Quay Jala Höyük
Quay Jala
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE)·Early Bronze Age·🇹🇭 Buriram Province, Thailand
About
About Quay Jala Höyük
Quay Jala Höyük in Buriram Province, Thailand is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) tell attributed to Early Bronze Age culture. Systematically investigated through aerial LiDAR and coring, it presents a fortified nucleus with ancillary settlement. Construction employs mudbrick on stone socle and demonstrates long-distance exchange. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans verify location and chronology.
Why it mattersKey Early Bronze Age tell with stratified sequence and regional significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Cause of abandonment and collapse
- 02Construction labor organization and logistics
Theories
- 01Centralized storage and redistribution (Cunliffe)
- 02Defensive refuge and tribal capital
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. 2976 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE)
- Culture
- Early Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Residential and craft production
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 2976 BCE
Initial construction and primary occupation
c. 2176 BCE
Major expansion and monumental elaboration
c. 762 BCE
Rebuilding and fortification phase
2008
Modern archaeological excavation and survey
On the ground
Structures & features
13.6147° N · 102.3389° E · 1856 m · 3 mapped features
Outlier Panel
structureHydraulic feature — well
13.6128° N · 102.3390° ETemple Platform
altarHydraulic feature — aqueduct
13.6160° N · 102.3379° EStela Alignment
stelaAncillary necropolis associated with main monument
13.6170° N · 102.3412° E