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Excavated hilltop cities

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🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city

Queréndaro Acropolis — Zacapu

Postclassic (1250–1528 CE) · Purépecha

Queréndaro Acropolis — Zacapu in Michoacán, Mexico is a Postclassic (1250–1528 CE) ancient-city attributed to Purépecha. Mesa-top fortified city Malpaís of Zacapu with 20 pyramids on lava badlands.

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🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Gran Pajatén — Chachapoya Mosaic Round Houses

Chachapoya late (1300–1470 CE) · Chachapoya later Inca fringe

Abiseo Gran Pajatén discovered by Savoy 1963, excavated 1985, mosaic fretwork with human heads, UNESCO 1990 Rio Abiseo.