🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Harrat al-Sham Kite Chain
Pre-Pottery Neolithic · PPN pastoralists
58-kite chain (8000–5500 BCE) along Harrat al-Sham — cross-border spine of kite province.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Geoglyph
Bir al-Abd Desert Kites (North Sinai)
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
Negev Makhtesh Highlands Desert Kites
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…
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Salar del Sur North Pampa Geoglyphs (Pampa Salar Sur Norte)
Late Intermediate (Atacama Tarapacá) · Atacameño (Likan Antai) caravan
Salar del Sur north pampa: 24 geometric avenues on Antofagasta deflation plain toward Tulán.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph
Jibal Thumamah Kite Cluster – Qassim Desert
Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic · Najd Late Neolithic
24 easternmost kites (6000–3500 BCE) on Qassim limestone scarp — sand-sea margin.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Chaviña Pampa North Ridge Geoglyphs (Cerro Chaviña Norte)
Early Nasca to Wari · Nasca–Huarpa–Wari
Chaviña north ridge: 15 crest lines on 3,420 m hilltop with solstice-aligned avenue.
🇸🇾 Syria · Geoglyph
Jebel Druze (Jabal al-Arab) Kite Field
Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic · Late Neolithic / Ghassulian
48 Late Neolithic montane kites (6000–3500 BCE) on Jebel Druze volcanic slopes.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph
Al-Ghat Mustatil Field – Najd Plateau
Late Neolithic · Central Najd Neolithic pastoralists
29 Najd mustatil platforms (4900–4200 BCE) — easternmost Saudi rectangular ritual field.
🇵🇪 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…
🇨🇱 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.
🇵🇪 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.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Rock art
Piedra del Águila Petroglyphs (Atuel Canyon)
Middle–Late Holocene (Pampa–Patagonian transition 5000 BCE–1500 CE) · Patagonian–Cuyo hunter-gatherer → Agrelo (Mendoza)
Basalt boulder field (5,000–500 BP) along Atuel River canyon 60 km south of San Rafael, Mendoza: >800 petroglyphs pecked on 3–5 m basalt columns produced by Pleistocene Atuel volcanics, featuring…
🇯🇴 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.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Azraq Oasis Kite Corridor
Late PPN to Late Neolithic · PPN / Azraq pastoralists
18 wetland-margin kites (7000–5000 BCE) around Azraq Qa salt flat.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Moorehead Circle at Fort Ancient
Middle Woodland Hopewell (c.100 BCE–250 CE) with Fort Ancient reuse · Hopewell → Fort Ancient
Outer-embankment timber circle 60 m diameter discovered 2007 by magnetometry inside Fort Ancient Hilltop Enclosure (Hopewell 100 BCE–500 CE, later Fort Ancient reuse).
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Rock art
Kamennyye Mogily West Gully Petroglyphs
Mesolithic to Bronze Age (8000 BCE – 1500 BCE) · Pontic Steppe hunter-gatherer to Yamna/Catacomb
West gully offshoots of Azov Stone Graves with bull and horse pecked panels.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Marcahuasi Plateau
Late Intermediate to Inca 900–1470 CE for human chullpas; natural rocks Tertiary · Wari-Associates?/Yauyo to Inca; natural geology Tertiary volcanics
4000-m 'stone forest' of giant natural pareidolic rocks and chullpa tombs.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Stonehenge Cursus
Early Neolithic 3800–3600 BCE · Early Neolithic Britons
2.7-km Neolithic processional enclosure predating Stonehenge by 500 years.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Geoglyph
Long Man of Wilmington
Early Modern likely 16th–17th c.; Bronze Age claim unproven · Early Modern British; alternate prehistoric hypothesized
69-m hill figure with staffs on South Downs, enigmatic later date.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Newark Earthworks
Hopewell culture 100 BCE–500 CE · Hopewell (Adena descended, Algonquian? cohort)
Hopewell giant geometric enclosures marking 18.6-yr lunar cycle.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Rock art
Tamgaly-Tas Ili North Terrace — Kurty Shore Petroglyphs
Bronze Age to Dzungar to Kazakh (1500 BCE – 1900 CE) · Oirat Mongol (Buddhist) and earlier Andronovo/Kazakh nomad
North-bank Ili terrace with Bronze Age carts and Kazakh tamgas opposite Buddhist cliffs.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Geoglyph
Cerne Abbas Giant
Early Medieval 700–1100 CE per 2020 OSL; earlier prehistoric speculation revised · Late Saxon / Early Medieval Wessex (?)
55-m chalk giant with club on Dorset hill - maybe Saxon Hercules.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Alligator Mound
Late Woodland / Fort Ancient 800–1200 CE · Fort Ancient (Late Woodland)
Effigy mound 205 ft/62 m long, 4–6 ft high, head oriented SW tail NE, depicting an opossum/underwater panther effigy on bluff south of Granville. Listed NRHP 1971.
🇺🇸 United States · Geoglyph
Blythe Intaglios
Late Prehistoric 1000–1500 CE (OSL), possibility Protohistoric · Mojave/Quechan; Patayan culture
Mojave giant desert figures: 50-m human intaglios above Colorado River.