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Rock art sites matching “Northern State”

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Verified279 Widely accepted31 Contested4 Hypothetical2 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology0

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Rock art sites316 Archaeological wonders197 Petroglyphs102 Geoglyphs22 Ancient villages18 Earthworks18

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🇨🇳China25 🇵🇪Peru18 🇲🇳Mongolia16 🇷🇺Russia16 🇰🇿Kazakhstan15

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Partially excavated189 Excavation ongoing80 Excavated31 Unexcavated9 Not applicable7

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rock art66 unesco42 petroglyphs38 petroglyph22 geoglyph15 altai10 holocene9 saka

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“Northern State”

🇨🇳 China · Rock art

Helan Mountains Helankou North — Rock Art Park North Gorge

Spring and Autumn to Western Xia (770 BCE – 1227 CE) · Northern nomadic to Dangxiang (Tangut Xi Xia)

North fork with 1200+ ibex and Xi Xia script at 1970 m opposite main park.

🇨🇳 China · Rock art

Langshan (Qingtongxia) Rock Art

Neolithic to Medieval Chinese (Majiayao to Western Xia) · Northern Neolithic, Ordos Bronze, Xiongnu and Tangut

Ningxia southern Helan fringe cliffs with 1200 images Neolithic to Xixia, Ordos interface.