# The visible megalithic layer was built between 2000 and 1100 BC.

> Disputed: The visible megalithic layer was built between 2000 and 1100 BC.

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# The visible megalithic layer was built between 2000 and 1100 BC.

The visible megalithic layer was built between 2000 and 1100 BC.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** None pieces of evidence for, two against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Construction-context dates on charcoal from the terraces in the 2nd millennium BC.

## What would rule it out

- All sealed charcoal from the terrace walls dates to the late first millennium BC.

## Evidence none for · 2 against

[Charcoal under three terrace walls dates to the last centuries BC.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gunung-padang/evidence/EVD0D32CNKC7610/charcoal-under-three-terrace-walls-dates-to-the-last)

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AGAINST

[The paper's Unit 4 phase rests on soil dates; the journal found such dates do not date construction.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/gunung-padang/evidence/EVD0D32CNBJ03BY/the-papers-unit-4-phase-rests-on-soil-dates-the-journal)

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AGAINST

## 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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## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The visible megalithic layer was built between 2000 and 1100 BC. [Answer ANS0D32CN3R1CMR]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D32CN3R1CMR
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