Orchard of Yemc [Yemts] looking towards [Bartang] River gorge (Aksakal and Qazi in fore). Photographer: Stein, Marc Aurel
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Genre: Landscape Photography '...Yemts, a picturesque village of some 30 houses ensconsed among walnut groves and orchards. All the houses contained comfortable halls or Aiwans, open loggias being very often added in front for use in the summer months...' (ii, 886). Subjects = agriculture; ar...
Wav-arwindh cliffs above Padrun, looking up Bartang River. Photographer: Stein, Marc Aurel
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along river towards gorge, with cliffs rising on either side. PUBLISHED: 'Innermost Asia', vol. 2, fig. 421: 'Track over 'Awrinz' in Bartang River gorge, below Khaizhez.' Subjects = archaeological expeditions; archaeology; exploration; river scenes;...
Self travelling down Bartang River, from above Padrun. Photographer: Stein, Marc Aurel
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Genre: Landscape Photography View along the Bartang, with Stein seated on a sanach or raft made from inflated goatskins in the left foreground. PUBLISHED: 'Innermost Asia', vol. 2, fig. 422: 'Descent on skin raft through Bartang River gorges.' Subjects = archaeological expeditions; archaeol...