Angkor Wat Churning Sea Gallery West
Angkor Wat Churning Sea Gallery West North Annex · Angkor Site
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE)·Neolithic·🇰🇭 Siem Reap, Cambodia
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About Angkor Wat Churning Sea Gallery West
Angkor Wat Churning Sea Gallery West in Siem Reap, Cambodia is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal site extent 150 × 90 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 13.4120N 103.8670E controls access to Siem Reap resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey ancient village for Siem Reap, illustrating Neolithic construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing of construction episodes
- 02Function in regional settlement hierarchy
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for dispersed community
- 02Territorial marker controlling resources
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 4000 BCE–500 CE
- Period
- Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE)
- Culture
- Neolithic
- Purpose
- Ceremonial and residential complex
- Rediscovered
- 1980 survey
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 4000 BCE–500 CE
Initial construction of Angkor Wat Churning Sea Gallery West main structure
c. 1920
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1980–2010
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Angkor Wat Churning Sea Gallery West) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
13.4120° N · 103.8670° E · 220 m · 4 mapped features
- Angkor Wat Churning Sea Gallery West — Main StructurestructurePrincipal ancient village — Site extent 150 × 90 m with diagnostic masonry/panel13.4128° N · 103.8679° E
- Angkor Wat Churning Sea Gallery West — Ancillary ComplexcomplexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature13.4110° N · 103.8663° E
- Angkor Wat Churning Sea Gallery West — Peripheral FeatureoutlierPeripheral feature with outlier deposit and burial13.4135° N · 103.8682° E
- Angkor Wat Churning Sea Gallery West — Hydraulic/CisternhydraulicHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir or rock-cut channel associated with site13.4104° N · 103.8659° E
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