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Mounds, henges, enclosures and effigies built from earth.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Late Intermediate 900–1450 CE · Atacameño / Pica-Tarapacá culture influenced by Tiwanaku
World's largest anthropomorphic geoglyph: 119-m hill figure marking caravan trails.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Haida Mortuary Pole Base South in Great Plains, United States is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Medieval culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Geoglyph
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
Kwakiutl Cold Wooden Post North in Great Plains, United States is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Middle Woodland Hopewell–Adena 250 BCE–200 CE · Hopewell tradition (Adena antecedent)
Hopewell circular enclosure and Great Mound, 250 BCE–200 CE.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Serpent Mound Egg Enclosure in Mississippi Valley, United States is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Earthwork
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Meroe Northern Cemetery Pyramid in Rift Valley, Kenya is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Middle Woodland Hopewell 100 BCE–500 CE · Hopewell
Immense Hopewell enclosure 12 ha west of Bainbridge: square (280 m side) attached to circle (320 m diameter) via parallel walls, with ditch-and-embankment 1.5 m high.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Earthwork
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Sine-Saloum Shell Midden South in Nok Valley, Nigeria is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Hillfort
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Negev Kite Enclosure West in Steppe, Kazakhstan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) hillfort attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇷🇺 Russia · Hillfort
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Ustyurt Plateau Arrow Kite East in South Siberia, Russia is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) hillfort attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇳🇴 Norway · Hillfort
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Bronze Age
Mound of the Hostages Kurgan Annex East in Finnmark, Norway is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) hillfort attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
St Johns I–II 1000 BCE–1500 CE · St Johns (Mayaou Timucua)
Shell-midden island famous for 6 m buried wooden owl totem (600 CE) and snail-shell ridges.
🇳🇴 Norway · Earthwork
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Inuit Permafrost Dwelling South in Finnmark, Norway is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Medieval culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Earthwork
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Chavín de Huántar Plaza South in Amazonas, Brazil is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Earthwork
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Kukulkan El Castillo Annex in Southern Alluvium, Iraq is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Earthwork
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Classical
Djenné-Djeno Mound Extension in Bayuda Desert, Sudan is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Classical culture.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Earthwork
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Laponia Wooden Stave Foundation East in Najd, Saudi Arabia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Classical culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Earthwork
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Borobudur Terrace Pyramid South in Nubia, Nigeria is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) earthwork attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Earthwork
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Djenné-Djeno Mound Extension in Atlas, Morocco is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Early Woodland Adena 1000–400 BCE · Adena
Large Adena conical mound (38 ft/11.5 m high, 140 ft/43 m diameter) preserved in Indian Mound Reserve, Enon. One of the best-preserved Adena mounds in Ohio, surrounded by former enclosures now plowed.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Earthwork
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Geoglyph Hill Figure North in Hadramaut, Yemen is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Classical culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Warri Head Hydraulic Earthwork South in Atacama, Chile is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Siberian Ice House Post North in Najd, Saudi Arabia is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Middle Woodland Hopewell 200 BCE–500 CE · Hopewell (Havana Hopewell)
Iowa's premier Hopewell center: 7 surviving mounds (originally 12) including large conical Mound 2 (8 m high) and linear Mound 7 on blufftop above Iowa-Mississippi confluence.
