# The terraces were built over several generations from about the 2nd to the 1st century BC and used for…

> Most likely: The terraces were built over several generations from about the 2nd to the 1st century BC and used for centuries after.

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# The terraces were built over several generations from about the 2nd to the 1st century BC and used for…

The terraces were built over several generations from about the 2nd to the 1st century BC and used for centuries after.

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## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests supported it: two pieces of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Construction-context charcoal from all five terraces falls in the late first millennium BC or later.
- Associated pottery is of late prehistoric types.

## What would rule it out

- Charcoal sealed under the original terrace walls dated well before 1000 BC.

## Evidence 2 for · none against

[Charcoal under the terrace 1 retaining wall dates to about 117 BC; charcoal under terraces 2 and 4 clusters…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gunung-padang/evidence/EVD0D32CMM44929/charcoal-under-the-terrace-1-retaining-wall-dates-to-about)

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[Pottery and a grinding stone come from the excavations; no older cultural material has been reported from the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gunung-padang/evidence/EVD0D32CMVY5VQW/pottery-and-a-grinding-stone-come-from-the-excavations-no)

Suggestive

FOR

## The questions it answers

[When were the visible terraces built?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gunung-padang/questions/QST0D32CFZP79AD/when-were-the-visible-terraces-built)

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