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Websitewhc.unesco.org

Persepolis — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Official UNESCO listing and criteria

Persepolis

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Official inscription, criteria i, ii, iii

Woodhenge & Durrington Walls

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Journal articledoi.org

The Stonehenge Bluestones Did Not Come From Waun Mawn

Mike Parker Pearson, Richard Bevins · 2021 · Antiquity

Woodhenge & Durrington Walls

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

Journal articledoi.org

European Megaliths after Antiquity Special Issue

Chris Scarre · 2020 · Antiquity

Recent dating and function

Baalbek

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Journal articledoi.org

European Megaliths after Antiquity Special Issue

Chris Scarre · 2020 · Antiquity

Recent dating and function

Taş Tepeler Network – Karahan & Sefer Tepe etc.

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Journal articledoi.org

The Archaeology of Submerged Landscapes

Geoff Bailey, Jan Harff · 2017 · Quaternary International

Doggerland/Pavlopetri context

Gulf of Khambhat Sonar Anomaly (GKCC)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2017Open source

Journal articledoi.org

The Archaeology of Submerged Landscapes

Geoff Bailey, Jan Harff · 2017 · Quaternary International

Doggerland/Pavlopetri context

Dwarka (Bet Dwarka & Gulf of Khambhat)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2017Open source

Journal articledoi.org

The Archaeology of Submerged Landscapes

Geoff Bailey, Jan Harff · 2017 · Quaternary International

Doggerland/Pavlopetri context

Port Royal

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2017Open source

Journal articledoi.org

The Archaeology of Submerged Landscapes

Geoff Bailey, Jan Harff · 2017 · Quaternary International

Doggerland/Pavlopetri context

Yonaguni Monument

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2017Open source

Journal articledoi.org

The Archaeology of Submerged Landscapes

Geoff Bailey, Jan Harff · 2017 · Quaternary International

Doggerland/Pavlopetri context

Baiae (Baiae Archaeological Park)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2017Open source

Journal articledoi.org

The Archaeology of Submerged Landscapes

Geoff Bailey, Jan Harff · 2017 · Quaternary International

Doggerland/Pavlopetri context

Canopus (East Canopus)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2017Open source

Journal articledoi.org

The Archaeology of Submerged Landscapes

Geoff Bailey, Jan Harff · 2017 · Quaternary International

Doggerland/Pavlopetri context

Doggerland

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2017Open source

Journal articledoi.org

The Archaeology of Submerged Landscapes

Geoff Bailey, Jan Harff · 2017 · Quaternary International

Doggerland/Pavlopetri context

Bimini Road

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2017Open source

Websitenottingham.ac.uk

Pavlopetri — World’s Oldest Submerged City

University of Nottingham · 2014 · UoN

Pavlopetri

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2014Open source

Bookworldcat.org

Stonehenge: A New Understanding

Mike Parker Pearson · 2012 · The Experiment

Definitive Riverside Project synthesis

Woodhenge & Durrington Walls

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2012Open source

Journal articlenottingham.ac.uk

Pavlopetri, Greece: Underwater Fieldwork 2011

Jon Henderson et al. · 2011 · University of Nottingham / BSA

Pavlopetri

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2011Open source

Journal articledoi.org

The submerged Pre-Pottery Neolithic village of Atlit-Yam, Israel

Ehud Galili et al. · 1988 · Journal of Field Archaeology

Primary excavation report

Atlit-Yam

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1988Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Petra — UNESCO

UNESCO · 1985 · UNESCO

Petra – Al-Khazneh & Ad-Deir Precincts

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1985Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Cahokia Mounds — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Official UNESCO listing and criteria

Cahokia Mounds

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Calakmul — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Official UNESCO listing and criteria

Calakmul

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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