🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Xochicalco Observatory Hill
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Xochicalco Observatory Hill in Andean Highlands, Peru is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
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🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Xochicalco Observatory Hill in Andean Highlands, Peru is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Megalith
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
Angel Mounds Temple Mound North in Central Java, Indonesia is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Megalith
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Meroe Northern Pyramid Field Extension in Giza Plateau, Egypt is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Classical culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Ancient city
Late Intermediate Mollo 1145–1425 CE, pre-Inca before Inca annexation · Mollo (Andean Late Intermediate, west Cordillera Real)
Mollo hilltop city on east slope Cordillera Real at 1672 m with 90 rectangular houses of pirca (rough stone) on 13 terraces, streets and plazas on slope, dry-stone walls 2 m high, first reported by…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic (3700–3500 BCE) · Cornish Neolithic
Trethevy Quoit — St Cleer North Annex in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic (3700–3500 BCE) megalithic attributed to Cornish Neolithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Neolithic (3600–3000 BCE) · Western Neolithic Wales
Bedd yr Afanc — Nevern Basin in Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom is a Neolithic (3600–3000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Western Neolithic Wales.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Period Bronze Age · Regional culture Asia-Megalith
Hydraulic Reservoir Asia 27 — India Region 3 in India Region 3, India is a Bronze Age megalithic with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Etowah Mound A Terrace in Moche Valley, Peru is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Bronze Age
Huaca de la Luna Platform North in Moche Valley, Peru is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) megalithic attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇳🇪 Niger · Megalith
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Thimlich Ohinga Enclosure North in Ténéré, Niger is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Megalith
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval
Tiekene-Boussoura Tumulus North in Nok Valley, Nigeria is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) megalithic attributed to Medieval culture.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Loire Neolithic / Chambon group
Largest French dolmen — 23 m long passage of taf limestone slabs with 40-tonne capstones near Saumur.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Late Intermediate Chachapoya 1100–1470 CE · Chachapoyas
Secondary terraced annex of Yalape fortress-city perched above Utcubamba 15 km south of Chachapoyas town: 40 circular houses with trapezoidal niches on terraces stepping down 60 m vertical, defensive…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Mississippian 1050–1400 CE (Kincaid phase) · Mississippian (Caborn-Welborn)
19-mound Mississippian town on Ohio River, 1050–1400 CE.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Megalith
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Susa Acropole Temple Platform in Nubia, Nigeria is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Medieval culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Megalith
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Olduvai Gorge Bed IV Site in Tigray, Ethiopia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Classical culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Megalith
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Bronze Age
Adrar Stone Circle in Tassili, Algeria is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) megalithic attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Western Neolithic
Coetan Arthur — Newport Bay in Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic megalithic attributed to Western Neolithic.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic (3500 BCE), collapsed 1815 re-erected · Cornish Neolithic
Lanyon Quoit — Madron in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic (3500 BCE), collapsed 1815 re-erected megalithic attributed to Cornish Neolithic.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Archaeological wonder
Formative to Early Classic 350 BCE–600 CE · Maya (Komchen formative)
Formative slate-ware town before Dzibilchaltun, 350 BCE–600 CE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Grooved Ware / Orcadian Neolithic
Orkney-Cromarty chambered cairn on Rousay flank, excavated by Henshall, with stalled chamber and partition slabs, containing Neolithic human bone and pottery.
🇯🇪 Jersey · Megalith
Middle Neolithic · Jersey Passage Grave
Passage grave on Mont Ubé hill, St Clement, Jersey, rectangular chamber, c.4000 BCE.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
South Indian Neolithic (3000–1400 BCE) · South Indian Neolithic
Maski — Ash Mound and Megalith Extension in Karnataka, India is a South Indian Neolithic (3000–1400 BCE) megalithic attributed to South Indian Neolithic.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Zapotec Postclassic 1250–1521 CE · Zapotec (Tlacolula valley)
Zapotec hill-fortress Palace Six Patios 1250–1400 CE, UNESCO 2010.