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Verified671 Widely accepted44 Contested15 Hypothetical17 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology1

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Earthworks748 Archaeological wonders253 Geoglyphs231 Mounds124 Hillforts76 Megaliths64

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🇺🇸United States140 🇨🇱Chile65 🇵🇪Peru62 🇬🇧United Kingdom56 🇯🇴Jordan41

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Partially excavated450 Excavated146 Excavation ongoing87 Unexcavated50 Buried10 Not applicable5

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earthwork191 geoglyph175 hillfort53 neolithic48 iron age39 bronze age35 hopewell34

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🇾🇪 Yemen · Geoglyph

Henge Gallery Geoglyph

Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid

Henge Gallery Geoglyph in Hadramawt, Yemen is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Ubaid culture.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork

Windmill Hill Causewayed Camp Wiltshire

Neolithic (3650–3000 BCE) · Early Neolithic / Peterborough

Avebury's northern causewayed camp excavated by Keiller 1925–29, 3650 BCE basal layer with Ebbsfleet ceramics.

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