Tell el-Kot-Low Kara
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE)·Ubaid·🇧🇴 Oruro, Bolivia
About
About Tell el-Kot-Low Kara
Tell el-Kot-Low Kara in Oruro, Bolivia is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) tell attributed to Ubaid culture. Systematically investigated through photogrammetry and coring, it presents a principal enclosure with necropolis. Construction employs dry-stone masonry and demonstrates craft specialization. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans verify location and chronology.
Why it mattersKey Ubaid tell with stratified sequence and regional significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Astronomical alignment and orientation
- 02Long-distance exchange networks
Theories
- 01Ritual landscape and ancestral veneration
- 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. 5063 BCE
- Period
- Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE)
- Culture
- Ubaid
- Purpose
- Agricultural and hydraulic
- Excavation
- Unexcavated
c. 5063 BCE
Initial construction and primary occupation
c. 4263 BCE
Major expansion and monumental elaboration
c. 515 BCE
Rebuilding and fortification phase
2011
Modern archaeological excavation and survey
On the ground
Structures & features
17.6563° S · 70.1561° W · 895 m · 3 mapped features
Rock Art Panel
necropolisBurial zone — tumuli
17.6587° S · 70.1590° WHydraulic Channel
granaryPrimary tell at Tell el-Kot-Low Kara — megalithic chamber
17.6589° S · 70.1556° WNecropolis Extension
ditchHydraulic feature — reservoir
17.6558° S · 70.1582° W