Buried Street Grid Americas 2 — Canada Region 2
Period Bronze Age·Regional culture Americas-Mound·🇨🇦 Canada Region 2, Canada
About
About Buried Street Grid Americas 2 — Canada Region 2
Buried Street Grid Americas 2 — Canada Region 2 in Canada Region 2, Canada is a Bronze Age earthwork with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing. Recorded context — Period: Period Bronze Age; Culture: Regional culture Americas-Mound; Field status: ongoing; Materials: sandstone, plaster; Condition: partially preserved.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Americas-Mound earthwork with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function of enclosure
Theories
- 01Defensive stronghold
- 02Elite residence
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. 500 BCE
- Period
- Period Bronze Age
- Culture
- Regional culture Americas-Mound
- Purpose
- earthwork ritual/settlement purpose for Americas-Mound
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1881
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 1500 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Buried Street Grid Americas 2 — Canada Region 2
1970 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Buried Street Grid Americas 2 — Canada Region 2
On the ground
Structures & features
19.7837° N · 71.7992° E · 864 m · 4 mapped features
- Buried Street Grid Americas 2 — Canada Region 2 — Principal Rampartrampartrampart at Buried Street Grid Americas 2 — Canada Region 2 — outlier feature19.7857° N · 71.7979° E
- Buried Street Grid Americas 2 — Canada Region 2 — Northern Ditchditchditch at Buried Street Grid Americas 2 — Canada Region 2 — subsidiary complex19.7841° N · 71.8000° E
- Buried Street Grid Americas 2 — Canada Region 2 — Southern Entranceentranceentrance at Buried Street Grid Americas 2 — Canada Region 2 — primary structure19.7856° N · 71.8002° E
- Buried Street Grid Americas 2 — Canada Region 2 — Eastern Rampartrampartrampart at Buried Street Grid Americas 2 — Canada Region 2 — hydraulic feature19.7821° N · 71.7984° E