🇬🇹 Guatemala · Quarry
Quarry of Sanctuary-Oued
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Quarry of Sanctuary-Oued in Petén, Guatemala is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) quarry attributed to Andean Formative culture.
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Where the stone was cut, sometimes with a block still lying half-freed.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Quarry
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Quarry of Terramare Bajada Farm in River Nile State, Sudan is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) quarry attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Quarry
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Kiln-Anchorage Gateway Quarry in Catamarca, Argentina is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) quarry attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Quarry
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Quarry of Sanctuary-Oued in Petén, Guatemala is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) quarry attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Dynastic to Graeco-Roman (3000 BCE–300 CE) 800 inscriptions · Egyptian royal quarrying (bekhen stone)
Wadi Hammamat Central Quarry Road — Bekhen-stone Quarry in Red Sea Governorate, Egypt is a Dynastic to Graeco-Roman (3000 BCE–300 CE) 800 inscriptions hydraulic attributed to Egyptian royal quarrying…
🇧🇷 Brazil · Quarry
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Quarry of Inlet Pictograph in Piauí, Brazil is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) quarry attributed to Harappan culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Quarry
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Panel Golden Mine in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) quarry attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Quarry
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Bal Esker Quarry in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) quarry attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Quarry
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Jala Salina Mine in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) quarry attributed to Roman culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Quarry
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Necropolis Quay Mine in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) quarry attributed to Harappan culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Quarry
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Edge Ben Quarry in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) quarry attributed to Roman culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Quarry
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Grey Mine in Oruro, Bolivia is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) quarry attributed to Yayoi culture. Systematically investigated through ground-penetrating radar and fieldwalking, it presents a fortified…
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Quarry
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Quarry of Varna-Ring in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) quarry attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Quarry
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Quarry of Marsh in Sicily, Italy is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) quarry attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Quarry
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Burgh Mine in Balochistan, Pakistan is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) quarry attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Quarry
Ptolemaic to Roman (180 BCE–200 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman (Upper Egypt)
Desert quarry supplying Kom Ombo's double temple with stuck naos.
🇱🇾 Libya · Quarry
Greek to Byzantine (5th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Greek / Roman (Cyrenaica–Marmarica)
Mesa quarry for Tobruk harbour works with slip road cart ruts.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Submerged site
Archaic–Hellenistic (700–100 BCE) · Cypriot–Phoenician coastal quarry
Atonis–Helen Submerged Quarry — Cyprus South Reef in Limassol District, Cyprus is a Archaic–Hellenistic (700–100 BCE) submerged-city attributed to Cypriot–Phoenician coastal quarry.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Submerged site
Early Bronze Age (3200–2000 BCE) · Canaanite Byblos coastal quarry
Yabous? Actually Tell Fadous-Kfarabida Submerged Coastal Cut in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon is a Early Bronze Age (3200–2000 BCE) submerged-city attributed to Canaanite Byblos coastal quarry.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Rock-cut
Old to Middle Kingdom (2600–1650 BCE) · Egyptian (Hare Nome)
Nomarch tombs and quarry road with colossus-on-sledge painting (1900 BCE).
🇪🇸 Spain · Mine
Bronze Age (1600–1100 BCE navetas via copper mine) · Bronze Age Balearic copper mining 1600 BCE galleries
Closos mine copper 1600 BCE.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Old to New Kingdom (2600–1100 BCE; peak 2050–1650 BCE) · Egyptian (Middle Kingdom)
Middle Kingdom amethyst mining landscape with 14 quarries and fortified miners' fort.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Coptic (300 BCE – 500 CE) · Graeco-Roman Egyptian
Northern quarry valley of Akoris — slipway and wadi canal buried 2–4 m for 3-ton block export north.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pre-Clovis (Topper) to Clovis · Pre-Clovis (Topper)/Clovis
Pre-Clovis chert quarry (15,000 BCE) with debated lower horizon below Clovis on Savannah River, South Carolina.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Quarry
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Quarry of Mogor Gate Grey in North Central Province, Sri Lanka is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) quarry attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
