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Zone code: PAK-YAS-MRK-Zo01
Morka Lashti
none
this site is locatedsouth of Noah bridge on the left hand side of the river and it can be accessed through a tractor road by foot or by vehicle.
undocumented

canal, cave, fortified structure, undetermined structure, village
cone, ravine, river, slope, valley
Comments on the environment: the is an open air rock art site with scattered black rocks, on western and north western side is morka village, a nusrsery on north east side, four to five houses on the site. There are remains of fortified structure on eastern side with some rock carvings, along nursery towards north west side side are fields of crops with a water canal on western side to irrigate the fields. fields are in the lower area which looks like a basin of a dried lake or ancient river route. cluster of rock carvings are found on edge of this basin following in a line from east to west and majority of rock surfaces are oriented towards north east, east and north idrection. some stone circles were found on western side of site with few rock carvings on the edge.

scattered
scarce

open air
petroglyph
granite
boulder

contemporary, pre-historic

Visits: David, Sarmiento Castillo; Zafar, Iqbal; Saqib, Ali (2020): surveyed
David, Sarmiento Castillo; Zafar, Iqbal; Saqib, Ali (2021): surveyed
David, Sarmiento Castillo; Zafar, Iqbal; Saqib, Ali (2022): systematic
damaged , exploited , threatened
Comments on the condition: this site was disturbed already during the construction of Yasin Vallley road, a house has been built near rock 22, 21 and 18 and it is possible that some rocks have been destroyed during this work. on lower part of the site near rock 1 and 3, a petrol pump and resurant will be built in near future. In 2023 on the site there is blasting activity on large scale to get the white granite stone for construction and to supply stone to whole Yasin valley.

Statistics of the zone

item #
rocks 59
surfaces 67
motifs 586
scenes 41

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Rocks

Motif statistics

    Category and identification
  • anthropomorph: 37
  • architecture: 0
  • artefact: 2
  • indeterminate: 38
  • inscription: 77
  • other: 0
  • plant: 0
  • sign: 36
  • zoomorph: 397
    Scene description
  • battle: 0
  • ceremonial: 0
  • confrontation: 1
  • domestication: 1
  • duel: 0
  • hunt: 20
  • image and text: 0
  • inter-species group: 0
  • intra-species group: 3
  • mating: 1
  • none: 0
  • other: 1
  • pair: 1
  • predation: 13
  • religious: 0
    Patina
  • fresh: 125
  • clear: 7
  • medium: 33
  • dark: 243
  • very dark: 21
  • unknown: 158
    Production technique
  • abraded: 0
  • combination: 2
  • hammered: 28
  • incised: 0
  • painted: 0
  • pecked: 399
  • unknown: 158
    Period
  • contemporary: 117
  • historic: 2
  • pre-historic: 409
  • unknown: 59
    Direction
  • front view: 7
  • left: 33
  • right: 158
  • reading sense: 21
  • aerial: 125
  • none: 243
  • unknown: 0
    Drawing
  • contour: 174
  • silhouette: 357
  • combination: 30
  • unknown: 26
    Style
  • rectilinear: 240
  • curvilinear: 9
  • parallel: 76
  • rectoparallel: 0
  • rectangular: 148
  • rectotriangular: 14
  • triangular: 2
  • bitriangular: 3
  • Eurasian animal style: 0
  • other: 2
  • non specific: 93