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Websitelugares.inah.gob.mx

Huapalcalco — INAH

INAH Lugares · 2023 · INAH

Official INAH zone description

Huapalcalco

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitemnhs.org

Jeffers Petroglyphs — Minnesota Historical Society

Minnesota Historical Society · 2023 · MNHS

Official site with chronology and tribal interpretation

Jeffers Petroglyphs

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitelugares.inah.gob.mx

Los Guachimontones — Teuchitlán

INAH · 2023 · INAH Lugares

INAH official site description

Los Guachimontones (Teuchitlán Tradition)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitenps.gov

Pipestone National Monument — NPS

National Park Service · 2023 · NPS

Official NPS quarry and petroglyph guide

Pipestone National Monument Quarries

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteinah.gob.mx

Zaachila — INAH Oaxaca

INAH · 2023 · INAH

Zaachila

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitelugares.inah.gob.mx

Atzompa — Monte Albán INAH Project

INAH · 2022 · INAH

INAH Atzompa Project progress

Atzompa — Oaxaca

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitecrowcanyon.org

Yellow Jacket Pueblo — Crow Canyon Archaeological Center

Crow Canyon Archaeological Center · 2022 · Crow Canyon

Primary synthesis of Yellow Jacket excavations

Yellow Jacket Pueblo

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Chaco Culture — UNESCO

UNESCO · 1987 · UNESCO

UNESCO listing includes Fajada Butte

Fajada Butte

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1987Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Cahokia Mounds — UNESCO

UNESCO · 1982 · UNESCO

Cahokia UNESCO includes Woodhenge

Cahokia Woodhenge

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1982Open source

Websitethc.texas.gov

Caddo Mounds State Historic Site — Texas Historical Commission

Texas Historical Commission · 2023 · THC

Official site description

Caddo Mounds State Historic Site

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks — UNESCO

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Official inscription Hopeton as component 1689-003

Hopeton Earthworks

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteohiohistory.org

Spruce Hill Earthworks — Ohio History Connection

Ohio History Connection · 2023 · Ohio History Connection

Official site description and chronology

Spruce Hill Earthworks

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Watson Brake — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2023 · Wikimedia

Watson Brake is an archaeological site in present-day Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, from the Archaic period. Dated to about 5400 years ago (approx.

Watson Brake

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Articledoi.org

Watson Brake, a Middle Archaic Mound Complex in Northeast Louisiana

Joe W. Saunders, Rolfe D. Mandel · 1997 · American Antiquity

Watson Brake

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1997Open source

Websiteirishstones.org

Audleystown — Irish Stones

Irish Stones · 2024 · Irish Stones

N54°22′40.1″W005°35′49.2″, nearest town Strangford J562504

Audleystown Court Tomb

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitewikishire.co.uk

Ballyalton Court Cairn — Wikishire

Wikishire · 2024 · Wikishire

0.5 mi from Ballyalton, J531448, court grave description

Ballyalton Court Tomb

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitemissionfranceguichet.fr

Benon (17): tourism, culture and heritage — Tumulus B et C

Mission France Guichet · 2024 · Ministry of Culture

Tumulus B et C de Champ-Châlon registered PA00105322, 1992-08-06

Tumuli de Champ-Châlon

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitediscovernorthernireland.com

Clontygora Court Cairn — Discover NI

Discover Northern Ireland · 2024 · Tourism NI

Ferryhill Road BT35 8NX, court dimensions

Clontygora Court Tomb

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteirishstones.org

Clontygora — Irish Stones

Irish Stones · 2024 · Irish Stones

J046206, court 6.4×13 m, gallery slabs to 3.35 m

Clontygora Court Tomb

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitethejournalofantiquities.com

Dolmen de la Pierres Folle at Commequiers — The Journal of Antiquities

Journal of Antiquities · 2024 · Journal of Antiquities

Longitude 1.849797, Pierre Folle road NE end Commequiers, half mile SW village

Dolmen des Pierres Folles (Commequiers)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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