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Partially excavated caves matching “Americas”

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🇧🇷 Brazil · Rock art

Lagoa Santa

Classic · Maya/Andean

Lagoa Santa — Luzia 11,500 BP skull.

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🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village

Montezuma Castle National Monument

Sinagua (c.1100–1400 CE) Southern Sinagua Classic · Sinagua

Montezuma Castle – neither castle nor Aztec – is North America's best-preserved cliff dwelling, inset 30 m up a vertical limestone cliff above Beaver Creek in Verde Valley, Arizona.

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🇧🇷 Brazil · Cave

Lapa do Santo

Early Holocene (c.12000–8000 BCE) Lagoa Santa Paleoindian · Lagoa Santa Paleoindian (Luzia horizon)

Lapa do Santo is a Lower Karst limestone rockshelter at Mocambeiro, northern Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, at 730 m.