Lothal Dockyard Eastern Wharf
Lothal Dockyard Eastern Wharf North Annex · Lothal Site
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE)·Neolithic·🇮🇳 Gujarat, Lothal, India
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About Lothal Dockyard Eastern Wharf
Lothal Dockyard Eastern Wharf in Gujarat, Lothal, India is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal site extent 150 × 90 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 22.5250N 72.2470E controls access to Gujarat 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 village for Gujarat, Lothal, illustrating Neolithic 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. 4000 BCE–500 CE
- Period
- Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE)
- Culture
- Neolithic
- Purpose
- Ceremonial and residential complex
- Rediscovered
- 1962 survey
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 4000 BCE–500 CE
Initial construction of Lothal Dockyard Eastern Wharf main structure
c. 1902
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically
1962–2007
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Lothal Dockyard Eastern Wharf) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
22.5250° N · 72.2470° E · 94 m · 4 mapped features
- Lothal Dockyard Eastern Wharf — Main StructurestructurePrincipal ancient village — Site extent 150 × 90 m with diagnostic masonry/panel22.5258° N · 72.2479° E
- Lothal Dockyard Eastern Wharf — Ancillary ComplexcomplexAncillary settlement debris and ceramics surrounding main feature22.5240° N · 72.2463° E
- Lothal Dockyard Eastern Wharf — Peripheral FeatureoutlierPeripheral feature with outlier deposit and burial22.5265° N · 72.2482° E
- Lothal Dockyard Eastern Wharf — Hydraulic/CisternhydraulicHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir or rock-cut channel associated with site22.5234° N · 72.2459° E
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