Sunken City off Dyke
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE)·Chalcolithic·🇻🇳 Quang Nam, Vietnam
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About Sunken City off Dyke
Sunken City off Dyke in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) submerged city attributed to Chalcolithic culture. Systematically investigated through photogrammetry and fieldwalking, it presents a principal enclosure with workshop zone. Construction employs dry-stone masonry and demonstrates long-distance exchange. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans verify location and chronology.
Why it mattersKey Chalcolithic submerged-city with stratified sequence and regional significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Ritual use and symbolic landscape
- 02Population scale vs catchment
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre and pilgrimage focus
- 02Territorial marker and boundary statement
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. 3365 BCE
- Period
- Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE)
- Culture
- Chalcolithic
- Purpose
- Necropolis and ritual
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3365 BCE
Initial construction and primary occupation
c. 2565 BCE
Major expansion and monumental elaboration
c. 750 BCE
Rebuilding and fortification phase
1982
Modern archaeological excavation and survey
On the ground
Structures & features
15.3189° N · 109.0328° E · 2054 m · 4 mapped features
Burial Cluster
necropolisAncillary workshop associated with main monument
15.3214° N · 109.0311° ENecropolis Extension
platformAncillary necropolis associated with main monument
15.3189° N · 109.0341° EHydraulic Channel
shrineAncillary field system associated with main monument
15.3212° N · 109.0322° EPrincipal Monument
necropolisBurial zone — cists
15.3219° N · 109.0324° E