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Websitepatrimoniocultural.gob.ec

La Tolita–Tumaco — INPC Inventory

INPC Ecuador · 2022 · Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural

Encyclopedic and coordinate

Tumaco–La Tolita

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websiteportal.iphan.gov.br

Sambaqui da Figueirinha — IPHAN Cadastro

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

Encyclopedic and coordinate

Sambaqui Figueirinha

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitegob.pe

Fortaleza de Acaray — Inventory

Ministerio de Cultura Perú · 2021 · MINCUL

Encyclopedic and coordinate

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

Websitelugares.inah.gob.mx

El Cedral (Cozumel) — INAH

INAH Quintana Roo · 2023 · INAH

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El Cedral Cozumel

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitelugares.inah.gob.mx

Quiahuiztlan — INAH Lugares

INAH · 2023 · Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia

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Quiahuiztlan

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Viracochapampa — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Viracochapampa, Huiracochapampa, or Wiracochapampa (possibly from Quechua wiraqucha: mister, sir, gentleman, god; or Wiracocha: one of the greatest Andean divinities; and pampa: plain) is an…

Viracochapampa

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteisas.illinois.edu

Mitchell Site — Illinois Archaeological Survey Files

ISAS · 2022 · University of Illinois

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Mitchell Site

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Baja — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Ba'ja (Arabic: بعجة) is a Neolithic village 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) north of Petra, Jordan. Like the nearby site of Basta, the settlement was built in c.

Baja

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Jeita Cave — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

The Jeita Grotto (Arabic: مغارة جعيتا) is a system of two separate, but interconnected, karstic limestone caves spanning an overall length of nearly 9 kilometres (5.6 mi).

Jeita Cave

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Tabun Cave — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

The Tabun Cave (Arabic: مغارة الطابون, lit. 'The Oven Cave') or the Tanur Cave (Hebrew: מערת תנור) is an excavated site located at Nahal Me'arot Nature Reserve, Israel and is one of the Human…

Tabun Cave

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Zincirli — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Zincirli

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Journal articledoi.org

9,000-year-old bead necklace at Ba'ja child grave

Alarashi et al. · 2023 · PLOS ONE

Baja

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Journal articledoi.org

Amphitheatre O75 at WF16

S. Mithen · 2018 · Antiquity

Wadi Faynan WF16

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2018Open source

Journal articledoi.org

Yafteh AMS dates

S. Shidrang · 2018 · Radiocarbon

Yafteh Cave

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2018Open source

Journal articledoi.org

Kaldar MP-UP 54 ka

B. Bazgir et al. · 2017 · JHE

Kaldar Cave

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2017Open source

Journal articledoi.org

Chogha Golan plant intensification

G. Willcox, N. Conard · 2016 · Antiquity

Archaeobotany 12000 samples

Chogha Golan

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2016Open source

Journal articledoi.org

400 ka Yabrudian at Tabun

R. Shimelmitz, S. Kuhn · 2014 · JHE

Tabun Cave

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2014Open source

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