Tre Camp
Tre
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE)·Ubaid·🇱🇰 North Central Province, Sri Lanka
About
About Tre Camp
Tre Camp in North Central Province, Sri Lanka is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) hillfort attributed to Ubaid culture. Systematically investigated through ground-penetrating radar and fieldwalking, it presents a central mound with ancillary settlement. Construction employs mudbrick on stone socle and demonstrates craft specialization. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans verify location and chronology.
Why it mattersKey Ubaid hillfort with stratified sequence and regional significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Water management and resilience
- 02Chronology and phasing of monuments
Theories
- 01Ritual landscape and ancestral veneration
- 02Territorial marker and boundary statement
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. 5268 BCE
- Period
- Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE)
- Culture
- Ubaid
- Purpose
- Agricultural and hydraulic
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 5268 BCE
Initial construction and primary occupation
c. 4468 BCE
Major expansion and monumental elaboration
c. 554 BCE
Rebuilding and fortification phase
1962
Modern archaeological excavation and survey
On the ground
Structures & features
9.5846° N · 81.4381° E · 2426 m · 4 mapped features
Stela Alignment
cairnPrimary hillfort at Tre Camp — platform mound
9.5848° N · 81.4358° EPrincipal Monument
structureHydraulic feature — canal
9.5831° N · 81.4404° EGranary Cluster
alignmentOutlier feature with standing stones
9.5860° N · 81.4400° ENecropolis Extension
necropolisHydraulic feature — aqueduct
9.5840° N · 81.4386° E