Bura archaeological site

Coordinates: 13°53′53″N 1°02′20″E / 13.898°N 1.039°E / 13.898; 1.039
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The

first-millennium Bura culture
.

Site description

The Bura site consists of many individual

statuettes. The main necropolis
itself has a diameter of about one kilometer. Burial mounds, religious altars, and ancient dwellings occur here over a large area. In 1983 a site 25 meters by 20 meters was excavated.

Artifacts and looting

Following the 1975 discovery and 1983

collectors.[1]

The

medieval Bura culture have been sought for their unusual abstraction and simplicity.[2]

Unfortunately, widespread

vandals since 1994.[4]

Other Bura

archeological site has produced the oldest equestrian clay statues.[5]

More recently, many Bura "rat-tail"

Euro-American collectors market.[6]

World Heritage status

This site was added to the

World Heritage Tentative List on May 26, 2006 in the Cultural category.[7]

References

  1. ^ Watson & Todeschini (2007) p344
  2. ^ Note the exhibits at the Hamill Gallery at "Index of /BURA". Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2009-10-16. and the Barakat Gallery at [1]
  3. ISBN 978-1-58648-438-5
    .
  4. ^ LeMonde in English
  5. ^ The Bura Archeological Site, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, translated into English
  6. ^ October 2009 e-mail correspondence with John M. Parker Sr., Riverside Company, in Dandridge, Tennessee, [2][permanent dead link]
  7. ^ Site archéologique de Bura - UNESCO World Heritage Centre

13°53′53″N 1°02′20″E / 13.898°N 1.039°E / 13.898; 1.039

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