Rock-Cut Tombs of Baraka-High
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE)·Andean Formative·🇰🇭 Preah Vihear, Cambodia
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About Rock-Cut Tombs of Baraka-High
Rock-Cut Tombs of Baraka-High in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Andean Formative culture. Systematically investigated through ground-penetrating radar and fieldwalking, it presents a principal enclosure with ancillary settlement. Construction employs mudbrick on stone socle and demonstrates long-distance exchange. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans verify location and chronology.
Why it mattersKey Andean Formative rock_cut with stratified sequence and regional significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function as ceremonial vs domestic centre
- 02Construction labor organization and logistics
Theories
- 01Territorial marker and boundary statement
- 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. 488 BCE
- Period
- Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE)
- Culture
- Andean Formative
- Purpose
- Residential and craft production
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 488 BCE
Initial construction and primary occupation
c. 368 BCE
Secondary construction phase
c. 239 CE
Abandonment and gradual burial
1998
Archaeological identification via aerial survey
On the ground
Structures & features
13.4489° N · 103.8053° E · 1958 m · 3 mapped features
Burial Cluster
templeOutlier feature with petroglyphs
13.4479° N · 103.8034° EStela Alignment
gatewayAncillary workshop associated with main monument
13.4498° N · 103.8061° EGranary Cluster
petroglyphPrimary rock_cut at Rock-Cut Tombs of Baraka-High — rock-cut facade
13.4492° N · 103.8071° E