Jie Yang

Multi-Analytical Characterization of the Earthen Plaster and Ground Layer from the Nirvana Platform in Cave No. 47 of the Kizil Grottoes, Xinjiang, China

The Nirvana platform in Cave No. 47 of the Kizil Grottoes preserves an important example of early Buddhist earthen plaster and ground layer manufacture along the Silk Roads. This study investigated the material composition and stratigraphic sequence of its earthen plaster and gro...