🇷🇺 Russia · Rock art
Chuya Steppe — Kosh-Agach Geoglyph Petroglyphs
Iron Age to Medieval · Pazyryk-Scythian, Xiongnu, Turkic, Mongol
Kosh-Agach Chuya steppe 1750 m with 800 petroglyphs, Pazyryk deer-stone stag and 80-ibex super-panel.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Archaeological wonder
Harrat Uwayrid Mustatil Extension — Northern Al-Ula frontier (Uwayrid North)
Neolithic (Late Pottery Neolithic, 5300–5000 BCE) · Northwest Arabian Neolithic (Uwayrid pastoral)
52 Uwayrid North mustatils (5320–5070 BCE) — northernmost and only bichrome-basalt–sandstone variants.
🇺🇸 United States · Geoglyph
Bouse Northern Wash Intaglios (La Posa Plain Extension)
Late Prehistoric (Patayan II–III) · Patayan / Hakataya (Yuman)
9+ Patayan intaglios (880 BP–1500 CE) on La Posa Plain north of Bouse — Colorado River style.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Geoglyph
Acre — Capixaba Geoglyphs Phase II at Capixaba West (Western Acre) — v2
Late Pre-Columbian (200 BCE – 900 CE) · Acre (Beni) geoglyph builders
Western Acre Capixaba 300 m circle ditch 3 m deep with embankment and 120 m square 2 m high under pasture — causeway 400 m links.
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
Jebel Hafit Desert Kites (Al Ain piedmont, UAE–Oman border)
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (Hafit, 3200–2600 BCE) · Hafit (early eastern Arabian pastoral)
14 Hafit piedmont kites (3200–2600 BCE) interlocked with beehive tombs — Al Ain UNESCO landscape.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Lluta Valley Geoglyphs
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.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Earthwork
Llanos de Moxos – Casarabe Culture Monuments
Late Intermediate, Casarabe culture · Casarabe (Moxos) savanna farmers
1,000 km of causeways + 147 forest-island cities (500–1400 CE) in seasonally flooded Beni savanna.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Toro Muerto Extended Geoglyph Field (La Caldera)
Middle Horizon to Late Intermediate · Wari / Chuquibamba
18 geometric and zoomorphic cleared geoglyphs (800–1200 CE) on La Caldera pampa south of Toro Muerto.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Chaviña Pampa Geoglyphs (Lucanas, Ayacucho)
Early Intermediate (Huarpa–Early Wari) · Huarpa / Rancha–Huarpa transition
18+ high-puna (3,200 m) trapezoids and zoomorphs (200 BCE–600 CE) linking Nazca to Wari highlands.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph
Harrat Rahah Kite Field – Tabuk Volcanic Field
Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Late Neolithic · Northwest Arabian Neolithic
37 high-elevation basalt kites (8000–5000 BCE) on Harrat Rahah — NW Saudi volcanic field.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Geoglyph
Sajama Geoglyph Line Field North Slope
Formative (800 BCE–800 CE) · Formative–Classic geoglyph
Sajama Geoglyph Line Field North Slope in Oruro, Sajama Lines, Bolivia is a Formative (800 BCE–800 CE) geoglyph attributed to Formative–Classic geoglyph.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Harrat al-Harrah Kite Cluster (Eastern Jordan Highlands)
Neolithic (Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B) · Late PPNB steppe-hunting tradition
Eastern rim kite chain of the Jordanian Harrat basalt plain (880 m, 31°02′21″N 37°30′00″E) where basalt peneplain meets limestone Hamad: 18 desert kites arrayed along 17 km N-S per Jibal…
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Nazca Palpa Geoglyph Star Figure North Plateau
Formative (800 BCE–800 CE) · Formative–Classic geoglyph
Nazca Palpa Geoglyph Star Figure North Plateau in Ica, Palpa, Peru is a Formative (800 BCE–800 CE) geoglyph attributed to Formative–Classic geoglyph.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Archaeological wonder
Herto (Middle Awash – Herto Bouri)
Middle Pleistocene (260–154 ka; idaltu bearing 160 ka) · Homo sapiens idaltu (early sapiens subspecies)
Formation yielding 160 ka Homo sapiens idaltu crania BOU-VP-16 with deliberate defleshing cutmarks and Acheulean→MSA transition.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Quebrada Santo Domingo Geoglyphs
Late Formative to Early Intermediate (Salinar–Recuay) · Salinar / Recuay (Pashash)
40+ Salinar–Recuay cleared-pavement geoglyphs (500 BCE–400 CE) on Santa Valley quebrada fans.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Azapa Alto de Azapa Geoglyphs (Upper Azapa Precordillera)
Early Formative Alto Ramírez I–II · Alto Ramírez upper-valley
Upper Azapa precordillera: 18 steep-slope figures at 980 m marking valley bottleneck to highlands.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Geoglyph
Ustyurt Karynzharyk Kite Field (Mangystau)
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze (Kelteminar-Bozashy) · Ustyurt steppe Kelteminar
Central Asian steppe-kite province on the Ustyurt chalk plateau (160 m, 44°12′N 54°12′E) in the 40 m deep Karynzharyk karst depression (Ustyurt Biosphere).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Wadi Rum Kite Corridor – Hisma Desert
Late Neolithic · Hisma Neolithic pastoralists
21 Late Neolithic sandstone kites (6000–4500 BCE) against Wadi Rum inselbergs — southernmost Levantine corridor.
🇵🇪 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…
🇵🇪 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…
🇨🇦 Canada · Archaeological wonder
Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai'pi
Archaic to Historic 1800 BCE–1920 CE; main biographic style 1730–1890 CE (post-horse) · Blackfoot Confederacy (Kainai, Piikani, Siksika) and ancestors (Besant, Avonlea, Old Women's phase)
Badlands sanctuary of sandstone hoodoos along Milk River where Blackfoot (Niitsitapi) inscribed and pecked >138 rock-art panels (1,200 images: warriors, horses after 1730, hoof biographic,…
🇺🇸 United States · Geoglyph
Inner Chaco Canyon Terrace Central — Chaco Canyon (55-34)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Inner Chaco Canyon Terrace Central — Chaco Canyon (55-34) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Early Historic (regional) geoglyph of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Atrousa? Actually Cerro Grande Geoglyph Ancillary South Arm (Chile)
Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) · Andean Formative
Atrousa? Actually Cerro Grande Geoglyph Ancillary South Arm (Chile) in Tarapacá, Cerro Grande, Geoglyph South Arm, Chile is a Formative to Late Intermediat…