Dilmah Burial Mounds Field A375
Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE)·Bronze Age·🇧🇭 Northern, Aali, Bahrain
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About Dilmah Burial Mounds Field A375
Dilmah Burial Mounds Field A375 in Northern, Aali, Bahrain is a Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) tumulus attributed to Bronze Age. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal mound diameter 45 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 26.1470N 50.5210E controls access to Northern resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey tumulus for Northern, Aali, illustrating Bronze Age 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. 1800 BCE
- Period
- Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE)
- Culture
- Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Elite burial mound with chamber and earthen tumulus
- Rediscovered
- 1979 survey
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 1800 BCE
Initial construction of Dilmah Burial Mounds Field A375 main structure
c. 1919
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1979–2009
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Dilmah Burial Mounds Field A375) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
26.1470° N · 50.5210° E · 213 m · 3 mapped features
- Dilmah Burial Mounds Field A375 — Main StructurestructurePrincipal tumulus — Mound diameter 45 m with diagnostic masonry/panel26.1478° N · 50.5219° E
- Dilmah Burial Mounds Field A375 — Ancillary ComplexcomplexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature26.1460° N · 50.5203° E
- Dilmah Burial Mounds Field A375 — Peripheral FeatureoutlierPeripheral feature with outlier deposit and burial26.1485° N · 50.5222° E