Publications
Academic outputs of the mission in the HAL open archive.
All academic outputs relating to the mission’s activities are available in the MAFIL’s HAL collection (select English on top right of the page).
As of early 2026, the collection comprises over 140 records: 70 notices (reference only) and 71 documents available for free download in PDF format (select ‘fulltext’ in document types on the left of the page).
The MAFIL website was active from 2016 to 2026.
After 2026, please consult MAFIL’s HAL collection for recent publications.
Digital ressources on Himalayan rock art
These open-access digital resources have been produced in accordance with current FAIR principles.
They consist of:
– a poster outlining our rock art methodology, that is to say the combination of a multiscalar approach and that of a specific thesaurus:
‘Introducing a Standardised and Adaptable Method for Rock Art Recording’.
– an illustrated thesaurus for Himalayan rock art, published on the Opentheso thesaurus manager.
-a dataset published online on the Nakala data repository. The data can be viewed via a dedicated website. The dataset includes more than 25,000 images organized into thematic folders, as well as descriptive tables. Each document is accompanied by detailed metadata, has a DOI, and includes a citation for reuse.
– the Himalayan Rock Art Database (HiRADa) provides access to data pertaining to open-air rock art sites in India (Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh), but also in the north of Pakistan and in Afghanistan. The database relies on the thesaurus and dataset mentioned above. It enables to explore three types of documentation (sites that have been systematically documented, surveyed or reported only) and detailed searches for 165 sites, over 5,000 rocks, 17,500 motifs and 1,500 scenes.
Facebook page
A Facebook page (90 followers) in the mission’s name was active from October 2016 to January 2019.
It provides exclusive photographs and information about the activities of the mission out during that period.
