Zone code: IND-LAD-HSK-Zo01
Name:

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Hemis Shukpachen
Longitude: 77.077237
Latitude: 34.314231
Altitude: 3641 [m.a.s.l.]
Access:

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The engraved rocks are located in the centre of the valley where the hamlets of Himis Shukpachen (Shukpa: greyhound, chen /chenmo) lie. The site is surrounded by crops and st?parse dwellings, the land is terraced all around.
Local background:

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The site is claimed by the inhabitants of the village as a place of historical human settlement.

Man-made elements:

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carving, cultivated area, other, road, stupa structure, village
Natural elements:

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plateau
Comments on the environment: lhato

Distribution:

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scattered
Proportionality:

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scarce

Type of rock art:

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open air
Technique of rock art:

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petroglyph
Type of stone:

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granite
Form of rock:

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boulder

Period:

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historic

Visits: Martin, Vernier (2005): surveyed
Martin, Vernier (2011): surveyed
Zone condition:

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damaged , exploited
Comments on the condition: The engraved rocks are along a path and a bisse that passes through the middle of the crops. There may have been a more important site.