Drainage Channel North
Drainage Channel North Site
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE)·Local Neolithic·🇲🇽 Basin of Mexico, Mexico
About
About Drainage Channel North
Drainage Channel North in Basin of Mexico, Mexico is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits. The site includes a principal enclosure and ancillary features with votive deposits. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Local Neolithic site illustrating Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) ancient-village traditions.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology of Drainage Channel North
- 02Function of ancillary enclosures
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for Local Neolithic
- 02Defensive and ritual focus
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. 1500 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE)
- Culture
- Local Neolithic
- Purpose
- Funerary and ritual complex
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1000 CE
Abandonment or reuse
On the ground
Structures & features
19.1369° N · 99.4462° W · 263 m · 3 mapped features
Drainage Channel North — Principal Feature
structurePrimary ancient-village feature at Drainage Channel North
19.1377° N · 99.4454° WDrainage Channel North — Ancillary Complex
complexAncillary complex at Drainage Channel North
19.1362° N · 99.4468° WDrainage Channel North — Outlier
rock artOutlier at Drainage Channel North
19.1380° N · 99.4472° W