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Zone information
Zone code: IND-LAD-KLZ-Zo01
Kaltze Zampa
Khalatse; Khalste; Khalsi; Zampa-thang
Located at the roadside police checkpoint.
Mentioned in the chronicles of Ladakh
bridge, fortified structure, mani stone wall, road, trail, trash
bank, plateau, river
Comments on the environment: An old wooden and stone bridge. Remains of an old customs post. Another bridge built before 1974, the other double lane bridge was built in the 2000s.
scattered
few
open air
petroglyph
granite
boulder
historic, pre-historic
Visits: Martin, Vernier (2003): systematic
Nils, Martin (2016): surveyed
destroyed , exploited
Comments on the condition: Site degraded by the construction of successive bridges over the Indus. Checkpoint. Engraved rocks are still being degraded, close to the road, and are exploited for their stone. Partially demolished by 2002.
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Comments on the environment: An old wooden and stone bridge. Remains of an old customs post. Another bridge built before 1974, the other double lane bridge was built in the 2000s.
click to see the description
click to see the description
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click to see the description
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Visits: Martin, Vernier (2003): systematic
Nils, Martin (2016): surveyed
click to see the description
Comments on the condition: Site degraded by the construction of successive bridges over the Indus. Checkpoint. Engraved rocks are still being degraded, close to the road, and are exploited for their stone. Partially demolished by 2002.
Statistics of the zone
| item | # |
|---|---|
| rocks | 15 |
| surfaces | 17 |
| motifs | 53 |
| scenes | 4 |
Rocks
Motif statistics
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Category and identification
- anthropomorph: 5
- architecture: 12
- artefact: 0
- indeterminate: 3
- inscription: 7
- other: 1
- plant: 0
- sign: 2
- zoomorph: 23
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Scene description
- battle: 0
- ceremonial: 0
- confrontation: 1
- domestication: 0
- duel: 0
- hunt: 2
- image and text: 1
- inter-species group: 0
- intra-species group: 0
- mating: 0
- none: 0
- other: 0
- pair: 0
- predation: 0
- religious: 0
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Patina
- fresh: 5
- clear: 3
- medium: 31
- dark: 14
- very dark: 0
- unknown: 0
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Production technique
- abraded: 0
- combination: 0
- hammered: 52
- incised: 0
- painted: 1
- pecked: 0
- unknown: 0
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Period
- contemporary: 5
- historic: 15
- pre-historic: 1
- unknown: 32
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Direction
- front view: 3
- left: 31
- right: 0
- reading sense: 0
- aerial: 5
- none: 14
- unknown: 0
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Drawing
- contour: 21
- silhouette: 30
- combination: 2
- unknown: 0
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Style
- rectilinear: 4
- curvilinear: 0
- parallel: 0
- rectoparallel: 0
- rectangular: 1
- rectotriangular: 0
- triangular: 0
- bitriangular: 1
- Eurasian animal style: 2
- other: 1
- non specific: 44

