Floodplain Hill Fort
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE)·Andean Formative·🇰🇷 Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
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About Floodplain Hill Fort
Floodplain Hill Fort in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) hillfort attributed to Andean Formative culture. Systematically investigated through aerial LiDAR and fieldwalking, it presents a principal enclosure with workshop zone. UNESCO World Heritage context. Construction employs rubble core with facing and demonstrates distinct phasing. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans verify location and chronology.
Why it mattersKey Andean Formative hillfort with stratified sequence and regional significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction labor organization and logistics
- 02Ritual use and symbolic landscape
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. 1383 BCE
- Period
- Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE)
- Culture
- Andean Formative
- Purpose
- Ceremonial and settlement
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 1383 BCE
Initial construction and primary occupation
c. 1064 BCE
Architectural refurbishment
c. 315 CE
Reoccupation and adaptation
1982
Rediscovery and systematic excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
35.7610° N · 129.6953° E · 694 m · 4 mapped features
Hydraulic Channel
tombOutlier feature with alignments
35.7624° N · 129.6924° ERock Art Panel
altarBurial zone — rock-cut chambers
35.7625° N · 129.6927° EAltar
structureHydraulic feature — reservoir
35.7585° N · 129.6969° EHydraulic Channel 4
cairnAncillary settlement associated with main monument
35.7606° N · 129.6953° E