Chambered Cairn Hill Mideast 15 — Israel Region 3
Period Late Holocene·Regional culture Mideast-Tell·🇮🇱 Israel Region 3, Israel
About
About Chambered Cairn Hill Mideast 15 — Israel Region 3
Chambered Cairn Hill Mideast 15 — Israel Region 3 in Israel Region 3, Israel is a Neolithic tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Mideast-Tell tell with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Collapse cause
- 02Construction labor organization
Theories
- 01Observatory
- 02Territorial marker
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 CE
- Period
- Period Late Holocene
- Culture
- Regional culture Mideast-Tell
- Purpose
- tell ritual/settlement purpose for Mideast-Tell
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1966
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 800 CE
Initial construction / first occupation at Chambered Cairn Hill Mideast 15 — Israel Region 3
1890 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Chambered Cairn Hill Mideast 15 — Israel Region 3
c. 1500 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Chambered Cairn Hill Mideast 15 — Israel Region 3
On the ground
Structures & features
2.7589° S · 47.7764° E · 1384 m · 4 mapped features
Chambered Cairn Hill Mideast 15 — Israel Region 3 — Principal Palace
palacepalace at Chambered Cairn Hill Mideast 15 — Israel Region 3 — primary structure
2.7584° S · 47.7771° EChambered Cairn Hill Mideast 15 — Israel Region 3 — Northern Temple
templetemple at Chambered Cairn Hill Mideast 15 — Israel Region 3 — subsidiary complex
2.7577° S · 47.7760° EChambered Cairn Hill Mideast 15 — Israel Region 3 — Gate Annex 3
gategate at Chambered Cairn Hill Mideast 15 — Israel Region 3 — subsidiary complex
2.7589° S · 47.7756° EChambered Cairn Hill Mideast 15 — Israel Region 3 — Eastern Palace
palacepalace at Chambered Cairn Hill Mideast 15 — Israel Region 3 — primary structure
2.7587° S · 47.7763° E