🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Watson Brake
Middle–Late Archaic (3500–2800 BCE) · Middle Archaic Watson Brake culture
Oldest North American mound complex: 11 mounds 5400 BP enclosing oval plaza, hunter-gatherer monument without agriculture.
🇮🇳 India · Earthwork
New Khajuraho Necropolis East — Khajuraho (60-13)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
New Khajuraho Necropolis East — Khajuraho (60-13) at Khajuraho, India is a Neolithic (regional) contested of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for necropolis and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Earthwork
Lower Khajuraho Necropolis B — Khajuraho (60-30)
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Lower Khajuraho Necropolis B — Khajuraho (60-30) at Khajuraho, India is a Medieval (regional) contested of the Medieval tradition, built c. 400 BCE for necropolis and associated settlement.
🇵🇪 Peru · Earthwork
Little Cuzco Sanctuary North — Cuzco (55-28)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Little Cuzco Sanctuary North — Cuzco (55-28) at Cuzco, Peru is a Chalcolithic (regional) earthwork of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Earthwork
Eastern Potosí Citadel Inner — Potosí (55-15)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Eastern Potosí Citadel Inner — Potosí (55-15) at Potosí, Bolivia is a Neolithic (regional) earthwork of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Earthwork
Western Yucatan Citadel North — Yucatan (55-48)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Western Yucatan Citadel North — Yucatan (55-48) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Iron Age (regional) earthwork of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇬🇷 Greece · Earthwork
Little Delphi Citadel A — Delphi (60-06)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Little Delphi Citadel A — Delphi (60-06) at Delphi, Greece is a Chalcolithic (regional) contested of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 China · Earthwork
Northern Xi an Enclosure A — Xi an (56-40)
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Northern Xi an Enclosure A — Xi an (56-40) at Xi an, China is a Bronze Age (regional) earthwork of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for enclosure and associated settlement.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Hembury Hillfort Devon
Neolithic to Iron Age · Devon Neolithic
Hembury Hillfort Devon at Devon, United Kingdom is a Neolithic to Iron Age earthwork of the Devon Neolithic tradition, built c. 4000 BCE for causewayed enclosure + iron age hillfort.
🇬🇷 Greece · Earthwork
Northern Delphi Platform II — Delphi (60-16)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Northern Delphi Platform II — Delphi (60-16) at Delphi, Greece is a Classical (regional) contested of the Classical tradition, built c. 200 CE for platform and associated settlement.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Jabal Wisad West Hamada Kites (Western Piedmont Lines)
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (7200–6200 BCE) · PPNB Black Desert hunters
West hamada piedmont 6 km west of Jabal Wisad inselberg (690 m) on flat basalt pavement with scattered chert.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Earthwork
Little Meroe Village Outer — Meroe (56-20)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Little Meroe Village Outer — Meroe (56-20) at Meroe, Sudan is a Classical (regional) earthwork of the Classical tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 China · Earthwork
Eastern Xi an Village North — Xi an (56-17)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Eastern Xi an Village North — Xi an (56-17) at Xi an, China is a Iron Age (regional) earthwork of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Jabal Wisad Southwest Wadi Throat Kites (Wadi Wisad Narrows)
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B–C (7000–5800 BCE) · Late PPNB/PPNC
Wadi throat where Wadi Wisad narrows to 45 m between basalt bluffs 8 km southwest of plateau (675 m).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Earthwork
Central Giza Citadel Outer — Giza (56-48)
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Central Giza Citadel Outer — Giza (56-48) at Giza, Egypt is a Bronze Age (regional) earthwork of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 800 CE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
Xultun — Los Arboles Pyramid and Acropolis (Petén, Guatemala)
Maya Preclassic to Late Classic (400 BCE–900 CE) · Maya (Petén lowland)
Massive Classic Maya city 16 km NE of San Bartolo (400 BCE–900 CE) with 5 km² settlement and 35 m-high Lost World pyramid (12H3, 50x20 m base, 26 m high, 5 phases).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Earthwork
Eastern Meroe Village North — Meroe (56-15)
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Eastern Meroe Village North — Meroe (56-15) at Meroe, Sudan is a Iron Age (regional) earthwork of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 800 CE for village and associated settlement.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Geoglyph
Great Potosí Mound East — Potosí (55-40)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Potosí Mound East — Potosí (55-40) at Potosí, Bolivia is a Classical (regional) geoglyph of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇵🇪 Peru · Earthwork
Northern Lima Village Outer — Lima (56-47)
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Northern Lima Village Outer — Lima (56-47) at Lima, Peru is a Medieval (regional) earthwork of the Medieval tradition, built c. 800 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Earthwork
Western Giza Fortress I — Giza (56-32)
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Western Giza Fortress I — Giza (56-32) at Giza, Egypt is a Neolithic (regional) earthwork of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Danebury Hillfort Hampshire
Iron Age · British Iron Age
Danebury Hillfort Hampshire at Hampshire, United Kingdom is a Iron Age earthwork of the British Iron Age tradition, built c. 550 BCE for type-site hillfort dense occupation.
🇨🇦 Canada · Archaeological wonder
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
Archaic to Protohistoric 3600 BCE–1850 CE (use from 5700 years BP) · Plains Indigenous (Blackfoot / Niitsitapi – Peigan, Kainai, Siksika; earlier Besant, Avonlea)
UNESCO World Heritage buffalo jump (1981) used continuously 5,700 years: 300 m cliff with 10 m drop onto bone bed 11 m deep of bison skeletons, drive lanes marked by 240 cairns stretching 20 km to…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Flag Fen Bronze Age Causeway
Bronze Age to Iron Age (~1500–300 BCE; causeway 1350–1150 BCE) · British Bronze Age (Deverel-Rimbury to Post-Deverel-Rimbury)
A 1-km line of 60,000 oak posts forming a causeway and platform across Flag Fen where Francis Pryor excavated systematic votive deposits: over 300 metalwork items deliberately broken (swords bent,…
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Chaviña Pampa Central Plateau Geoglyphs (Meseta Central)
Early Intermediate (200 BCE–600 CE) · Huarpa
Central meseta (3,280 m) bisecting Chaviña Pampa between previously documented north ridge and south sector.