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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.

Statistics of the zone

item #
rocks 15
surfaces 17
motifs 53
scenes 4

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Rocks

Motif statistics

    Category and identification
  • anthropomorph: 5
  • architecture: 12
  • artefact: 0
  • indeterminate: 3
  • inscription: 7
  • other: 1
  • plant: 0
  • sign: 2
  • zoomorph: 23
    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
    Patina
  • fresh: 5
  • clear: 3
  • medium: 31
  • dark: 14
  • very dark: 0
  • unknown: 0
    Production technique
  • abraded: 0
  • combination: 0
  • hammered: 52
  • incised: 0
  • painted: 1
  • pecked: 0
  • unknown: 0
    Period
  • contemporary: 5
  • historic: 15
  • pre-historic: 1
  • unknown: 32
    Direction
  • front view: 3
  • left: 31
  • right: 0
  • reading sense: 0
  • aerial: 5
  • none: 14
  • unknown: 0
    Drawing
  • contour: 21
  • silhouette: 30
  • combination: 2
  • unknown: 0
    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