🇨🇱 Chile · Ancient village
Monte Verde Archaeological Site (Chile)
Late Pleistocene Monte Verde I (c.33,000–14,800 BP controversial) and Monte Verde II (14,500 BP) · Pre-Clovis Paleo-Indian (Monte Verde)
Earliest reliably dated human occupation in the Americas: peat-preserved hunter-gatherer camp 14,800 BP (Monte Verde II, 33 radiocarbon dates) sealed under peat bog on Chinchihuapi creek floodplain,…
🇨🇱 Chile · Archaeological wonder
Chan-Chan
Chan-Chan is an archaeological site and beach on the coast of the commune of Mehuín in southern Chile.
🇨🇱 Chile · Archaeological wonder
Cuz Cuz
Cuz Cuz or Cuzcuz is a small village and an archeological site which lies about 6 kilometers from the city of Illapel, Choapa Province, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile.
🇨🇱 Chile · Archaeological wonder
Caleta Vítor
Caleta Vítor is a village in the Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile. Archaeological research discovered that the Caleta Vitor area was already inhabited about 10,000 years ago.
🇨🇱 Chile · Archaeological wonder
Lasana
Lasana is a small village located 40 km (25 mi) northeast of the city of Calama in the Calama province of Chile's northern Antofagasta Region. It sits along the banks of the Loa River.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Cerro Sombrero Geoglyphs
Late Intermediate (Tarapacá / Pica) · Tarapacá / Atacameño caravan
16 Tarapacá hilltop geoglyphs (900–1400 CE) on Cerro Sombrero mesa NW of Pintados.
🇨🇱 Chile · Archaeological wonder
Ahu Vinapu
Ahu Vinapu is an archaeological site on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in Eastern Polynesia. The ceremonial center of Vinapu includes one of the larger ahu on Rapa Nui.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Alto Ramírez Geoglyphs (Lluta Valley)
Formative to Middle Horizon (Alto Ramírez to Cabuza-Tiwanaku) · Alto Ramírez / Cabuza / Tiwanaku valley interface
50+ Alto Ramírez–Cabuza hillside figures (800 BCE–1000 CE) in Lluta Valley Precordillera.
🇨🇱 Chile · Archaeological wonder
Morandé 80
street address for a door located on the east side of Palacio de La Moneda, the Chilean presidential palace
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Pan de Azúcar Geoglyphs
Late Intermediate to Late Horizon (Tarapacá–Inca) · Tarapacá / Inca
12 Inca-period cleared geoglyphs (1400–1500 CE) along Pica–Tamarugal prehispanic trail.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Salar de Huasco Geoglyphs (Huasco Salt Flat Lines)
Late Archaic to Formative (Late Archaic–Alto Ramírez–Tarapacá) · Tarapacá caravan / Alto Ramírez
30+ altiplano caravan geoglyphs (1000 BCE–600 CE) at 3,800 m around Salar de Huasco, Tarapacá.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Salar de Tara Stone Geoglyphs (Licancabur Salars)
Archaic to Formative (Tulán–Puripica) · Atacama caravan (Tulán, Puripica, early Atacameño)
20 high-salar ignimbrite geoglyphs (1200 BCE–1000 CE) at 4,316 m above Salar de Tara cathedrals.
🇨🇱 Chile · Archaeological wonder
Cleopatra Palace Crypt South — Chiloé Shelf (Castro)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Cleopatra Palace Crypt South in Chiloé Shelf, Chile is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Medieval culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Archaeological wonder
Ancient City of Knowes Weston
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Ancient City of Knowes Weston in Coquimbo, Chile is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Harappan culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Ancient village
Monte Verde
Late Pleistocene 14,800–13,000 BP (MV-II 14,800 BP; MV-I earlier claim 33,000 BP contested) · Late Paleoindian (pre-Clovis; Monte Verde culture, Austral–Magellanic hunter-gatherers)
Earliest securely dated settlement in Americas (14,800–14,500 BP) – late Pleistocene campsite on paleo-channel terrace in southern Chile with preserved tent floors (3 structures 30 m² total,…