Dolmen de Cave
Cave
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE)·Jōmon·🇲🇲 Magway Region, Myanmar
About
About Dolmen de Cave
Dolmen de Cave in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) megalithic attributed to Jōmon culture. Systematically investigated through magnetometry and test trenching, it presents a principal enclosure with ancillary settlement. Construction employs mudbrick on stone socle and demonstrates distinct phasing. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans verify location and chronology.
Why it mattersKey Jōmon megalithic with stratified sequence and regional significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Long-distance exchange networks
- 02Astronomical alignment and orientation
Theories
- 01Ritual landscape and ancestral veneration
- 02Centralized storage and redistribution (Cunliffe)
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. 3497 BCE
- Period
- Jōmon (14000–300 BCE)
- Culture
- Jōmon
- Purpose
- Residential and craft production
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3497 BCE
Initial construction and primary occupation
c. 2697 BCE
Major expansion and monumental elaboration
c. 546 BCE
Rebuilding and fortification phase
1968
Modern archaeological excavation and survey
On the ground
Structures & features
19.7971° N · 95.2084° E · 819 m · 4 mapped features
- Principal MonumentshrinePrimary megalithic at Dolmen de Cave — enclosure wall19.7988° N · 95.2099° E
- GatewayplatformBurial zone — shaft tombs19.7946° N · 95.2101° E
- Rock Art PanelalignmentPrimary megalithic at Dolmen de Cave — megalithic chamber19.7959° N · 95.2107° E
- Principal Monument 4rock artPrimary megalithic at Dolmen de Cave — rock-cut facade19.7952° N · 95.2073° E
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