Dolmen Avenue Temple 59 — India Region 11
Period Neolithic·Regional culture Temple-Universal·🇮🇳 India Region 11, India
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About Dolmen Avenue Temple 59 — India Region 11
Dolmen Avenue Temple 59 — India Region 11 in India Region 11, India is a Iron Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing. Recorded context — Period: Period Neolithic; Culture: Regional culture Temple-Universal; Field status: ongoing; Materials: sandstone, plaster; Condition: partially preserved.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Temple-Universal temple-complex with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
- 02Collapse cause
Theories
- 01Seasonal gathering
- 02Defensive stronghold
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 Neolithic
- Culture
- Regional culture Temple-Universal
- Purpose
- temple-complex ritual/settlement purpose for Temple-Universal
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1946
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 1200 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Dolmen Avenue Temple 59 — India Region 11
c. 500 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Dolmen Avenue Temple 59 — India Region 11
2005 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Dolmen Avenue Temple 59 — India Region 11
On the ground
Structures & features
31.6606° S · 3.9104° W · 667 m · 3 mapped features
- Dolmen Avenue Temple 59 — India Region 11 — Principal Templetempletemple at Dolmen Avenue Temple 59 — India Region 11 — subsidiary complex31.6589° S · 3.9108° W
- Dolmen Avenue Temple 59 — India Region 11 — Northern Altaraltaraltar at Dolmen Avenue Temple 59 — India Region 11 — hydraulic feature31.6620° S · 3.9114° W
- Dolmen Avenue Temple 59 — India Region 11 — Southern Shrineshrineshrine at Dolmen Avenue Temple 59 — India Region 11 — outlier feature31.6598° S · 3.9096° W