Lowfield Kurgan Aqueduct
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE)·Late Bronze Age·🇨🇦 British Columbia, Canada
About
About Lowfield Kurgan Aqueduct
Lowfield Kurgan Aqueduct in British Columbia, Canada is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Late Bronze Age culture. Systematically investigated through photogrammetry and coring, it presents a monumental core 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 hydraulic with stratified sequence and regional significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function as ceremonial vs domestic centre
- 02Population scale vs catchment
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre and pilgrimage focus
- 02Centralized storage and redistribution (Cunliffe)
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. 1150 BCE
- Period
- Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE)
- Culture
- Late Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Residential and craft production
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 1150 BCE
Initial construction and primary occupation
c. 817 BCE
Architectural refurbishment
c. 123 CE
Reoccupation and adaptation
1870
Rediscovery and systematic excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
50.6446° N · 122.0173° W · 119 m · 4 mapped features
Stela Alignment
granaryAncillary settlement associated with main monument
50.6471° N · 122.0163° WReservoir/Cistern
gatewayBurial zone — rock-cut chambers
50.6470° N · 122.0155° WRock Art Panel
templeOutlier feature with geoglyph
50.6428° N · 122.0169° WReservoir/Cistern 4
tombAncillary settlement associated with main monument
50.6457° N · 122.0177° W