Atlit Yam Well Extension North — Bonaparte Shelf (Broome)
Atlit Yam Well Extension North Site
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE)·Bronze Age·🇦🇺 Bonaparte Shelf, Australia
About
About Atlit Yam Well Extension North — Bonaparte Shelf (Broome)
Atlit Yam Well Extension North in Bonaparte Shelf, Australia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Bronze Age culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits. The site includes a principal enclosure and ancillary features with votive deposits. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Bronze Age site illustrating Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient-village traditions.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology of Atlit Yam Well Extension North
- 02Function of ancillary enclosures
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for Bronze Age
- 02Defensive and ritual focus
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. 800 BCE
- Period
- Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE)
- Culture
- Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Funerary and ritual complex
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 800 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1000 CE
Abandonment or reuse
On the ground
Structures & features
18.1684° S · 121.5843° E · 209 m · 3 mapped features
- Atlit Yam Well Extension North — Principal FeaturestructurePrimary ancient-village feature at Atlit Yam Well Extension North18.1676° S · 121.5851° E
- Atlit Yam Well Extension North — Ancillary ComplexcomplexAncillary complex at Atlit Yam Well Extension North18.1691° S · 121.5837° E
- Atlit Yam Well Extension North — Outlierrock artOutlier at Atlit Yam Well Extension North18.1673° S · 121.5833° E