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Zone code: IND-LAH-MGL-Zo01
Mangalak
Gemur



delimited ground space, mani stone wall
bank, plateau, river
Comments on the environment: 8 large boulders have been documented by Kyarpa, one is located on the other side of the Bhaga River

gathered
few

open air
petroglyph
granite
boulder

historic, pre-historic

Visits: Tsering, Dorje (2017): surveyed
Kyarpa (2021): surveyed
Kyarpa; Martin, Vernier; Abram, Pointet (2022): surveyed
Martin, Vernier; Abram, Pointet (2023): systematic
threatened
Comments on the condition: some mane stones are covering part of the largest engraved boulder

Statistics of the zone

item #
rocks 5
surfaces 28
motifs 216
scenes 12

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Rocks

Motif statistics

    Category and identification
  • anthropomorph: 46
  • architecture: 18
  • artefact: 2
  • indeterminate: 34
  • inscription: 14
  • other: 1
  • plant: 0
  • sign: 35
  • zoomorph: 66
    Scene description
  • battle: 1
  • ceremonial: 0
  • confrontation: 0
  • domestication: 0
  • duel: 0
  • hunt: 3
  • image and text: 1
  • inter-species group: 0
  • intra-species group: 0
  • mating: 0
  • none: 0
  • other: 3
  • pair: 2
  • predation: 1
  • religious: 1
    Patina
  • fresh: 10
  • clear: 0
  • medium: 92
  • dark: 100
  • very dark: 14
  • unknown: 0
    Production technique
  • abraded: 1
  • combination: 2
  • hammered: 198
  • incised: 2
  • painted: 0
  • pecked: 13
  • unknown: 0
    Period
  • contemporary: 0
  • historic: 30
  • pre-historic: 0
  • unknown: 186
    Direction
  • front view: 0
  • left: 92
  • right: 0
  • reading sense: 14
  • aerial: 10
  • none: 100
  • unknown: 0
    Drawing
  • contour: 69
  • silhouette: 118
  • combination: 8
  • unknown: 21
    Style
  • rectilinear: 34
  • curvilinear: 3
  • parallel: 0
  • rectoparallel: 0
  • rectangular: 0
  • rectotriangular: 0
  • triangular: 2
  • bitriangular: 31
  • Eurasian animal style: 0
  • other: 0
  • non specific: 146