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Zone code: IND-LAD-RBG-Zo01
Rubag
unknown
The site is in a side valley to the one going towards the Ganda Pass from Zinchen and the Indus Valley. It is about a 30 minute walk from Rubag, which marks the junction of the valleys, towards the Stok Pass, on the way to the base camp.
none

trail
slope, valley
Comments on the environment: At the exit of the village of Rubag, there are remains of a dry stone construction: according to a local informant, it was a guard post built by the Mongols (Tibetans) at the time of the invasion, just a 30-minute walk from the rock art site.

gathered
few

open air
petroglyph
other
boulder

historic

Visits: Martin, Vernier (2003): systematic
good
Comments on the condition: none

Statistics of the zone

item #
rocks 9
surfaces 9
motifs 20
scenes 2

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Rocks

Motif statistics

    Category and identification
  • anthropomorph: 4
  • architecture: 0
  • artefact: 0
  • indeterminate: 0
  • inscription: 5
  • other: 1
  • plant: 0
  • sign: 1
  • zoomorph: 9
    Scene description
  • battle: 0
  • ceremonial: 0
  • confrontation: 0
  • domestication: 1
  • duel: 0
  • hunt: 1
  • 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: 0
  • clear: 7
  • medium: 1
  • dark: 9
  • very dark: 3
  • unknown: 0
    Production technique
  • abraded: 0
  • combination: 0
  • hammered: 20
  • incised: 0
  • painted: 0
  • pecked: 0
  • unknown: 0
    Period
  • contemporary: 11
  • historic: 1
  • pre-historic: 0
  • unknown: 8
    Direction
  • front view: 7
  • left: 1
  • right: 0
  • reading sense: 3
  • aerial: 0
  • none: 9
  • unknown: 0
    Drawing
  • contour: 2
  • silhouette: 18
  • combination: 0
  • unknown: 0
    Style
  • rectilinear: 3
  • curvilinear: 0
  • parallel: 0
  • rectoparallel: 0
  • rectangular: 0
  • rectotriangular: 0
  • triangular: 0
  • bitriangular: 1
  • Eurasian animal style: 0
  • other: 0
  • non specific: 16