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Paperpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Living to the High Extreme: Salar de Huasco bacterial communities

E. Dorador et al. · 2021 · PMC

Coordinates 20°18′18″S 68°50′22″W

Salar de Huasco East Ridge Geoglyphs (Eastern Ignimbrite Spur)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Walking and marking the desert: Geoglyphs in arid South America

K. Lambers, D. Valenzuela · 2020 · Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Salar de Huasco East Ridge Geoglyphs (Eastern Ignimbrite Spur)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Journal articledoi.org

Walking and marking the desert: Geoglyphs in arid South America

K. Lambers et al. · 2020 · Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Alto Ramírez East Pampa Gallinazo Geoglyphs (Gallinazo Plain Figures)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Papercore.tdar.org

Droning on UAV Black Desert

Rowan Hill · 2018

Jabal Wisad East Fallout Kites (Eastern Piedmont Debris Fan)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2018Open source

Papercore.tdar.org

Droning on: UAV Survey in the Black Desert of Jordan

Yorke Rowan, Austin Hill · 2018

Jabal Wisad Central Plateau Kites (Central Wisad Basalt Table)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2018Open source

Journal articleonlinelibrary.wiley.com

Inscribed landscapes in the Black Desert: Petroglyphs and kites at Wisad Pools, Jordan

A.C. Hill, Y. Rowan · 2017 · Journal of Archaeological Science

Wisad petroglyphs and kites

Jabal Wisad Central Plateau Kites (Central Wisad Basalt Table)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2017Open source

Paperfrontiersin.org

Frontiers Microbial Activity Salar de Huasco 20.274°S

Molina et al. · 2016

20.274°S 68.883°W variant

Salar de Huasco North Bofedal Geoglyphs (Northern Peatland Terrace)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2016Open source

Papersci-hub.box

Instrumental neutron activation pottery northern Chile Atacama

L. Williams · 2016

Lluta Alto Ramírez sites list

Alto Ramírez East Pampa Gallinazo Geoglyphs (Gallinazo Plain Figures)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2016Open source

Paperresearchgate.net

Map of the Atacama Desert site locations Punta Norte Camarones

ResearchGate · 2015

Punta Norte Camarones canyon 4900–6900 BP

Camarones North Terrace Geoglyphs (Northern Camarones Bluff)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2015Open source

Paperresearchgate.net

The Late Neolithic Presence in the Black Desert

Hill Rowan Rollefson · 2015

Jabal Wisad Central Plateau Kites (Central Wisad Basalt Table)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2015Open source

Paperresearchgate.net

Desert kites in the Negev and Sinai function ecology

R. Holzer · 2010

Jabal Wisad East Fallout Kites (Eastern Piedmont Debris Fan)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2010Open source

Articlearchinect.com

Titanic Chilean geoglyphs

Archinect · 2006

Alto Ramírez West Quebrada Cardones Geoglyphs (Cardones Ravine Terraces)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2006Open source

Articlenewscientist.com

Tracing origins hill art New Scientist

Briones · 2006

Camarones South Escarpment Geoglyphs (Southern Gorge Rim)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2006Open source

Articlenewscientist.com

Tracing the origins of Chile's ancient hill art

Briones · 2006

1000×150 km Briones survey

Camarones North Terrace Geoglyphs (Northern Camarones Bluff)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2006Open source

Articlenewscientist.com

Tracing the origins of Chile's ancient hill art — New Scientist

Briones study · 2006

Briones 1000×150 km survey

Alto Ramírez West Quebrada Cardones Geoglyphs (Cardones Ravine Terraces)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2006Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Akoris — Second Terrace Harbour at Tihna el-Gabal South (Nile Cliff South) — Pleiades and regional survey anchor

Pleiades, DARMC · 2023

Akoris — Second Terrace Harbour at Tihna el-Gabal South (Nile Cliff South)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Akoris — Second Terrace Harbour at Tihna el-Gabal South (Nile Cliff South) — Wikipedia encyclopedic overview

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023

Akoris — Second Terrace Harbour at Tihna el-Gabal South (Nile Cliff South)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Akra — Eastern Breakwater Spur at Naberezhne (Cimmerian Bosporus East) — Pleiades and regional survey anchor

Pleiades, DARMC · 2023

Akra — Eastern Breakwater Spur at Naberezhne (Cimmerian Bosporus East)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Akra — Eastern Breakwater Spur at Naberezhne (Cimmerian Bosporus East) — Wikipedia encyclopedic overview

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023

Akra — Eastern Breakwater Spur at Naberezhne (Cimmerian Bosporus East)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Antinoopolis — Northern Harbour Bay of Antinoë (Sheikh Ibada North) — Pleiades and regional survey anchor

Pleiades, DARMC · 2023

Antinoopolis — Northern Harbour Bay of Antinoë (Sheikh Ibada North)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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