Chambered Cairn Hill Buried 18 — Italy Region 6
Period Late Holocene·Regional culture Buried-Variant·🇮🇹 Italy Region 6, Italy
About
About Chambered Cairn Hill Buried 18 — Italy Region 6
Chambered Cairn Hill Buried 18 — Italy Region 6 in Italy Region 6, Italy is a Neolithic buried-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Buried-Variant buried-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function of enclosure
Theories
- 01Territorial marker
- 02Ceremonial centre
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. 200 CE
- Period
- Period Late Holocene
- Culture
- Regional culture Buried-Variant
- Purpose
- buried-city ritual/settlement purpose for Buried-Variant
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1926
- Excavation
- Excavated
1950 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Chambered Cairn Hill Buried 18 — Italy Region 6
c. 200 CE
Initial construction / first occupation at Chambered Cairn Hill Buried 18 — Italy Region 6
On the ground
Structures & features
20.9135° S · 29.4733° E · 1191 m · 3 mapped features
Chambered Cairn Hill Buried 18 — Italy Region 6 — Principal Structure
structurestructure at Chambered Cairn Hill Buried 18 — Italy Region 6 — subsidiary complex
20.9131° S · 29.4751° EChambered Cairn Hill Buried 18 — Italy Region 6 — Complex Annex 2
complexcomplex at Chambered Cairn Hill Buried 18 — Italy Region 6 — outlier feature
20.9148° S · 29.4727° EChambered Cairn Hill Buried 18 — Italy Region 6 — Southern Rock Art
rock artrock art at Chambered Cairn Hill Buried 18 — Italy Region 6 — outlier feature
20.9117° S · 29.4729° E