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Zone code: IND-LAD-YRU-Zo01
Yaru
unknown
Take the wooden bridge leading to the village of Yaru. The first engraved rocks are at the bridge on the right bank of the Zanskar River.
none

bridge, ceramic, other, trail
plateau, river
Comments on the environment: Right bank of the Zanskar River, 20m away. Old track crosses the site. Ceramic probably modern. Single ancient house (Yaru): over the track to Zanskar. Shelter on the river bank.

scattered
few

open air
petroglyph
granite
boulder

historic, pre-historic

Visits: Laurianne, Bruneau; Quentin, Devers; Martin, Vernier (2007): systematic
good
Comments on the condition: none

Statistics of the zone

item #
rocks 31
surfaces 39
motifs 323
scenes 34

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Rocks

Motif statistics

    Category and identification
  • anthropomorph: 23
  • architecture: 0
  • artefact: 0
  • indeterminate: 28
  • inscription: 0
  • other: 9
  • plant: 1
  • sign: 42
  • zoomorph: 220
    Scene description
  • battle: 0
  • ceremonial: 0
  • confrontation: 0
  • domestication: 0
  • duel: 1
  • hunt: 9
  • image and text: 0
  • inter-species group: 1
  • intra-species group: 2
  • mating: 0
  • none: 0
  • other: 7
  • pair: 0
  • predation: 14
  • religious: 0
    Patina
  • fresh: 1
  • clear: 12
  • medium: 50
  • dark: 237
  • very dark: 23
  • unknown: 0
    Production technique
  • abraded: 9
  • combination: 0
  • hammered: 262
  • incised: 0
  • painted: 0
  • pecked: 52
  • unknown: 0
    Period
  • contemporary: 1
  • historic: 1
  • pre-historic: 84
  • unknown: 237
    Direction
  • front view: 12
  • left: 50
  • right: 0
  • reading sense: 23
  • aerial: 1
  • none: 237
  • unknown: 0
    Drawing
  • contour: 26
  • silhouette: 295
  • combination: 1
  • unknown: 1
    Style
  • rectilinear: 1
  • curvilinear: 0
  • parallel: 4
  • rectoparallel: 1
  • rectangular: 1
  • rectotriangular: 3
  • triangular: 2
  • bitriangular: 1
  • Eurasian animal style: 0
  • other: 0
  • non specific: 310