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| After a first
field campaign in 1999 during which we documented the archaeological importance
and potential of two threatened stone masonry structures discovered at the site
known as Batpalathang near Jakar (Bumthang District, Kingdom of Bhutan), it was
decided to set up a second and last fieldwork campaign. Between April and July
2000, a multidisciplinary team from Switzerland, assisted by a representative of
the National Commission for Cultural Affairs of
the Bhutanese government, and by a team of local fieldworkers, carried out final
investigation work at the site. The data obtained during both campaigns was
later analyzed and elaborated by the author in Switzerland. The first part of
the final report is presented here, including descriptions of the contextual
setting and containing detailed account about a major archaeological monument
uncovered by the team. The second part of this final report is planned in the
SLFA Annual Report for 2001 to be published in the coming year. |
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