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JVB Publications List.Pdf Publications List John Vincent Bellezza Books (Monographs) 2014. Antiquities of Zhang Zhung: A Comprehensive Inventory of Pre‐Buddhist Sites on the Tibetan Upland, Residential Monuments, vol. 1. Miscellaneous Series – 28. Sarnath: Central University of Tibetan Studies. Online version, 2011: Tibetan & Himalayan Library (THlib.org). http://www.thlib.org/bellezza 2014. Antiquities of Zhang Zhung: A Comprehensive Inventory of Pre‐Buddhist Sites on the Tibetan Upland, Ceremonial Monuments, vol. 2. Miscellaneous Series – 29. Sarnath: Central University of Tibetan Studies. Online version, 2011: Tibetan & Himalayan Library (THlib.org): http://www.thlib.org/bellezza 2014. The Dawn of Tibet: The Ancient Civilization on the Roof of the World. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. 2013. Death and Beyond in Ancient Tibet: Archaic Concepts and Practices in a Thousand‐Year‐Old Illuminated Funerary Manuscript and Old Tibetan Funerary Documents of Gathang Bumpa and Dunhuang. Philosophisch‐Historische Klasse Denkschriften, vol. 454. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 2008. Zhang Zhung: Foundations of Civilization in Tibet. A Historical and Ethnoarchaeological Study of the Monuments, Rock Art, Texts and Oral Tradition of the Ancient Tibetan Upland. Philosophisch‐ Historische Klasse Denkschriften, vol. 368. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 2005. Calling Down the Gods: Spirit‐Mediums, Sacred Mountains and Related Bon Textual Traditions in Upper Tibet, Tibetan Studies Library, vol. 8. Leiden: Brill. 2002. Antiquities of Upper Tibet: An Inventory of Pre‐Buddhist Archaeological Sites on the High Plateau, Delhi: Adroit. 2001. Antiquities of Northern Tibet: Archaeological Discoveries on the High Plateau, Delhi: Adroit. 1997. Divine Dyads: Ancient Civilization in Tibet, Dharamsala: Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. Articles Forthcoming: “A Depiction of the Tibetan Mind: A Portrait of the Ancient Bon Master Tapihritsa”, in Mandalas: Mirrors of the Cosmos, a catalogue from the mandala exhibition, Geneva, Switzerland, October, 2014. Forthcoming: “The Swastika, Stepped Shrine, Priest, Horned Eagle, and Wild Yak Rider: Prominent antecedents of Bon figurative and symbolic traditions in the rock art of Upper Tibet”, written for International Conference on Bon Studies hosted by the Shenten Dargye Ling Congregation, Blou, France, June 29–31, 2016. Forthcoming: “Facsimiles of the Earliest Ritual Architecture in Tibet: A Comprehensive Survey of Stepped Shrines in the Rock Art of Upper Tibet”, written for the International Association of Tibetan Studies, Conference XIV, Bergen, June 19–25, 2015. In press: “Zenpar: Tibetan Wooden Molds for Creation of Dough Figures in Esoteric Rituals”, in Arts of Asia, Hong Kong. In press: “The Rock Art of Spiti: A General Introduction”, for First International Conference on Spiti: Recovering the Past & Exploring the Present, Oxford University, May 6–7, 2016. In press: “Discerning Bon and Zhang Zhung on the Western Tibetan Plateau: Designing an archaeological nomenclature for Upper Tibet, Ladakh and Spiti Based on a study of cognate rock art”, for International Conference of Shang Shung Cultural Studies Beijing, September 18–21, 2015. 2015. “On the Roof of the World: Discovering the Forgotten World of Zhang Zhung”, in Popular Archaeology. http://popular‐archaeology.com/issue/winter‐2015‐2016/article/on‐the‐roof‐of‐the‐ world‐discovering‐the‐forgotten‐civilization‐of‐zhang‐zhung 2015. “The Ancient Corbelled Buildings of Upper Tibet: Architectural attributes, environmental factors and religious meaning in an unique type of archaeological monument”, in Journal of Comparative Cultural Studies in Architecture. “Architecture and Conservation: Tibet”, November 2015 (ed. Hubert Feigelsdorfer), pp. 4–19. http://www.jccs‐a.at/issues 2014. “Straddling the Millennial Divide: A case study of persistence and change in the Tibetan ritual tradition based on the Gnag rabs of Gathang Bumpa and Eternal Bon documents, circa 900–1100 CE”, in Revue d’etudes tibétaines, vol. 29, pp. 155–243. Paris: CNRS. http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/ret/pdf/ret_29_07.pdf 2013. With Bruneau, L. “The Rock Art of Upper Tibet and Ladakh: Inner Asian cultural adaptation, regional differentiation and the ‘Western Tibetan Plateau Style’”, in Revue d’etudes tibétaines, vol. 28, pp. 5–161. Paris: CNRS. http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/ret/pdf/ret_28.pdf 2013. “Before the Mural and Scroll Painting: Rock Art in Ancient Tibet”, in Himalayan Art Resources. http://www.himalayanart.org/search/set.cfm?setID=3108 2 2012. “Spirit‐mediumship in Upper Tibet: The Vocation of one expert practitioner”, in Bulletin of Tibetology, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 7–32. Gangtok: Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, 2011: in Exploring Tibet’s History and Culture. Proceedings of the International Conference held in New Delhi, 2009 (ed. P. Roy), pp. 379–410. Samyak Vak Series, vol. 17. Varanasi: Central University of Tibetan Studies. 2012. “Nangzher Lopo”, in The Treasury of Lives: A Biographical Encyclopedia of Himalayan Religion. Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation: New York. http://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Nangzher‐ Lopo/13164 2012. “Tongyung Thuchen”, in The Treasury of Lives: A Biographical Encyclopedia of Himalayan Religion. Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation: New York. http://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Tongyung‐ Tuchen/13165 2012. “Xizang Tien Tie: Zi lei long yu hua pi li. Xue yu zhu shen you li min” (trans. Feng Shuai), in Tibet Geographic, no. 1, pp. 106–113. Lhasa. 2011. “The liturgies and oracular utterances of the spirit‐mediums of Upper Tibet: An Introduction to their bSang Rituals”, in Revue d’etudes tibétaines, no. 20, pp. 5–31. Paris: CNRS. http://www.himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/ret/pdf/ret_20_01.pdf 2010. “gShen‐rab Myi‐bo: His life and times according to Tibet’s earliest literary sources”, in Revue d’etudes tibétaines, no. 19, pp. 31–118. Paris: CNRS. http://www.himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/ret/pdf/ret_19_03.pdf 2005. “A Cornerstone Report. Comprehensive Archaeological Surveys Conducted in Upper Tibet between 2001 and 2004. Documentation of archaic monuments and rock art in the Tibet Autonomous Region. Carried out under the auspices of the Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences and Ngari Xiangxiong Cultural Exchange Association of the Tibet Autonomous Region.”, in Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library, http://www.tinyurl.com/b2hnr (URL now defunct). 2004. “Metal and Stone Vestiges: Religion, Magic and Protection in the Art of Ancient Tibet”, in Asian Art Online Journal. http://www.asianart.com/articles/vestiges/index.html 2004. “Pilgrim’s Way, Scientist’s Mind” (Chinese trans. Fu Jun), in Tibet Geographic, vol. 1, pp. 133–138. Lhasa. 2003. “Pre‐Buddhist Data” in Environmental and Cultural Geography Collection, in Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library (work in progress). http://www.iris.lib.virginia.edu/tibet/collections/cultgeo/prebuddhist‐gis.html 2003. “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: The Race to Document Upper Tibet’s Iron Age Heritage Before the Evidence is Carried Away”, in Lotus Leaves, vol. 6 (1), pp. 1–3. San Francisco. 3 2003. “Bringing to Light the Forgotten: Major Findings of a Comprehensive Inventory of Pre‐Buddhist Sites in Upper Tibet (Tibet Autonomous Region, Peoples Republic of China). Conducted Between 1992– 2002”, in Athena Review, vol. 3 (4), pp. 16–26. Westport. Chinese language version: Xunzhao Shiluo De Wenhua: “Xibu Xizang Qian Fujiao Shiyi Zhongyao Kaogu Yiji Diao Cha Baogau” (trans. Tang Huisheng and Tan Xiuhua) in Essays on the International Conference on Tibetan Archaeology and Art, pp. 1–29. Chengdu: Sichuan Remin Chuban She, 2004. 2002. “Gods, Hunting and Society: Animals in the Ancient Cave Paintings of Celestial Lake in Northern Tibet”, in East and West, vol. 52 (1–4), pp. 347–396. Rome: IsMEO. 2000. “Pre‐Buddhist Archaeological Sites in Northern Tibet: An Introductory Report on the Types of Monuments and Related Literary and Oral Historical Sources”, in Kailash, vol. 19 (1–2), pp. 1–142. Kathmandu. 2000. “Bon Rock Paintings at gNam mtsho: Glimpses of the Ancient Religion of Northern Tibet”, in Rock Art Research, vol. 17 (1), pp. 35–55. Melbourne: AURA and IFRAO. 2000. “Images of Lost Civilization: The Ancient Rock Art of Upper Tibet”, in Asian Art Online Journal. http://www.asianart.com/articles/rockart/index.html 2000. “Elders of Tibet: Vital Link with a Vast Unwritten Tradition”, in The Mirror: Newspaper of the International Dzogchen Community, May/June, no. 4. Conway. 1999. “Archaeological Mysteries at Tibet’s Sacred Mountain Nyenchen Thanglha”, in Himal, vol. 12 (12), pp. 42, 43. Kathmandu. 1999. “High Country Culture”, in Discovering Archaeology, vol. 1 (3), pp. 78–83. El Paso. 1999. “A Preliminary Archaeological Survey of Da rog mtsho”, in The Tibet Journal, vol. 24 (1), pp. 56–90. Dharamsala: LTWA. 1999. “Northern Tibet Exploration: Archaeological Discoveries of the Changthang Circuit Expedition”, in Asian Art Online Journal. http://www.asianart.com/articles/tibarchaeo/index.html 1999. “The Ancient Amulets of Tibet”, in Asian Art Online Journal. http://www.asianart.com/articles/tibarchaeo/index.html 1998. “Thogchags: Talismans of Tibet”, in Arts of Asia, vol. 28 (3), pp. 44–64. Hong Kong. 1998. “New Archaeological Discoveries in Tibet”, in Asian Art Online Journal. 4 http://www.asianart.com/articles/bellezza/index.html 1997. “Notes on Three Series of Unusual Symbols Discovered on the Byang thang”, in East
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