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Places tagged “palimpsest”

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🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art

Tamgaly-Tas II South Bend Ili Petroglyphs

Late Bronze to Tibetan Buddhism · Andronovo, Turkic Kipchak, Oirat-Mongol Buddhist

South bend of Ili River 400 m south of main Tamgaly-Tas Buddha triad with vertical palimpsest.

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🇺🇸 United States · Rock art

Newspaper Rock Petroglyphs

Basketmaker to Historic Ute (500 BCE – 1850 CE) · Basketmaker-Anasazi (Ancestral Pueblo), Fremont, Navajo, Ute

Utah Wingate cliff 650 figures 500 BCE–19th c. palimpsest from Basketmaker to Ute.