Kwakiutl Cold Wooden Post North
Kwakiutl Cold Wooden Post North Site
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE)·Iron Age·🇺🇸 Great Plains, United States
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About Kwakiutl Cold Wooden Post North
Kwakiutl Cold Wooden Post North in Great Plains, United States is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Iron Age culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits. The site includes a principal enclosure and ancillary features with votive deposits. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Iron Age site illustrating Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) geoglyph traditions.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology of Kwakiutl Cold Wooden Post North
- 02Function of ancillary enclosures
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for Iron Age
- 02Defensive and ritual focus
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. 1200 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE)
- Culture
- Iron Age
- Purpose
- Agricultural and hydraulic centre
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1200 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1000 CE
Abandonment or reuse
On the ground
Structures & features
45.1428° N · 100.7318° W · 546 m · 3 mapped features
Kwakiutl Cold Wooden Post North — Principal Feature
structurePrimary geoglyph feature at Kwakiutl Cold Wooden Post North
45.1436° N · 100.7310° WKwakiutl Cold Wooden Post North — Ancillary Complex
complexAncillary complex at Kwakiutl Cold Wooden Post North
45.1421° N · 100.7324° WKwakiutl Cold Wooden Post North — Outlier
rock artOutlier at Kwakiutl Cold Wooden Post North
45.1439° N · 100.7328° W