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Cañada de la Virgen — INAH

INAH · 2023 · INAH

Encyclopedic and coordinate

Cañada de la Virgen

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Cochasquí — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Cochasquí is an archaeological site located in the northern Ecuadorian Highlands, in the Pichincha province.

Cochasquí South Platform

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteicanh.gov.co

Museo Arqueológico Calima — ICANH

ICANH · 2023 · Instituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia

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Calima Archaeological Park

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Muyil — INAH Sian Ka'an

INAH Quintana Roo · 2023 · INAH

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Muyil

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Peralta — INAH Lugares

INAH Guanajuato · 2023 · INAH

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Peralta

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Rumicucho — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Rumicucho or Pucara de Rumicucho is an archaeological site of the Inca Empire in the parroquia of San Antonio de Pichincha, in Quito Canton, Pichincha Province. Ecuador.

Rumicucho

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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San Gervasio — INAH

INAH Quintana Roo · 2023 · INAH

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San Gervasio Cozumel

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Thuburnica — Pleiades Gazetteer

Pleiades · 2023 · Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

Coordinates and place type

Thuburnica (Sidi Ali Belgacem)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Toniná — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Toniná

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Topoxte — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Topoxte

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Uchi Maius — Pleiades Gazetteer

Pleiades · 2023 · Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

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Uchi Maius (Henchir Douamis)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Uchi Minus — Pleiades Gazetteer

Pleiades · 2023 · Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

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Uchi Minus (Henchir Rhar ez-Zaatli)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Xcaret — Zona Arqueológica INAH

INAH Quintana Roo · 2023 · INAH

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Xcaret

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Yaxchilan — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

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Yaxchilan

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitepatrimoniocultural.gob.ec

La Tolita–Tumaco — INPC Inventory

INPC Ecuador · 2022 · Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural

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Tumaco–La Tolita

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websiteportal.iphan.gov.br

Sambaqui da Figueirinha — IPHAN Cadastro

IPHAN Santa Catarina · 2022 · Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional

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Sambaqui Figueirinha

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitegob.pe

Fortaleza de Acaray — Inventory

Ministerio de Cultura Perú · 2021 · MINCUL

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Acaray Fortress

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

Websiteinah.gob.mx

Ichkabal — INAH Press Bulletin

INAH Quintana Roo · 2017 · INAH

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Ichkabal

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2017Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Cempoala — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Cempoala or Zempoala (Nahuatl Cēmpoalātl 'Place of Twenty Waters') is an important Mesoamerican archaeological site in the municipality of Úrsulo Galván in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

Cempoala

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitechanchich.com

Chan Chich — Lodge & Archaeology

Chan Chich Lodge · 2023 · Gallon Jug Estate

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Chan Chich

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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