh: 2
  • clear: 6
  • medium: 11
  • dark: 7
  • very dark: 0
  • unknown: 0
    Production technique
  • abraded: 0
  • combination: 0
  • hammered: 25
  • incised: 0
  • painted: 0
  • pecked: 1
  • unknown: 0
    Period
  • contemporary: 4
  • historic: 0
  • pre-historic: 15
  • unknown: 7
    Direction
  • front view: 6
  • left: 11
  • right: 0
  • reading sense: 0
  • aerial: 2
  • none: 7
  • unknown: 0
    Drawing
  • contour: 2
  • silhouette: 24
  • combination: 0
  • unknown: 0
    Style
  • rectilinear: 11
  • curvilinear: 0
  • parallel: 1
  • rectoparallel: 0
  • rectangular: 0
  • rectotriangular: 0
  • triangular: 0
  • bitriangular: 2
  • Eurasian animal style: 0
  • other: 0
  • non specific: 12