Zara Wold Fan Camp
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE)·Middle Bronze Age·🇦🇺 New South Wales, Australia
About
About Zara Wold Fan Camp
Zara Wold Fan Camp in New South Wales, Australia is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) hillfort attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture. Systematically investigated through systematic survey and fieldwalking, it presents a principal enclosure with workshop zone. Construction employs ashlar with clamp and demonstrates distinct phasing. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans verify location and chronology.
Why it mattersKey Middle Bronze Age hillfort with stratified sequence and regional significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Social hierarchy and elite control
- 02Astronomical alignment and orientation
Theories
- 01Ritual landscape and ancestral veneration
- 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. 2041 BCE
- Period
- Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE)
- Culture
- Middle Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Necropolis and ritual
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 2041 BCE
Initial construction and primary occupation
c. 1241 BCE
Major expansion and monumental elaboration
c. 797 BCE
Rebuilding and fortification phase
1971
Modern archaeological excavation and survey
On the ground
Structures & features
31.1305° S · 151.4934° E · 2726 m · 3 mapped features
Hydraulic Channel
ditchHydraulic feature — aqueduct
31.1288° S · 151.4942° EAncillary Complex
reservoirBurial zone — tumuli
31.1284° S · 151.4929° EShrine
ditchBurial zone — rock-cut chambers
31.1314° S · 151.4949° E