Bay Buried Settlement
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Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE)·Late Bronze Age·🇲🇲 Magway Region, Myanmar
About
About Bay Buried Settlement
Bay Buried Settlement in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) buried city attributed to Late Bronze Age culture. Systematically investigated through magnetometry and fieldwalking, it presents a fortified nucleus with necropolis. Construction employs mudbrick on stone socle and demonstrates craft specialization. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans verify location and chronology.
Why it mattersKey Late Bronze Age buried-city with stratified sequence and regional significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Social hierarchy and elite control
- 02Chronology and phasing of monuments
Theories
- 01Centralized storage and redistribution (Cunliffe)
- 02Ritual landscape and ancestral veneration
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. 1334 BCE
- Period
- Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE)
- Culture
- Late Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Necropolis and ritual
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 1334 BCE
Initial construction and primary occupation
c. 821 BCE
Architectural refurbishment
c. 305 CE
Reoccupation and adaptation
1961
Rediscovery and systematic excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
22.0050° N · 94.2866° E · 462 m · 3 mapped features
Principal Monument
reservoirBurial zone — cists
22.0022° N · 94.2864° EEnclosure Wall
hydraulicAncillary field system associated with main monument
22.0073° N · 94.2894° EHydraulic Channel
necropolisOutlier feature with petroglyphs
22.0070° N · 94.2845° E