Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Misc 55 — China Region 7
Period Iron Age·Regional culture Misc-Hydraulic·🇨🇳 China Region 7, China
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About Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Misc 55 — China Region 7
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Misc 55 — China Region 7 in China Region 7, China is a Bronze Age hydraulic with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Misc-Hydraulic hydraulic with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Trade network extent
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Defensive stronghold
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. 2800 BCE
- Period
- Period Iron Age
- Culture
- Regional culture Misc-Hydraulic
- Purpose
- hydraulic ritual/settlement purpose for Misc-Hydraulic
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1987
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 1200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Misc 55 — China Region 7
1890 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Misc 55 — China Region 7
c. 2800 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Misc 55 — China Region 7
On the ground
Structures & features
3.6877° N · 69.1300° E · 1865 m · 3 mapped features
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Misc 55 — China Region 7 — Principal Cistern
cisterncistern at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Misc 55 — China Region 7 — outlier feature
3.6879° N · 69.1293° ERock-Cut Tomb Cluster Misc 55 — China Region 7 — Northern Aqueduct
aqueductaqueduct at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Misc 55 — China Region 7 — outlier feature
3.6873° N · 69.1312° ERock-Cut Tomb Cluster Misc 55 — China Region 7 — Southern Dam
damdam at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Misc 55 — China Region 7 — outlier feature
3.6893° N · 69.1291° E