Dolmen Cairn Mound Complex
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE)·Middle Bronze Age·🇹🇭 Buriram Province, Thailand
About
About Dolmen Cairn Mound Complex
Dolmen Cairn Mound Complex in Buriram Province, Thailand is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) earthwork attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture. Systematically investigated through systematic survey and fieldwalking, it presents a principal enclosure with hydraulic works. Construction employs mudbrick on stone socle and demonstrates distinct phasing. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans verify location and chronology.
Why it mattersKey Middle Bronze Age earthwork with stratified sequence and regional significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Population scale vs catchment
- 02Chronology and phasing of monuments
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. 1601 BCE
- Period
- Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE)
- Culture
- Middle Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Defensive and administrative
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1601 BCE
Initial construction and primary occupation
c. 1018 BCE
Architectural refurbishment
c. 291 CE
Reoccupation and adaptation
1980
Rediscovery and systematic excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
13.2692° N · 103.9027° E · 1284 m · 4 mapped features
Principal Monument
platformBurial zone — rock-cut chambers
13.2682° N · 103.9026° EReservoir/Cistern
reservoirPrimary earthwork at Dolmen Cairn Mound Complex — ceremonial avenue
13.2722° N · 103.9027° EPrincipal Monument 3
rampartOutlier feature with geoglyph
13.2695° N · 103.9005° EGranary Cluster
rampartPrimary earthwork at Dolmen Cairn Mound Complex — rock-cut facade
13.2718° N · 103.8999° E