Shindo

A small spur projecting into the valley of the Kyi Chu River near Lhasa, Tibet. Three phases have been distinguished. Horizon A had flexed burials in rock-cut pits, accompanied by crude, handmade pottery but no metalwork. Horizon B contained two flexed burials in rock-cut pits with much finer handmade pottery and a few iron artifacts. There was also one larger tomb closed with two carefully dressed stone slabs and containing two skulls, a pile of long bones and vertebrae, three pottery vessels, and a wooden bowl with metal lining. Horizon C consisted of two tumuli built of pebbles, with flexed burials, fine wheel-turned pottery with traces of red decoration, and a few iron artifacts. About 50 meters from this ridge is a boulder with pecked carvings of animals and letters.

A small spur projecting southwards into the valley of the Kyi Chu River about 8 km east of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. P. Aufschnaiter discovered and excavated a group of burials there in 1950. He distinguished three phases, each occurring at a different level on the ridge. The first, Horizon A, consisted of flexed burials in rock-cut pits, accompanied by crude, hand-made pottery but no metalwork. Horizon B had two flexed burials in rock-cut pits with much finer handmade pottery, some of which was decorated, and a few iron artefacts. There was also one larger tomb closed with two carefully dressed stone slabs and containing two skulls, a pile of long bones and vertebrae, three pottery vessels and a wooden bowl with metal lining. Horizon C, on top of the ridge, consisted of two tumuli built of pebbles brought up from the river, with flexed burials, fine wheel-turned pottery with traces of bright red decoration, and a few iron artefacts, including a piece of slag. About 50 metres from this ridge is a boulder with pecked carvings of animals, probably horses, a chorten, and letters.