Sunken City off Camp
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE)·Early Bronze Age·🇲🇦 Souss-Massa, Morocco
About
About Sunken City off Camp
Sunken City off Camp in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) submerged city attributed to Early Bronze Age culture. Systematically investigated through systematic survey and stratigraphic excavation, it presents a fortified nucleus with ancillary settlement. Construction employs cyclopean blocks and demonstrates long-distance exchange. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans verify location and chronology.
Why it mattersKey Early Bronze Age submerged-city with stratified sequence and regional significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Long-distance exchange networks
- 02Cause of abandonment and collapse
Theories
- 01Ritual landscape and ancestral veneration
- 02Elite residence and administrative centre
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. 2340 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE)
- Culture
- Early Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Ceremonial and settlement
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 2340 BCE
Initial construction and primary occupation
c. 1540 BCE
Major expansion and monumental elaboration
c. 765 BCE
Rebuilding and fortification phase
2004
Modern archaeological excavation and survey
On the ground
Structures & features
31.6465° N · 10.1598° W · 1806 m · 3 mapped features
Enclosure Wall
templeHydraulic feature — reservoir
31.6438° N · 10.1611° WAncillary Complex
alignmentOutlier feature with standing stones
31.6460° N · 10.1589° WBurial Cluster
ditchPrimary submerged city at Sunken City off Camp — platform mound
31.6483° N · 10.1624° W