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HAN DYNASTY
WALL - STEIN
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Sir Aurel Stein had a particular interest in investigating ancient
fortification. He found many ancient forts, watch towers, fortified cities and
in particular the defensive wall built by the early Han emperors to protect the
Gansu corridor route to the "western countries' from Hun raiders. Here we
have summarized some of his results as described in his reports Serindia
and Innermostasia |
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Plate 41 -T xviii - Plan of the large building that Stein
identified as the local military magazine for supply to the troops along the
western end of the Han Dynasty line.
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Plate 40 - Plan for the ruined fort and station T xiv in the
Han wall line west of Tun-huang
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Plate 40 - Site plan for ruined station T xva on the Han wall
west of Tun-huang
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Plate 39 - Plan for the ruined towers T xiia, xiva, xvi on the
Han wall west of Tun-huang
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Plate 39 - Plan for the ruined towers T xiia, xiva, xvi on the
Han wall west of Tun-huang
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Plate 38 - Plan of tower Txiii part of the Han wall
complex.
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Plate 38 - Plan for towers T viii and T xii - part of the Han
wall complex.
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Plate 37 - Plan for tower T vib - at the western end of the Han
wall complex.
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Plate 37 - Plan for tower vic - at the wesern end of the Han
wall complex.
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Plate 36 - Plan for ruined watch station tower T xix - part of
the Han wall complex.
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Plate 36 - Plans for towers T iii, T ivb, v - part of the Han
wall complex.
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Plate 34 - Plan for ruined watch station tower T xxvii - part
of the Han wall complex.
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Plate 34 - Plans for ruined watch station towers T xxix and xxv
- part of the Han wall complex.
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Plan 34 - for towers Txxv, Txxvii, and Txxix
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Plans for watch stations T xliii, T xxiiiu, Txlib, T xlia, T xliid, at
the Han Dynasty wall north of Tun huang
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Plans for watch stations T xla, T xxiiif, Txxiiil at the Han Dynasty
wall north of Tun huang
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Plans for watch station T xxiiib and section of cross wall - Txxiiic -
at the Han Dynasty wall north west of Tun huang far to the rear (south) of the
wall on the caravan track from the south toward the wall
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Txxiiia - South east of the wall, well back from the wall
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Photo 202 - Refuse heap below watch tower T xxiif - Han Dynasty wall
north of Tun-huang - Note the man barely visible in this poor photo. Stein was
always looking for refuse dumps as they contained so many written documents as
well as other articles from Chinese daily life. And the totally dry climate
preserved so much unless the dump was too close to a marsh from which
underground moisture could rise.
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