Royal Cuzco Citadel South — Cuzco (55-09) at Cuzco, Peru is a Bronze Age (regional) geoglyph of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.

🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork

Monks Mound

Mississippian 900–1200 CE (peak 1050–1200) · Mississippian (Cahokia)

Largest earthen structure in the Americas north of Mexico and centerpiece of Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site.

🇨🇳 China · Earthwork

Royal Xi an Settlement A — Xi an (56-38)

Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age

Royal Xi an Settlement A — Xi an (56-38) at Xi an, China is a Iron Age (regional) earthwork of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 400 BCE for settlement and associated settlement.

🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork

Serpent Mound — Head Coil North Bend (Adams County)

Neolithic to Mississippian (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Neolithic / Woodland

Serpent Mound — Head Coil North Bend (Adams County) in Ohio, Adams County, Serpent Mound, United States is a Neolithic to Mississippian (3000 BCE–1400 CE) …

🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork

Poverty Point — Ridge 3 Terrace West (Jackson Parish)

Neolithic to Mississippian (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Neolithic / Woodland

Poverty Point — Ridge 3 Terrace West (Jackson Parish) in Louisiana, West Carroll Parish, Poverty Point, United States is a Neolithic to Mississippian (3000…

🇪🇬 Egypt · Megalith

Nabta Playa Astronomical Site

Early Holocene Neolithic (~7500–3500 BCE) · Nubian Neolithic pastoralist (El Nabta culture)

Beside a fossil playa that filled during the African Humid Period, nomads erected a 5-m mini-Stonehenge of quartzite slabs and radial lines pointing to summer solstice sunrise and to Sirius/Arcturus.

🇺🇸 United States · Ancient city

Fort Center

Woodland Glades 450 BCE–1700 CE · Belle Glade (Calusa/Glades)

Glades woodland pond-mortuary and 1200 m causeway with charnel house, wood effigies in submerged pond.

🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork

Hopeton Earthworks

Middle Woodland Hopewell 100 BCE–500 CE · Hopewell tradition

Hopewell 22 ha circle-square with 321 m Great Circle, UNESCO 2023 unit-of-measure type-site.

🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village

Marana Mound — Hohokam Platform Mound and Ballcourt Community

Hohokam Classic (1150–1450 CE) · Hohokam (Tucson / Marana community)

Classic Hohokam platform 1150 CE — ballcourt & 150 m terrace rock-pile fields (Fish).

🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork

Seip Earthworks — North Circle Ancillary (Ross County)

Neolithic to Mississippian (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Neolithic / Woodland; Hopewell

Seip Earthworks — North Circle Ancillary (Ross County) in Ohio, Ross County, Seip, United States is a Neolithic to Mississippian (3000 BCE–1400 CE) earthwo…

🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork

High Bank Works — Octagon Northeast Corner

Neolithic to Mississippian (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Neolithic / Woodland; Hopewell

High Bank Works — Octagon Northeast Corner in Ohio, Ross County, High Bank, United States is a Neolithic to Mississippian (3000 BCE–1400 CE) earthwork attr…

🇯🇴 Jordan · Earthwork

Desert Kites of Jordan and Syria

Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Bronze Age (~7000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic–Chalcolithic hunter-pastoralist

Over 5,800 kite structures sprawl across the harraat basalt deserts of Jordan, Syria and Saudi Arabia, each comprising two converging low walls up to 5 km long funneling gazelle herds into a stone…

🇮🇳 India · Earthwork

Earthworks of Wall Nagar

Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic

Earthworks of Wall Nagar in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) earthwork attributed to Chalcolithic culture.

🇨🇳 China · Earthwork

Liangzhu — Mojiaoshan Platform North Terrace

Neolithic to Mississippian (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Neolithic / Woodland

Liangzhu — Mojiaoshan Platform North Terrace in Zhejiang, Hangzhou, Liangzhu, China is a Neolithic to Mississippian (3000 BCE–1400 CE) earthwork attributed…

🇸🇪 Sweden · Earthwork

Stavgard Ringfort (Gotland)

Migration Period to Vendel Period (c.400–800 CE) · Gotlandic Iron Age

Pre-Viking ringfort (fornborg) on Gotland's southeast, circular limestone wall 80–100 m diameter enclosing 0.5 ha, with inner house terraces and Iron Age ceramics.

🇨🇷 Costa Rica · Megalith

Diquís Stone Spheres

Chiriquí period (~600–1500 CE; peak Aguas Buenas 800–1350 CE) · Diquís (Chiriquí, Isthmo-Colombian)

Costa Rica's Diquís Delta preserves over 300 near-perfect spheres of gabbro up to 2.66 m diameter and 16 tonnes, shaped by pecking and grinding until calipers verify sphericity within 2 cm.

🇯🇴 Jordan · Hillfort

Bailey Hill Fort

Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age

Bailey Hill Fort in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) hillfort attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.

🇰🇭 Cambodia · Geoglyph

Geoglyphs of Varna Mogor Ach

Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age

Geoglyphs of Varna Mogor Ach in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) geoglyph attributed to Iron Age culture.

🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient city

Birnin Gazargamu

Late Medieval Kanem–Bornu (1460–1808 CE) · Kanuri (Kanem–Bornu)

Birnin Gazargamu (1460–1808) was Kanem–Bornu Empire capital, 6.5 km earthen walls 5 m high enclosing palace mound, great mosque 100×50 m and 200 compound mounds on Yo/ Kamadugu Yobe. 15th-c.

🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park (Mound City Group)

Hopewell 1–500 CE (Middle Woodland, peak 100–400 CE) · Hopewell tradition (Scioto Hopewell)

Finest Hopewell enclosure: 13-acre (5.3 ha) flat-topped earthen-walled enclosure (1,211 m perimeter, 1–1.8 m high) near Scioto River enclosing 24 conical, elongated and effigy mounds.

🇩🇿 Algeria · Earthwork

Earthworks of Avenue-Tel Kistvaen

Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo

Earthworks of Avenue-Tel Kistvaen in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) earthwork attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.

🇮🇳 India · Earthwork

Sanganakallu — Bellary Ash Mound

Neolithic (3000–2000 BCE) · Southern Neolithic

Sanganakallu — Bellary Ash Mound in Karnataka, Bellary, India is a Neolithic (3000–2000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Southern Neolithic culture.

🇨🇦 Canada · Geoglyph

Qasr Mara Ley Geoglyph

Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age

Qasr Mara Ley Geoglyph in British Columbia, Canada is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid

La Venta Pyramid (Complex C)

Middle Formative Olmec 1000–400 BCE (pyramid c. 1000–600 BCE) · Olmec

Olmec capital La Venta (1000–400 BCE) great pyramid Complex C: 31–33 m high clay mound (150 × 130 m base, volume 100,000 m³), earliest known intentional pyramid in Mesoamerica (1000 BCE) – uniquely…

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