🇺🇸 United States · Mound
Nodena Site
Late Mississippian (Nodena phase) · Mississippian (Nodena phase, Oneota-related)
Type site of Nodena phase (1350–1650 CE) — palisaded Late Mississippian town on Mississippi River with 15 mounds.
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🇺🇸 United States · Mound
Late Mississippian (Nodena phase) · Mississippian (Nodena phase, Oneota-related)
Type site of Nodena phase (1350–1650 CE) — palisaded Late Mississippian town on Mississippi River with 15 mounds.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Mesa Verde Late Pueblo III (1230–1280 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo (Mesa Verde northern San Juan)
Fortified Mesa Verde–era hilltown (c.1230–1280 CE, Late Pueblo III) in Sand Canyon alcove headwater — 400-room pueblo with enclosing wall, 22 kivas, great kiva D-shaped 12 m, and 100+ cliff dwellings…
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Classic Period Hohokam (1150–1450 CE) · Hohokam Classic Period (Marana community)
Marana Hohokam Mound Phoenix Basin is the Los Robles platform mound community on the Santa Cruz River north of Tucson — Fish's Marana community (1150–1450 CE) showing Classic Hohokam platform…
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Hohokam Pioneer–Sedentary (300 BCE–1150 CE) · Hohokam (Sonoran Desert tradition)
Hohokam type site (300 BCE–1150 CE) — pithouse village with 2 ballcourts and Gila River canals, Arizona.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Petroglyph National Monument — North Boca Negra Canyon (New Mexico) in New Mexico, Petroglyph National Monument, United States is a Upper Palaeolithic to I…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Middle Woodland Hopewell (100 BCE–500 CE) · Hopewell tradition
Unusual Hopewell (100 BCE–500 CE) enclosure complex at confluence of Paint Creek and North Fork, comprising nine geometric elements—four circles, two squares, crescents and parallel walls—covering 26…
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Pre-Classic to Classic Hohokam (600–1200 CE) · Hohokam Pre-Classic (Colonial–Sedentary) → Early Classic
Snaketown East Darby Hohokam Settlement is the field-house hamlet cluster 3 km east of Snaketown's ballcourt on the Gila north terrace — Rice's Pima–Gila settlement model periphery.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Sacred Chaco Canyon Platform Outer — Chaco Canyon (55-26) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Early Historic (regional) earthwork of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 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.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Middle Woodland (Hopewell) · Hopewell (Ohio Hopewell)
Hopewell earthworks (200 BCE–400 CE) on Little Miami — 300-m Great Enclosure and pipestone pipes at Cincinnati.
🇺🇸 United States · Mound
Mississippian (Hiwassee Island / Dallas) · Mississippian (Tennessee Valley)
Type site Hiwassee Island phase (900–1400 CE) — 5 mounds at Tennessee-Hiwassee confluence.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Upper Chaco Canyon Mound Inner — Chaco Canyon (55-06) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Chalcolithic (regional) temple complex of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Eastern Chaco Canyon Platform Inner — Chaco Canyon (55-36) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Medieval (regional) temple complex of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Middle Woodland (Deptford–Weeden Island, 200 BCE–750 CE) · Deptford–Weeden Island (Florida Woodland)
Woodland plaza center (200 BCE–750 CE) with 6 mounds and Hopewell exotics on Crystal River estuary, Florida.
🇺🇸 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 · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Watson Brake — Mound B Ancillary Platform (Ouachita) in Louisiana, Ouachita Parish, Watson Brake, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500…
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Jaketown — Mound C West Slope (Humphreys County) in Mississippi, Humphreys County, Jaketown, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE)…
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
Crystal River — Mound B Shell Midden Terrace (Florida) in Florida, Citrus County, Crystal River, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 …
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Mississippian
Spiro — Craig Mound West Lobe Hollow Chamber in Oklahoma, Le Flore County, Spiro, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus at…
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Mississippian
Kincaid — Mound Mx10 North Platform (Massac) in Illinois, Massac County, Kincaid, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus at…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Middle–Late Archaic (3500–2800 BCE) · Middle Archaic Watson Brake culture
Oldest North American mound complex: 11 mounds 5400 BP enclosing oval plaza, hunter-gatherer monument without agriculture.
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Mississippian
Moundville — North Plaza Mound P (Tuscaloosa) in Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, Moundville, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tum…
🇺🇸 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…
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Mississippian
Etowah — Mound C West Face Ancillary (Bartow) in Georgia, Bartow County, Etowah, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus att…