Tumulus Cemetery Buried 16 — Italy Region 4
Period Neolithic·Regional culture Buried-Variant·🇮🇹 Italy Region 4, Italy
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About Tumulus Cemetery Buried 16 — Italy Region 4
Tumulus Cemetery Buried 16 — Italy Region 4 in Italy Region 4, Italy is a Neolithic buried-city with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing. Recorded context — Period: Period Neolithic; Culture: Regional culture Buried-Variant; Field status: ongoing; Materials: basalt, plaster; Condition: preserved.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Buried-Variant buried-city with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization
- 02Astronomical alignment
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Observatory
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. 500 BCE
- Period
- Period Neolithic
- Culture
- Regional culture Buried-Variant
- Purpose
- buried-city ritual/settlement purpose for Buried-Variant
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1899
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 500 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Tumulus Cemetery Buried 16 — Italy Region 4
1990 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Tumulus Cemetery Buried 16 — Italy Region 4
On the ground
Structures & features
22.2434° S · 11.3581° E · 516 m · 3 mapped features
- Tumulus Cemetery Buried 16 — Italy Region 4 — Principal Structurestructurestructure at Tumulus Cemetery Buried 16 — Italy Region 4 — outlier feature22.2431° S · 11.3569° E
- Tumulus Cemetery Buried 16 — Italy Region 4 — Northern Complexcomplexcomplex at Tumulus Cemetery Buried 16 — Italy Region 4 — outlier feature22.2453° S · 11.3567° E
- Tumulus Cemetery Buried 16 — Italy Region 4 — Rock_Art Annex 3rock artrock art at Tumulus Cemetery Buried 16 — Italy Region 4 — subsidiary complex22.2416° S · 11.3575° E