#0213: Brgya grong [Major Site]

Town/Township
Lcang ra shar
Coordinates
29°54'25", 91°19'06"
Elevation
3825m
Field Type
FT-A
Mound Type
MT-C (40m)
Additional Classification
major site
Status
v(2014)
Satellite Photo: Google|DigitalGlobe (10/2011); edited by G. Hazod 2014
Fig. 1 The gave fields behind 'Phan po township, Lhun grub County.
Fig. 1: The gave fields behind 'Phan po township, Lhun grub County. (Satellite Photo: Google|DigitalGlobe (10/2011); edited by G. Hazod 2014)
Satellite Photo: Google|DigitalGlobe (10/2011); edited by G. Hazod 2014
Fig. 2 The gave field #0213 situated behind the village Brgya grong, "hundred families" (Fig. 1; this toponym is not uncommon in the districts of Central Tibet and is also to be found in connection with certain types of ruins. It appears to be historically related to quarters established for (recruited) families of miners.)
Fig. 2: The gave field #0213 situated behind the village Brgya grong, "hundred families" (Fig. 1; this toponym is not uncommon in the districts of Central Tibet and is also to be found in connection with certain types of ruins. It appears to be historically related to quarters established for (recruited) families of miners.) (Satellite Photo: Google|DigitalGlobe (10/2011); edited by G. Hazod 2014)
Photo: G. Hazod 2014
Fig. 3 Detail of the burial ground #0213, with ca. 20 larger mounds of the MT-C type (i.e. walled structures, originally filled and covered with tamped earth).
Fig. 3: Detail of the burial ground #0213, with ca. 20 larger mounds of the MT-C type (i.e. walled structures, originally filled and covered with tamped earth). (Photo: G. Hazod 2014)
Photo: G. Hazod 2014
Fig. 4 Detail of the burial ground #0213, with ca. 20 larger mounds of the MT-C type (i.e. walled structures, originally filled and covered with tamped earth).
Fig. 4: Detail of the burial ground #0213, with ca. 20 larger mounds of the MT-C type (i.e. walled structures, originally filled and covered with tamped earth). (Photo: G. Hazod 2014)
Photo: G. Hazod 2014
Fig. 5 Detail of #0213.M-1.
Fig. 5: Detail of #0213.M-1. (Photo: G. Hazod 2014)
Photo: G. Hazod 2014
Fig. 6 Detail of #0213.M-3.
Fig. 6: Detail of #0213.M-3. (Photo: G. Hazod 2014)