Greatest great house of Chaco: D-shaped 800-room complex with 32 kivas, planned in stages 850–1150 CE, aligned to cardinal directions and Chacoan road system radiating 60 km.

🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork

High Bank Works

Hopewell Middle Woodland 100–400 CE · Hopewell tradition

Circle-octagon pair 320 m circle, UNESCO 2023.

🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village

Pottery Mound — Kiva Mural Pueblo Rio Puerco

Pueblo IV Glaze A (1350–1480 CE) · Ancestral Tano (Rio Grande Puebloan) Mogollon-influenced

Pottery Mound excavated by Hibben 1953–61, murals similar to Hopi kachinas 100 km west.

🇺🇸 United States · Geoglyph

Blythe Intaglios

Late Prehistoric 1000–1500 CE (OSL), possibility Protohistoric · Mojave/Quechan; Patayan culture

Mojave giant desert figures: 50-m human intaglios above Colorado River.

🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork

Pharr Mounds

Middle Woodland Miller culture contemporary with Hopewell 1–400 CE · Miller (Hopewell-influenced eastern Woodland); Hopewell

Eight low dome mounds (2–6 ft high) at Natchez Trace Milepost 286.7, best-preserved Middle Woodland mound group in northeast Mississippi.

🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village

Mimbres — Galaz Ruin Mimbres Classic Pueblo

Mimbreños Classic (1000–1150 CE) Mimbres Black-on-white pottery · Mogollon Mimbres (Mogollon)

Mimbres excavated by Cosgrove 1920s, 800 Mimbres bowls with fish, human scenes.

🇺🇸 United States · Rock art

Petroglyph National Monument — Mesa Prieta Boca Negra Canyon

Ancestral Puebloan (1000–1400 CE) and Spanish 1700s · Ancestral Puebloan → Rio Grande Pueblo

Albuquerque mesa excavated by Sundt 1970s, 24k peck basalt trail, NPS Mesa Prieta 1000.

🇺🇸 United States · Tell

Cahokia Mounds — Mound 72 (Beaded Burial and Woodhenge Sector)

Mississippian (Lohmann 1050–1100 through Moorehead 1200–1275, Stirling 1050–1150) · Mississippian (Cahokia Stirling phase capital)

Cahokia Mounds — Mound 72 (Beaded Burial and Woodhenge Sector) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Illinois, St.

🇺🇸 United States · Tell

Chetro Ketl (Chaco Great House and Elevated Kiva Court)

Pueblo II–III (Chacoan 1010–1130 CE) · Ancestral Puebloan (Chacoan with Colonnade variant)

Chetro Ketl (Chaco Great House and Elevated Kiva Court) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in New Mexico, San Juan County, Chaco Canyon, Chaco Wash north side, United States — Second-largest…

🇺🇸 United States · Tell

Homolovi I (Homolovi State Park — Sunset Mesa Pueblo)

Pueblo IV (Ancestral Puebloan post-Mesa Verde, 1285–1400 CE) · Ancestral Puebloan (Hopi ancestor — Homolovi Cluster)

Homolovi I (Homolovi State Park — Sunset Mesa Pueblo) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Arizona, Navajo County, Winslow–Little Colorado, Homolovi State Park, United States — Largest Homolovi…

🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village

Teoc Creek Site

Late Woodland – Early Mississippian (c.700–1200 CE) Miller III – Mississippian · Late Woodland – Baytown – Early Mississippian

Teoc Creek is a small Late Woodland to Early Mississippian mound-hamlet on Teoc Creek in Carroll County, Mississippi, in the upper Yazoo Basin.

🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village

Pecos Pueblo (Aquio)

Pueblo II–IV → Spanish contact (1100–1838 CE) · Pueblo II–IV → Spanish contact (1100–1838 CE)

Pecos Pueblo (Aquio) in New Mexico, San Miguel County, Pecos Valley, Sangre de Cristo, United States is a Pueblo II–IV → Spanish contact (1100–1838 CE) settlement attributed to Pueblo II–IV → Spanish…

🇺🇸 United States · Geoglyph

Topock Maze (Mystic Maze) Geoglyphs

Late Prehistoric (Patayan) to Historic · Mojave (Aha Makav) / Quechan

18-acre windrow maze (800–1200 CE) in Mojave Valley — 600-m herringbone pale strips.

🇺🇸 United States · Tell

Kin Kletso (Yellow House / Chaco McElmo Great House)

Pueblo III (McElmo/Chacoan late, 1125–1170 CE) · Ancestral Puebloan (McElmo-Chacoan late)

Kin Kletso (Yellow House / Chaco McElmo Great House) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in New Mexico, San Juan County, Chaco Canyon, north mesa below Pueblo Alto, United States — McElmo-phase…

🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village

Arroyo Hondo Pueblo

Pueblo IV (1300–1425 CE) · Pueblo IV (1300–1425 CE)

Arroyo Hondo Pueblo in New Mexico, Santa Fe County, Arroyo Hondo, Sangre foothills, United States is a Pueblo IV (1300–1425 CE) settlement attributed to Pueblo IV (1300–1425 CE) culture.

🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village

Tuzigoot National Monument

Sinagua (c.1000–1400 CE) Southern Sinagua – Northern Sinagua transition · Sinagua

Tuzigoot (Apache Tó Ził Gogh – crooked water) is the best-preserved Southern Sinagua hilltop pueblo in the Verde Valley, Arizona, at 1,040 m (3,410 ft) on a limestone ridge above the Verde River.

🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork

Moundville Mound A Plaza Level

Formative to Mississippian (1500 BCE–1500 CE) · Woodland–Mississippian

Moundville Mound A Plaza Level in Alabama, Moundville, United States is a Formative to Mississippian (1500 BCE–1500 CE) earthwork attributed to Woodland–Mississippian.

🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork

Spiro Mound Craig Hollow Chamber

Formative to Mississippian (1500 BCE–1500 CE) · Woodland–Mississippian

Spiro Mound Craig Hollow Chamber in Oklahoma, Spiro, United States is a Formative to Mississippian (1500 BCE–1500 CE) earthwork attributed to Woodland–Mississippian.

🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork

Watson Brake Mound E

Formative to Mississippian (1500 BCE–1500 CE) · Woodland–Mississippian

Watson Brake Mound E in Louisiana, Ouachita Parish, United States is a Formative to Mississippian (1500 BCE–1500 CE) earthwork attributed to Woodland–Mississippian.

🇺🇸 United States · Rock art

Sego Canyon Rock Art Galleries

Archaic to Historic (4000 BCE – 19th c.) · Archaic Desert (BCS), Fremont, Numic Ute

Book Cliffs triple-gallery BCS ghosts, Fremont and Ute horses in one wash.

🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork

Etowah Mound C Burial 57

Formative to Mississippian (1500 BCE–1500 CE) · Woodland–Mississippian

Etowah Mound C Burial 57 in Georgia, Cartersville, United States is a Formative to Mississippian (1500 BCE–1500 CE) earthwork attributed to Woodland–Mississippian.

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Monte Albán Terrace South

Altamira Bison Ceiling North — Southwest (Santa Fe)

Kenchreai Harbour Mole East — Florida Shelf (Miami)

Pueblo Bonito (Chaco Canyon)

High Bank Works

Pottery Mound — Kiva Mural Pueblo Rio Puerco

Blythe Intaglios

Pharr Mounds

Mimbres — Galaz Ruin Mimbres Classic Pueblo

Petroglyph National Monument — Mesa Prieta Boca Negra Canyon

Cahokia Mounds — Mound 72 (Beaded Burial and Woodhenge Sector)

Chetro Ketl (Chaco Great House and Elevated Kiva Court)

Homolovi I (Homolovi State Park — Sunset Mesa Pueblo)

Teoc Creek Site

Pecos Pueblo (Aquio)

Topock Maze (Mystic Maze) Geoglyphs

Kin Kletso (Yellow House / Chaco McElmo Great House)

Arroyo Hondo Pueblo

Tuzigoot National Monument

Moundville Mound A Plaza Level

Spiro Mound Craig Hollow Chamber

Watson Brake Mound E

Sego Canyon Rock Art Galleries

Etowah Mound C Burial 57

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