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Zone information

Zone code: IND-LAD-BNT-Zo01
Baloo-Nurla thang
unknown
Small plateau (about 600 m long) between the road and the Indus, between Nurla and Balookhar.
none

other, road, trail
bank, river
Comments on the environment: Right bank of the Indus. Plateau includes a ruined house. Old track on the bottom of the valley s visible. Electric line.

scattered
scarce

open air
petroglyph
granite
boulder

historic

Visits: Martin, Vernier (2003): systematic
Laurianne, Bruneau; Quentin Devers; Martin, Vernier (2007): surveyed
damaged
Comments on the condition: Many remains of truckers' and road laborer camps still visible on both sides of the track.

Statistics of the zone

item #
rocks 6
surfaces 6
motifs 10
scenes 0

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Rocks

Motif statistics

    Category and identification
  • anthropomorph: 1
  • architecture: 0
  • artefact: 0
  • indeterminate: 1
  • inscription: 2
  • other: 1
  • plant: 0
  • sign: 3
  • zoomorph: 2
    Scene description
  • battle: 0
  • ceremonial: 0
  • confrontation: 0
  • domestication: 0
  • duel: 0
  • hunt: 0
  • 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: 1
  • clear: 6
  • medium: 3
  • dark: 0
  • very dark: 0
  • unknown: 0
    Production technique
  • abraded: 0
  • combination: 0
  • hammered: 10
  • incised: 0
  • painted: 0
  • pecked: 0
  • unknown: 0
    Period
  • contemporary: 1
  • historic: 6
  • pre-historic: 0
  • unknown: 3
    Direction
  • front view: 6
  • left: 3
  • right: 0
  • reading sense: 0
  • aerial: 1
  • none: 0
  • unknown: 0
    Drawing
  • contour: 2
  • silhouette: 8
  • combination: 0
  • unknown: 0
    Style
  • rectilinear: 0
  • curvilinear: 0
  • parallel: 0
  • rectoparallel: 0
  • rectangular: 0
  • rectotriangular: 0
  • triangular: 0
  • bitriangular: 1
  • Eurasian animal style: 0
  • other: 2
  • non specific: 7