Age Inference of Rock Painting Remains in the Surrounding Areas of the Namtso Lake in Northern Tibet
This paper is a report on a chronological study of the archaeological investigation of rock paintings in Namtso Lake area and some other high-altitude lake areas in northern Tibet by the Scientific Expedition Team in 2021.This paper makes a comprehensive archaeological analysis with C14 and U-Th dating techniques on the three representative rock painting remains at Namtso's Tashi Island,Gyalin(rgya-lin)Mountain and Shasang in Nyima County.It is found that these rock paintings made with two skills,namely dot-engraving and painting,and they can be dated bake from about 2000 years ago to the 7th-9th centuries(the Tubo Period),but the C14 and U-Th dating data also show that the some painted rock paintings may be made as early as 2200 years ago or even earlier.An analysis of rock painting remains shows that Namtso's Tashi Island was an important place for reli-gious beliefs in northern Tibet at least during the Tubo period from the 7th to the 9th century,and the painted im-ages with multiple cultural elements indicate that the influence of the cultural interaction of the"High Plateau Silk Road"on the rock paintings of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau,i.e.the culture interaction and integration of the ancient Tibet and different regions.
rock paintings in the Great Lakes region of northern TibetU-Th and C14 dating techniquesthe cultur-al elements of the painted images"High Plateau Silk Road"
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