Karez Terramare Monastery Ancient Village
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE)·Middle Bronze Age·🇲🇦 Souss-Massa, Morocco
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About Karez Terramare Monastery Ancient Village
Karez Terramare Monastery Ancient Village in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) ancient village attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture. Systematically investigated through photogrammetry and test trenching, it presents a principal enclosure with ancillary settlement. Construction employs mudbrick on stone socle and demonstrates craft specialization. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans verify location and chronology.
Why it mattersKey Middle Bronze Age ancient-village with stratified sequence and regional significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Social hierarchy and elite control
- 02Ritual use and symbolic landscape
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre and pilgrimage focus
- 02Astronomical observatory and calendar
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. 1646 BCE
- Period
- Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE)
- Culture
- Middle Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Agricultural and hydraulic
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 1646 BCE
Initial construction and primary occupation
c. 1272 BCE
Architectural refurbishment
c. 227 CE
Reoccupation and adaptation
1969
Rediscovery and systematic excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
31.4983° N · 9.4623° W · 1281 m · 3 mapped features
Necropolis Extension
enclosureHydraulic feature — cistern
31.4996° N · 9.4630° WAltar
necropolisAncillary workshop associated with main monument
31.4975° N · 9.4598° WAltar 3
alignmentHydraulic feature — reservoir
31.5012° N · 9.4604° W