Mural Hall Americas 62 — Brazil Region 2
Period Late Holocene·Regional culture Americas-Mound·🇧🇷 Brazil Region 2, Brazil
About
About Mural Hall Americas 62 — Brazil Region 2
Mural Hall Americas 62 — Brazil Region 2 in Brazil Region 2, Brazil is a Bronze Age earthwork with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Americas-Mound earthwork with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Collapse cause
- 02Construction labor organization
Theories
- 01Defensive stronghold
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. 2800 BCE
- Period
- Period Late Holocene
- Culture
- Regional culture Americas-Mound
- Purpose
- earthwork ritual/settlement purpose for Americas-Mound
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1938
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 2800 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Mural Hall Americas 62 — Brazil Region 2
1970 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Mural Hall Americas 62 — Brazil Region 2
c. 800 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Mural Hall Americas 62 — Brazil Region 2
On the ground
Structures & features
15.1651° N · 43.3738° E · 1045 m · 4 mapped features
Mural Hall Americas 62 — Brazil Region 2 — Principal Rampart
rampartrampart at Mural Hall Americas 62 — Brazil Region 2 — outlier feature
15.1645° N · 43.3751° EMural Hall Americas 62 — Brazil Region 2 — Northern Ditch
ditchditch at Mural Hall Americas 62 — Brazil Region 2 — subsidiary complex
15.1652° N · 43.3753° EMural Hall Americas 62 — Brazil Region 2 — Southern Entrance
entranceentrance at Mural Hall Americas 62 — Brazil Region 2 — hydraulic feature
15.1669° N · 43.3751° EMural Hall Americas 62 — Brazil Region 2 — Eastern Rampart
rampartrampart at Mural Hall Americas 62 — Brazil Region 2 — primary structure
15.1654° N · 43.3737° E