John Vincent Bellezza (USA University of Virginia / University of

Broschiertes Buch

A Comprehensive Survey of Rock Art in Upper Tibet: Volume II

Central and Western Byang Thang

Beschreibung

Focusing on the central and western parts of the region, this is the second 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 Pla

Autor

John Vincent Bellezza PhD is a specialist in the archaeology and cultural history of the highest reaches of the Tibetan Plateau. Author of 12 previous books and many academic articles on these subjects, he spent altogether eight years in Tibet engaged in fieldwork between 1984 and 2019. During the course of his explorations, he became the first westerner to visit the sources of the four major rivers arising in western Tibet and is perhaps the only person to reach most of the islands in the big lakes of the Tibetan tablelands.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Archaeopress
• Seitenzahl: 770
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 206mm x 290mm x 42mm
• Gewicht: 2668g
• ISBN-13: 9781803276168
• ISBN-10: 1803276169
• Artikelnr.: 69824365