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Zone code: IND-ZAN-CHA-Zo01
Cha
Char
Site on the top of the village of Cha, on the right bank of the river, on the slope, about 10 m before a group of 3 stupa.
none

delimited ground space, funerary structure, stupa structure, trail, village
river, slope
Comments on the environment: Right bank of the Tsarap; old track below the site, about 200m.

gathered
most

open air
petroglyph
other
slab

pre-historic

Visits: Martin, Vernier (1998): surveyed
Martin, Vernier (2004): systematic
Martin, Vernier (2009): surveyed
Martin, Vernier (2011): surveyed
Martin, Vernier (2014): surveyed
good
Comments on the condition: none

Statistics of the zone

item #
rocks 2
surfaces 21
motifs 290
scenes 21

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Rocks

Motif statistics

    Category and identification
  • anthropomorph: 23
  • architecture: 0
  • artefact: 0
  • indeterminate: 48
  • inscription: 0
  • other: 0
  • plant: 0
  • sign: 8
  • zoomorph: 211
    Scene description
  • battle: 0
  • ceremonial: 0
  • confrontation: 0
  • domestication: 0
  • duel: 0
  • hunt: 14
  • image and text: 0
  • inter-species group: 0
  • intra-species group: 0
  • mating: 1
  • none: 0
  • other: 2
  • pair: 2
  • predation: 2
  • religious: 0
    Patina
  • fresh: 0
  • clear: 3
  • medium: 0
  • dark: 15
  • very dark: 272
  • unknown: 0
    Production technique
  • abraded: 0
  • combination: 0
  • hammered: 289
  • incised: 1
  • painted: 0
  • pecked: 0
  • unknown: 0
    Period
  • contemporary: 0
  • historic: 0
  • pre-historic: 273
  • unknown: 17
    Direction
  • front view: 3
  • left: 0
  • right: 0
  • reading sense: 272
  • aerial: 0
  • none: 15
  • unknown: 0
    Drawing
  • contour: 6
  • silhouette: 274
  • combination: 3
  • unknown: 7
    Style
  • rectilinear: 13
  • curvilinear: 0
  • parallel: 0
  • rectoparallel: 0
  • rectangular: 7
  • rectotriangular: 31
  • triangular: 0
  • bitriangular: 2
  • Eurasian animal style: 0
  • other: 0
  • non specific: 237