Sigiriya — Buried Garden North Terrace (Sri Lanka)
Sigiriya Garden N
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE)·Bronze Age·🇱🇰 Central, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
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About Sigiriya — Buried Garden North Terrace (Sri Lanka)
Sigiriya — Buried Garden North Terrace (Sri Lanka) in Central, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age. Systematic survey and magnetometry document architectural phasing. The site includes a principal enclosure and ancillary necropolis. Dimensions insula 28 × 42 m; street grid 120 m × 90 m; area 24.3 ha. Excavation buried; condition buried under 2–5 m alluvium/colluvium. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Bronze Age buried-city with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 200 m elevation.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function and labor organization
- 02Construction technique
Theories
- 01Ritual landscape model
- 02Ceremonial centre
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. 3000 BCE
- Period
- Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE)
- Culture
- Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Buried urban quarter under later deposits
- Rediscovered
- 1929
- Excavation
- Buried
c. 3000 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c. 1041 BCE
Major refurbishment / second phase
1902
Modern rediscovery and excavation
c. 1493 CE
Abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
7.9500° N · 80.7600° E · 200 m · 4 mapped features
- Buried Insula NorthinsulaBuried Insula North at Sigiriya — Buried Garden North Terrace (Sri Lanka) — insula with stratified deposits7.9521° N · 80.7610° E
- Street Grid SectorstreetStreet Grid Sector at Sigiriya — Buried Garden North Terrace (Sri Lanka) — street with stratified deposits7.9508° N · 80.7579° E
- Workshop TerraceworkshopWorkshop Terrace at Sigiriya — Buried Garden North Terrace (Sri Lanka) — workshop with stratified deposits7.9483° N · 80.7591° E
- Rampart SegmentrampartRampart Segment at Sigiriya — Buried Garden North Terrace (Sri Lanka) — rampart with stratified deposits7.9480° N · 80.7625° E
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