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CategoriesGeoglyphs
Lines, figures and shapes drawn into the land at a scale meant for the sky.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Initial Period to Early Horizon (Sechín-Casma) · Sechín / Casma
Arid pampa (210 m, 9°28′48″S 78°18′00″W) between Río Casma and Río Sechín, extension north of known Sechín Bajo pyramid (1800 BCE) pampa lines.
🇨🇦 Canada · Archaeological wonder
Archaic to Historic 1800 BCE–1920 CE; main biographic style 1730–1890 CE (post-horse) · Blackfoot Confederacy (Kainai, Piikani, Siksika) and ancestors (Besant, Avonlea, Old Women's phase)
Badlands sanctuary of sandstone hoodoos along Milk River where Blackfoot (Niitsitapi) inscribed and pecked >138 rock-art panels (1,200 images: warriors, horses after 1730, hoof biographic,…
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Formative (800 BCE–600 CE) · Tarapacá / Alto Ramírez
Horst-block ridge (3,820 m) 2.2 km northwest of Salar de Huasco on uplifted fault block with shattered ignimbrite and quartzite pavement.
🇺🇸 United States · Geoglyph
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Inner Chaco Canyon Terrace Central — Chaco Canyon (55-34) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Early Historic (regional) geoglyph of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) · Andean Formative
Atrousa? Actually Cerro Grande Geoglyph Ancillary South Arm (Chile) in Tarapacá, Cerro Grande, Geoglyph South Arm, Chile is a Formative to Late Intermediat…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Late PPN to Late Neolithic · PPN / Azraq pastoralists
18 wetland-margin kites (7000–5000 BCE) around Azraq Qa salt flat.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) · Andean Formative
Cerros Pintados — Ancillary Panel North (Pampa del Tamarugal) in Tarapacá, Cerros Pintados, Pampa del Tamarugal, Chile is a Formative to Late Intermediate …
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Late Intermediate (900–1400 CE) · Pica-San Pedro / Late Tarapacá
Southeast piedmont fans 3.2 km from salar at confluence of Quebrada Sagasca ephemeral channel.
🇺🇸 United States · Geoglyph
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Sacred Chaco Canyon Fortress II — Chaco Canyon (55-45) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Chalcolithic (regional) geoglyph of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Middle Woodland Hopewell (c.100 BCE–250 CE) with Fort Ancient reuse · Hopewell → Fort Ancient
Outer-embankment timber circle 60 m diameter discovered 2007 by magnetometry inside Fort Ancient Hilltop Enclosure (Hopewell 100 BCE–500 CE, later Fort Ancient reuse).
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) · Andean Formative
Ex-Aeródromo — Geoglyph Ancillary Ray North (Iquique, Chile) in Tarapacá, Ex Aeródromo, Iquique, Chile is a Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE…
🇺🇸 United States · Geoglyph
Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) · Andean Formative
Blythe Intaglios — Ancillary Human Figure North (California) in California, Blythe Intaglios, United States is a Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–14…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Eastern Yucatan Settlement Outer — Yucatan (55-37) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Iron Age (regional) geoglyph of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Southern Yucatan Platform B — Yucatan (55-13) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Bronze Age (regional) geoglyph of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for platform and associated settlement.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
New Cuzco Sanctuary A — Cuzco (55-17) at Cuzco, Peru is a Chalcolithic (regional) geoglyph of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Geoglyph
Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) · Andean Formative
Rondônia — Fazenda Geoglyph Ancillary Circle (Brazil) in Rondônia, Rondonia Geoglyph, Brazil is a Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) geoglyph…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (7200–6200 BCE) · PPNB Black Desert hunters
West hamada piedmont 6 km west of Jabal Wisad inselberg (690 m) on flat basalt pavement with scattered chert.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B–C (7000–5800 BCE) · Late PPNB/PPNC
Wadi throat where Wadi Wisad narrows to 45 m between basalt bluffs 8 km southwest of plateau (675 m).
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
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.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Geoglyph
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Potosí Mound East — Potosí (55-40) at Potosí, Bolivia is a Classical (regional) geoglyph of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Geoglyph
Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) · Andean Formative
Sajama — Geoglyph Lines North (Bolivia, Altiplano) in Oruro, Sajama, Bolivia is a Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) geoglyph attributed to A…
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Early Intermediate (200 BCE–600 CE) · Huarpa
Central meseta (3,280 m) bisecting Chaviña Pampa between previously documented north ridge and south sector.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Late Intermediate (1100–1420 CE) · Late Arica / San Miguel–Gentilar
Confluence terrace where Suca tributary meets Camarones main stem near Cuya (380 m). Eight figures on lower terrace gravels: 12-m marine fish, 20-m llama train, and 30-m ‘coast arrow’ pointing…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
PPNB–Late Neolithic (7100–5500 BCE) · PPNB–Late Neolithic
Eastern spur of Wadi al-Qattafi system 8 km east of Maitland's Mesa (685 m) toward Jibal al-Khashabiyeh kite corridor (Kennedy).
