Quarry Gallery Americas 79 — United States Region 7
Period Bronze Age·Regional culture Americas-Mound·🇺🇸 United States Region 7, United States
About
About Quarry Gallery Americas 79 — United States Region 7
Quarry Gallery Americas 79 — United States Region 7 in United States Region 7, United States is a Neolithic earthwork with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Americas-Mound earthwork with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function of enclosure
Theories
- 01Territorial marker
- 02Seasonal gathering
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. 1500 BCE
- Period
- Period Bronze Age
- Culture
- Regional culture Americas-Mound
- Purpose
- earthwork ritual/settlement purpose for Americas-Mound
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1880
- Excavation
- Excavated
2005 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Quarry Gallery Americas 79 — United States Region 7
c. 1500 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Quarry Gallery Americas 79 — United States Region 7
c. 200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Quarry Gallery Americas 79 — United States Region 7
On the ground
Structures & features
40.5134° N · 70.6732° E · 447 m · 3 mapped features
Quarry Gallery Americas 79 — United States Region 7 — Principal Rampart
rampartrampart at Quarry Gallery Americas 79 — United States Region 7 — subsidiary complex
40.5115° N · 70.6715° EQuarry Gallery Americas 79 — United States Region 7 — Northern Ditch
ditchditch at Quarry Gallery Americas 79 — United States Region 7 — primary structure
40.5136° N · 70.6747° EQuarry Gallery Americas 79 — United States Region 7 — Southern Entrance
entranceentrance at Quarry Gallery Americas 79 — United States Region 7 — subsidiary complex
40.5136° N · 70.6715° E