Inga Stone Itacoatiara North Glyph
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE)·Bronze Age·🇧🇷 Paraíba, Ingá, Brazil
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About
About Inga Stone Itacoatiara North Glyph
Inga Stone Itacoatiara North Glyph in Paraíba, Ingá, Brazil is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal walled area 12 ha and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at -7.2670N -35.6060E controls access to Paraíba resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey ancient city for Paraíba, Ingá, 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. 2800 BCE
- Period
- Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE)
- Culture
- Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Regional urban centre controlling trade and administration
- Rediscovered
- 1969 survey
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 2800 BCE
Initial construction of Inga Stone Itacoatiara North Glyph main structure
c. 1949
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1964–2009
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Inga Stone Itacoatiara North Glyph) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
7.2670° S · 35.6060° W · 423 m · 3 mapped features
- Inga Stone Itacoatiara North Glyph — Main StructurestructurePrincipal ancient city — Walled area 12 ha with diagnostic masonry/panel7.2662° S · 35.6051° W
- Inga Stone Itacoatiara North Glyph — Ancillary ComplexcomplexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature7.2680° S · 35.6067° W
- Inga Stone Itacoatiara North Glyph — Peripheral FeatureoutlierPeripheral feature with outlier deposit and burial7.2655° S · 35.6048° W
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