🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Lluta Mid-Valley Geoglyphs (Molinos – Rosario Sector)
Late Intermediate (Cabza) · Lluta–Azapa agriculturalists
Mid-Lluta terrace geoglyphs between Poconchile and Molinos: 27 figures on fluvial benches below Alto Ramírez.
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🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Late Intermediate (Cabza) · Lluta–Azapa agriculturalists
Mid-Lluta terrace geoglyphs between Poconchile and Molinos: 27 figures on fluvial benches below Alto Ramírez.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Earthwork
Iron Age Iraqw / Sonjo (15th–19th c intensive agricultural) · Iraqw / Sonjo (Datoga/Maasai pressure oral)
3,000 ha irrigated stone terrace and furrow system with 500+ compounds and 5 km canals on Rift escarpment – irrigation without state.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hypothetical site
Hypothetical Late Horizon (?) Late Intermediate ambiguous pre-Columbian hypothesis · Hypothetical Inca refuge / pre-Inca (unvalidated)
Pusharo west ridge Paititi hypothesis 1.5 km rectilinear terrace 0.7 m and 10 m depressions under montane canopy — 1450 CE charcoal but no stone, landslide bench suspected.
🇵🇪 Peru · Hypothetical site
Hypothetical Late Horizon (?) Late Intermediate ambiguous pre-Columbian hypothesis · Hypothetical Inca refuge / pre-Inca (unvalidated)
Pusharo west ridge Paititi hypothesis 1.5 km rectilinear terrace 0.7 m and 10 m depressions under montane canopy — 1450 CE charcoal but no stone, landslide bench suspected.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Late Intermediate Cabuza-San Miguel · Arica (Cabuza, Maytas-Chiribaya)
45+ Lluta Valley terrace geoglyphs (700-1300 CE) facing valley floor, bridging Azapa and Tarapaca traditions.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Late Intermediate Gentilar · Camarones–Conanoxa Gentilar
Conanoxa south terrace: 14 inverted additive ring geoglyphs mirroring north-bank Camarones.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Earthwork
Konso · Konso people
UNESCO 2011 masterpiece of intensive hillside drystone terraces 60 km2 by Konso since 17th c (tradition 400 yr), stonewalled towns (paletas) with generation pa poles and waka anthropomorphic grave…