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Platform and burial mounds of the Americas and beyond.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Maya Late Classic, c.730–734 CE, reign Hasaw Chan K'awil · Maya (Classic Lowland)
Temple I — Gran Jaguar — pyramid over tomb of Jasaw Chan K'awiil I (Hasaw Chan K'awil, r.682–734 CE), north of Great Plaza, 47 m high.
🇳🇬 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.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic-EBA (c.5000-2500 BCE) · Kura-Araxes / Early Transcaucasian (Karaz-Pulur)
Pulur Höyük (Erzincan) — buried chalcolithic-eba tell/village at Erzincan Province.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tell
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Sea-Cliff Exposed Mound North in Dnieper, Ukraine is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Classical 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.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Earthwork
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Angkor Baray Extension South in Najd, Saudi Arabia is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kerma Classic to Early Napatan, c.1700–600 BCE (reused) · Kushite (Kerma → Napatan)
Kerma-classic tumulus Tomb 4 at Hillat el-Arab (c.1700–1500 BCE, early Kushite Kerma horizon) — 20 m diameter tumulus with mudbrick vaulted chamber and subsidiary burials, horse and cattle bucrania…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Rampart Buried Gate West in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Medieval culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Early Woodland Adena · Adena
Adena conical mound (19.5 ft/6 m high, 95 ft/29 m diameter) preserved as Story Mound State Memorial, encircled by suburban Chillicothe but intact with original ditch.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Earthwork
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Yamna Kurgan Circle South in Steppe, Kazakhstan is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Medieval culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Earthwork
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Chan Chan Citadel West in Andean Highlands, Peru is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Medieval culture.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Earthwork
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Naqa Lion Temple Outlier in Rift Valley, Kenya is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Bronze Age
Granary Pit Group South in Euphrates Valley, Syria is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) tell attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian · Sumerian/Amorite Larsa dynasty
Sumerian city-state that dominated southern Mesopotamia under King Rim-Sin (1822–1763 BCE) controlling 10–15 cities before Hammurapi annexed it, making Babylon supreme.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Earthwork
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Small Step Pyramid East in Meroe, Sudan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Medieval culture.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tell
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Paleosol Buried Soil South in Dnieper, Ukraine is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Earthwork
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Small Step Pyramid East in Moche Valley, Peru is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tell
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Cemetery Extramural South in Dnieper, Ukraine is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Medieval culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Earthwork
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Paramonga Fortress Pyramid in Nubia, Nigeria is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
MB to Iron Age (c.2000 BCE–700 BCE; Philistine Ekron 1200–604 BCE) · Canaanite → Philistine (Ekron) → Judah → Assyrian
Tel Miqne is Philistine Ekron, one of the Pentapolis (Ashdod, Ashkelon, Ekron, Gath, Gaza). Lower town 20 ha with 110 olive-oil installations (largest ancient o...
🇵🇪 Peru · Tell
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Bronze Age
Granary Pit Group South in Coastal Peru, Peru is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) tell attributed to Bronze Age culture.
