Softcover, 2 vols, 1216 pages, 1805 color images, 185 figures, 23 maps, Oxford 2025, new
Focusing on the Western half of Stod, this is the fourth in a series of five volumes that comprehensively document rock art in Upper Tibet. It examines a panoply of graphic evidence found on stone surfaces, supplying an unprecedented view of the long-term development of culture and religion on a large swathe of the Tibetan Plateau. The pictographs (rock paintings) and petroglyphs (rock carvings), host sites, and descriptions and analyses presented are the direct result of intensive fieldwork conducted by the author in Upper Tibet between 1995 and 2016. Information on rock art production techniques, subject identification, thematic class, mode of presentation, physical condition, estimated age, and relative location are supplied for each piece of rock art. In addition to the datasets, the book offers rock art site descriptions and assesses the cultural, religious and artistic development of these locations.
Precis
Introduction
A Brief Introduction to the Volume
Rock Art Sites of Upper Tibet
Chronology Outline
Abbreviations Used in the Rock Art Inventory
Inventoried Rock Art Sites
Mtha’ kham pa ri (S69)
Nag skyom (S70)
Rgyab lung (S71)
Brag gtsug (S72)
Gna’ bo lung (S73)
Chu lung (S74)
Gyam kham pa (S75)
Rdu ru can (S76)
Ri mo gdong (S77)
Sa snying (S78)
Rno ba g.yang rdo (S79)
Nag khung rdo ring (S80)
Gri’u chu thang (S81)
She rang sna kha shar ma (S82)
’Bri mo spo ba (S83)
Rdzong chen (S84)
She rang mkhar lung (S85)
Rdzong chung (S86)
Mkhar po che
Ru thog rdzong (S87)
Gser sgam (S88)
Lu ring sna kha (S89)
Mar lung (S90)
Brag gyam (S91)
Rgyal la ding (S92)
Bibliography
Catalogue of Images
Concordance
Catalogue No. – Inventory No.
Inventory No. – Image No.