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Zone code: IND-LAD-IGU-Zo01
Igu
unknown
In the village of Igu, at the third group of houses up the valley.
Inhabitants interviewed did not know about the existence of the petroglyphs.

funerary structure, mani stone wall, road, stupa structure, village
slope
Comments on the environment: Right bank

scattered
few

open air
petroglyph
granite
boulder

pre-historic

Visits: Martin, Vernier (2004): systematic
damaged , exploited
Comments on the condition: Stones used for housing.

Statistics of the zone

item #
rocks 4
surfaces 4
motifs 22
scenes 1

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Rocks

Motif statistics

    Category and identification
  • anthropomorph: 1
  • architecture: 0
  • artefact: 0
  • indeterminate: 0
  • inscription: 0
  • other: 0
  • plant: 0
  • sign: 0
  • zoomorph: 21
    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: 1
  • mating: 0
  • none: 0
  • other: 0
  • pair: 0
  • predation: 0
  • religious: 0
    Patina
  • fresh: 0
  • clear: 0
  • medium: 0
  • dark: 6
  • very dark: 16
  • unknown: 0
    Production technique
  • abraded: 0
  • combination: 0
  • hammered: 22
  • incised: 0
  • painted: 0
  • pecked: 0
  • unknown: 0
    Period
  • contemporary: 0
  • historic: 0
  • pre-historic: 22
  • unknown: 0
    Direction
  • front view: 0
  • left: 0
  • right: 0
  • reading sense: 16
  • aerial: 0
  • none: 6
  • unknown: 0
    Drawing
  • contour: 0
  • silhouette: 15
  • combination: 4
  • unknown: 3
    Style
  • rectilinear: 2
  • curvilinear: 0
  • parallel: 0
  • rectoparallel: 0
  • rectangular: 3
  • rectotriangular: 0
  • triangular: 0
  • bitriangular: 0
  • Eurasian animal style: 0
  • other: 0
  • non specific: 17