🇲🇳 Mongolia · Tumulus
Bayan-Ula Khirigsuur & Deer Stone Valley – Khentii
Late Bronze to Early Iron · Deer Stone–Khirigsuur / Ulaanzuukh
45 khirigsuurs + 9 deer stones (1350–750 BCE) in Khentii sacred valley — double satellite circles.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Pampa Colorada Geoglyphs (Caravelí — Ayla Bridge)
Early Intermediate to Middle Horizon (Nazca-Caravelí / Huari) · Nazca-Caravelí desert pampa tradition
Broad, crimson deflation plain (890 m, 15°52′11″S 74°05′23″W per Maplandia 15.8697S 74.0897W) north of the Atico drainage, bearing 30+ linear geoglyphs: 90-310 m cleared lines, 45 m trapezoid, and…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Bottle Creek Indian Mounds
Mississippian Pensacola phase (1250–1550 CE) · Mississippian (Pensacola culture)
Pensacola-Mississippian island capital (1250–1550 CE) on low swamp island (0.4 sq km) in Mobile-Tensaw Delta: 18 platform and burial mounds (largest Mound A 11 m high 90×60 m) enclosing 5 plazas on…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Grand Village of the Natchez Indians
Plaquemine–historic Natchez (1200–1730 CE, observed 1682–1729) · Natchez (Plaquemine descendant – Muskogean)
Historic Natchez capital (1682–1729) directly observed by French colonists (Iberville, Le Page du Pratz), linking archaeology to eyewitness chiefdom: two platform mounds—Great Sun's Mound A (3.5 m,…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
San Bartolo — Las Pinturas Pyramid and Temple of the Murals (Petén, Guatemala)
Preclassic (1000 BCE–250 CE), Late Preclassic 400–100 BCE · Maya (Lowland Preclassic)
Revolutionary Preclassic centre (400 BCE–200 CE) with 7-m-tall Late Preclassic murals — earliest Maya polychrome mythology preserved inside 10 m-high Las Pinturas pyramid (90x60 m base) beneath later…
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Salar del Sur Este Avenues Geoglyphs (Eastern Approach Corridor)
Late Intermediate to Late Horizon (Inca) · Atacameño–Inca caravan
Salar del Sur east corridor: 20 paired Avenues forming 1.4 km converging system toward playa.
🇭🇳 Honduras · Pyramid
Copán — Temple 16 Pyramid and Hieroglyphic Stairway (Copán Department, Honduras)
Classic Maya (250–900 CE) · Maya (Copán dynasty, Yax Kuk Mo lineage)
Defining Classic Maya southeastern capital (250–900 CE) 12 km from Guatemala border, population 27,000.
🇧🇿 Belize · Pyramid
Xunantunich — El Castillo Pyramid (Cayo District, Belize)
Late Classic Maya (600–900 CE) · Maya (Belize River valley)
Dominant Late Classic hilltop capital (600–900 CE) 8 km from Guatemala border atop 45 m limestone ridge giving illusion of height beyond its 25 m constructed mass (total 40 m above plaza).
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Moro-Casma Desert Pampa Geoglyphs (Áncash)
Initial Period to Early Horizon (Sechín-Casma) · Sechín / Casma
Arid pampa (210 m, 9°28′48″S 78°18′00″W) between Río Casma and Río Sechín, extension north of known Sechín Bajo pyramid (1800 BCE) pampa lines.
🇷🇺 Russia · Tumulus
Salbyk Extended Kurgan Terrace – Khakassia
Tagar (Scythian-type Early Iron Age) · Tagar
18 Tagar satellite kurgans (700–300 BCE) on Salbyk terrace — hierarchy around Great Salbyk mega-mound.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
El Zotz — El Diablo Pyramid and Royal Acropolis (Petén, Guatemala)
Preclassic to Late Classic (300 BCE–750 CE) · Maya (Petén lowland, Tikal adversary)
Steep ridge-top Early Classic royal acropolis (c.300 BCE–750 CE, zenith 350–550 CE) 7 km west of Tikal's enemy El Zotz main group, dominated by 30 m high Diablo Pyramid (terraced platform with summit…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Yazoo Mounds
Plaquemine–Mississippian (700–1500 CE) · Plaquemine-Mississippian (Yazoo Basin)
Major Yazoo Basin mound center (700–1500 CE) with 20+ mounds, plazas and bastioned embankment at Lake George.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Cedar-Bank Works
Early to Middle Woodland (1000 BCE–300 CE) · Adena – early Hopewell
Paired Adena (1000–100 BCE) and Hopewell-era enclosures on left bank of Scioto 5 mi north of Chillicothe: large 350-m-diameter circular enclosure (12 ac) with interior ditch and 1.5 m embankment plus…
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Kakinoshima Site
Initial to Final Jomon 7000–400 BCE (Jomon 1–6) · Jomon (southern Hokkaido, Minamikayabe)
Long-lived Jomon settlement and ceremonial terrace (c.7000–1000 BCE) at Kakinoshima, Hakodate, Hokkaido — 7.6 ha terrace settlement inhabited 6000 years from Early to Final Jomon, with 400+ pit…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Stubbs Earthworks
Middle Woodland Hopewell (100 BCE–200 CE) · Hopewell (Little Miami)
Massive Hopewell enclosure at confluence of Turtle and Little Miami Rivers, 700 m long irregular rectangular enclosure (12 ha) with 1.5 m embankments and deep 2 m exterior ditch, featuring timber…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Junction Group Earthworks
Middle Woodland Hopewell (100 BCE–500 CE) · Hopewell tradition
Unusual Hopewell (100 BCE–500 CE) enclosure complex at confluence of Paint Creek and North Fork, comprising nine geometric elements—four circles, two squares, crescents and parallel walls—covering 26…
🇧🇿 Belize · Pyramid
Altun Ha — Temple of the Masonry Altars (Belize)
Preclassic to Postclassic (400 BCE–1000 CE) · Maya (Belize coastal lowland)
Quintessential Classic Maya trade capital (400 BCE–900 CE) on Belize coastal plain 50 km north of Belize City, built on 6 m artificial elevation.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Dzibilchaltún
500 BCE–1542 CE (Preclassic through Postclassic to Contact; apogee CIassical 600–950) · Maya (northwestern Yucatán, Dzibilchaltún polity)
Northern Maya lowland megasite spanning 17 km² (largest in Yucatán by area, 8,400 structures, 1,300 vaulted buildings) occupied extraordinarily from Middle Preclassic 500 BCE to Conquest ~1542 CE…
🇧🇿 Belize · Pyramid
Caracol — Caana (Sky Palace) Pyramid (Cayo District, Belize)
Preclassic to Late Classic (550 BCE–950 CE) · Maya (Mountain Cow lowland–highland)
Apex of Belize's largest Maya city (550 BCE–950 CE, Classic peak 562–800 CE) covering 200 km² and defeating Tikal in 562 CE (Altar 21).
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Fort Hill
Middle Woodland (Hopewell) · Hopewell (Ohio Hilltop)
Hopewell hilltop enclosure (100 BCE–400 CE) on Baker Fork gorge — 2.4-km wall with 33 gates.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Pollock Works Earthworks
Middle Woodland Hopewell (200 BCE–300 CE) · Hopewell
Hopewell enclosure pair on Scioto River terrace 9 km southwest of Chillicothe: large sub-square 160×140 m (3 ha) with 1.2 m embankment and interior ditch, conjoined at corner to 80 m diameter circle…
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Takasago Burial Site
Late to Final Jomon 1800–400 BCE · Late–Final Jomon (southwestern Hokkaido)
Late–Final Jomon collective cemetery (c.1800–400 BCE) adjoining Irie Site at Lake Toya, Toyako, Hokkaido — paired with Irie as single property Irie–Takasago (UNESCO 1632 dual).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Wadi Arabilah Kite Cluster
PPN to Late Neolithic · PPNB / Yarmoukian
32 PPNB–Late Neolithic limestone kites (8000–4500 BCE) on Wadi Arabilah scarp.
🇻🇪 Venezuela · Earthwork
Gran Sabana — Kukenán Tepui Foot Mound and Wall Ridge (Bolívar)
Late Pre-Columbian to modern hypotheses contested Late Intermediate (?)/1930s (?)? · Pemón / Wayaka? / miner (contested)
Tepui foot earthen mound 6 m and 45 m dry wall at Kukenán 1350 m — Pemón dyke vs landslide hummsock vs miner claim, 1200 CE Wayaka ware scatter.