🇦🇷 Argentina · Geoglyph
Sierra Pintada Geoglyphs
Late pre-Hispanic Agrelo-Viluco · Huarpe-Pehuenche
30 austral basalt geoglyphs (900-1500 CE) on Sierra Pintada, southernmost Andean desert lines at 37S.
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🇦🇷 Argentina · Geoglyph
Late pre-Hispanic Agrelo-Viluco · Huarpe-Pehuenche
30 austral basalt geoglyphs (900-1500 CE) on Sierra Pintada, southernmost Andean desert lines at 37S.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Earthwork
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Americas-Mound
Mural Hall Americas 62 — Brazil Region 2 in Brazil Region 2, Brazil is a Bronze Age earthwork with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Late Neolithic (PPNB-related) · Azraq oasis Neolithic foragers
Kite field on the basalt deflation rim of Qa al-Azraq sebkha (520 m, 31.83°N 36.82°E), the lowest point of the 12,700 km² Azraq Basin shared with Syria (94% in Jordan) and Saudi.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph
Late Neolithic (Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Chalcolithic) · Northern Arabian Late Neolithic (Hisma facies)
Northern mustatil concentration on the Hisma sandstone plateau (1,050 m, 28.50°N 36.80°E) north of Tabuk, extending the Harrat-based mustatil province south-eastward into sandstone.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Lost city
Late Pre-Columbian (c.700 – 1600 CE) · Xinguano tradition (Kuikuro ancestors)
Upper Xingu plaza town 8 km east of classic Kuhikugu — ring ditch, 700 m causeway and terra preta, 14 ha, 900–1350 CE.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Early Horizon to Early Intermediate (Chavín / Lima) · Chavín-influenced central coast / Lima
Low pampa (420 m) between Río Chillón and Río Chancay, on the desert margin of Lima, with 20 hill-slope and pampa geoglyphs: 50-120 m linear avenues, 25 m double spiral, and 18-35 m anthropomorphs on…
🇵🇪 Peru · Earthwork
Period Bronze Age · Regional culture Americas-Mound
Stone Circle Ridge Americas 33 — Peru Region 9 in Peru Region 9, Peru is a Bronze Age earthwork with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient city
Early Iron Age, Scythian period · Scythian-agrarian (Budini, possibly Geloni Greeks per Herodotus)
4,400-ha 7th-c. BCE Scythian mega-hillfort—largest in Europe, Herodotus's wooden Gelonus candidate.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Neolithic (PPNB to Late Neolithic) · Southern Jordan Neolithic
Southernmost Jordanian kite field on the Karak limestone plateau (620 m, 31°03′N 35°45′E) above Wadi al-Hasa gorge (tributary of Mujib).
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Initial Period to Late Intermediate (Casma-Sechín to Chimú) · Casma-Sechín / Paramonga / Chimú
Inter-valley pampa (380 m) between Río Pativilca and Río Fortaleza, 4 km east of Paramonga fortress, with 26 anthropogenic lines and trapezoids on pale alluvial terrace.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph
Late Neolithic (Arabian Neolithic) · Central Arabian Late Neolithic
Easternmost mustatil province (620 m, 25°39′N 46°39′E) on Thumamah limestone plateau 80 km NE of Riyadh, pushing mustatil distribution 400 km east of Dawadmi core.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Early Horizon to Early Intermediate (Paracas-Nazca transition) · Huarato / Gramalote coastal
Fog-oasis (lomas) fringe geoglyphs on Chala Pampa (180 m) 6 km inland from Pacific, marking guanaco trap corridors between lomas loma fog-meadows and desert.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph
Early Holocene moist phase (Neolithic) · Hijaz Neolithic lava-field hunters
Volcanic-field kites (1,100 m, 27°24′N 37°16′E) of the Harrat ar-Rahah-'Uwayrid cluster (Global Volcanism Program 27.408N 37.279E, 1700 m cluster).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Geoglyph
Late Neolithic (El-Maghara-related) · Sinai Neolithic coastal hunters
First documented North Sinai kites (45 m asl, 31°01′N 33°09′E) on Bardawil lagoon sabkha plain south of Bir al-Abd, bridging Sinai to Negev corridor.
🇮🇱 Israel · Geoglyph
Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic · Timnian / Desert Chalcolithic
Negev Highlands kite cluster (480 m, 30°51′N 34°51′E) on makhtesh (crater) rim plateaux between Ramon (30°35′N 34°50′E) and Har Harif, extending the Israeli Negev kite province beyond the three known…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Earthwork
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Cairn Khirbet Mound Complex in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) earthwork attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇨🇦 Canada · Geoglyph
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Qasr Mara Ley Geoglyph in British Columbia, Canada is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Earthwork
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Earthworks of Lake in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) earthwork attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Hillfort
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Roxby Dale Hill Fort in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) hillfort attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Geoglyph
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Roxby Geoglyph in Sicily, Italy is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Geoglyph
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Stone Vale Geoglyph in Piauí, Brazil is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Hillfort
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Ard-Wall Camp in Ohio, United States is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) hillfort attributed to Nazca culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Middle Woodland Miller culture 100–600 CE · Miller (Woodland)
Isolated conical mound 25 ft/7.6 m high, 70 ft/21 m diameter, tallest extant Woodland mound in north Mississippi.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are a World Heritage Site in the United States preserving eight monumental earthworks constructed by the Hopewell tradition.