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CategoriesQuarries
Where the stone was cut, sometimes with a block still lying half-freed.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Archaic to present (1000 BCE–present) · Sioux (Dakota/Lakota/Nakota), Oneota predecessors
2,000-year sacred catlinite quarries: 3000 pits in Sioux quartzite cliff plus thunderbird petroglyphs.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Quarry
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Dyke Quarry in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) quarry attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Quarry
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Port Playa Quarry in Ancash, Peru is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) quarry attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Quarry
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Middle Quarry in River Nile State, Sudan is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) quarry attributed to Harappan culture.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Hydraulic works
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) intensive · Harappan
Rohri Hills Flint Quarry Mound — Wadi Reach in Sindh, Pakistan is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) intensive hydraulic attributed to Harappan.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Quarry
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Heath Mine in Alentejo, Portugal is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) quarry attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Quarry
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Quarry of Sura-Hillfort in Hadramawt, Yemen is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) quarry attributed to Harappan culture.
