KARA KAMAR, Sarqia-ye Afghania 2

(حضرت سلطان - AF)
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified cave or rock shelter (with a roof blackened by soot) reported COON (1957a) from somewhere near Aybak (Haibak, Aibek) where the archaeological site lies either on the hill called Kohi Kokjar (Koh-i- Kok Jar / Kocha) or otherwise opposite of it (note 1), but definitely near the village of Sar Kiar (Sarqia-i- Afghania), which is positioned as Sarqia-ye Afghania and Sarqiyeh-ye Afghaniyeh near N36°24'52”: E067°53'12” (WGS84, nima.mil/geonames accessed 28.05.2004).An unspecified cave or rock shelter (with a roof blackened by soot) reported COON (1957a) from somewhere near Aybak (Haibak, Aibek) where the archaeological site lies either on the hill called Kohi Kokjar (Koh-i- Kok Jar / Kocha) or otherwise opposite of it (note 1), but definitely near the village of Sar Kiar (Sarqia-i- Afghania), which is positioned as Sarqia-ye Afghania and Sarqiyeh-ye Afghaniyeh near N36°24'52”: E067°53'12” (WGS84, nima.mil/geonames accessed 28.05.2004).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Coon, Carlton Stevens 1955, 1957a, 1957b; Coon, Carlton Stevens & Coulter, Henry W 1955.

Histoire

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1954.03.26: Dr. Carlton Stevens COON (1957a, 1957b) and Mrs. (i.e. Elizabeth 'Lisa' K. Ralph), Henry 'Hank' W. Coulter jr. and Mohammed Nader Saweri Khan (inspector of the Antiquities Department of the Ministry of Education, Kabul) visited in company with the mayor of Aybak. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
1.6KARA KAMAR, Sarqia-i- Afghania 1
8.5KOKJAR (Cave at)
16.5Hazarsum, Haibak
17.9KAFTAR KHANA, Haibak
20.9HAIBAK ROCK CHAMBER
21.9SAYYAD (Caves at)
22.3TAKHT-i- RUSTAM 5, Haibak Vihara (Cave at)
22.3TAKHT-i- RUSTAM 1: tunnelcave 1 (Cave at)
22.3TAKHT-i- RUSTAM 3: monolithic house (Cave at)