Ni’adi Site

Nwya Devu is a high-altitude archaeological site on the Tibetan Plateau located in the eastern Changtang region of Tibet. At around 4,600 m above sea level, Nwya Devu is the highest known archaeological site from the Paleolithic and provides evidence for one of the earliest known presences of humans at a high-altitude site, at around 40,000-30,000 BP.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: Paleolithic archaeological site in Xainza, Nagqu. Tibet, China
  • Also known as: Newa Devu”, “Ni’ade yizhi”, and “Nwya Devu

Ni’adi Site

Latitude
31.47207° or 31° 28′ 19″ north
Longitude
88.80637° or 88° 48′ 23″ east
Open location code
8M3CFRC4+RG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13359878705
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q60786755
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tibetan—“Ni’adi Site” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 尼阿底
  • Chinese: 尼阿底遗址
  • Spanish: Nwya Devu
  • Tibetan: ཉ་དེའུ་གནའ་ཤུལ།

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