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Archaeological wonders tagged “tuff”

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🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works

Cumbemayo Aqueduct, Cajamarca

Andean Formative (Early Horizon) · Cajamarca (Cumbemayo culture) pre-Chavín

Andean 9-km zigzag rock-cut canal 1500 BCE with zigzag flow-slowing and Frailones hoodoos.

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🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder

Bandelier National Monument

Ancestral Pueblo III–IV 1150–1550 CE (Pajarito Plateau settlement after Mesa Verde diaspora) · Ancestral Puebloan / Keresan and Tewa (ancestors of Cochiti, San Ildefonso, Santa Clara)

13,355 ha of Frijoles Canyon with tuff cliff dwellings (cavates), mesa-top Tyuonyi Pueblo (400 rooms, 1–3 storeys) and Long House cliff village (800 m long) in soft Bandelier Tuff (1.1 Ma Jemez…

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🇯🇵 Japan · Rock art

Fugoppe Cave

Late Jomon to Epi-Jomon / Zoku-Jomon (c.300 BCE–350 CE, figures ~1600 BP) · Zoku-Jomon

Zoku-Jomon rock art cave (800 engravings, ~1600 BP) — winged figures pecked into soft Miocene tuff on Maruyama Hill.