🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Key Marco Archaeological Site
Glades IIIb–Calusa 500–1500 CE · Glades Calusa
Calusa Court of the Pile Dwellers: waterlogged painted wood Cat statuette, masks and netting 500–1500 CE.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Tawayama Shell Midden
Jomon Early 5000 BP → Late Jomon 3000 BP · Jomon San'in coastal — Tawayama Hamayu tradition
Tawayama Shell Midden — Jomon mid-to-late shell midden (5000–3000 BP) on Tawayama hill at Lake Koyama 5 km NW Tottori, San'in Sea of Japan coast, excavated 1980s–90s by Tottori University.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Mizuko Shell Midden
Jomon 6000–1800 BCE (Early to Final) stratified · Jomon (Kanto)
132 m Kanto Jomon shell midden — 5× stratified with 35 pit houses on Musashino (Mizuko, 6000–1800 BCE).
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Mawaki Noto Shell Mound
Jomon Early 7000 → Late Jomon 3000 BP · Jomon Hokuriku Noto — Mawaki dolphin hunters
Mawaki Noto Shell Mound — Jomon early to late massive shell midden with dolphin remains (c.7000–3000 BP) on Noto Peninsula bay at Mawaki, Hokuriku, excavated 1980s–90s.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Stallings Island Mound
Late Archaic (Stallings phase, 3410–2730 BCE) · Stallings culture (Late Archaic, Southeastern US)
Type site of Stallings fiber pottery (3410–2730 BCE) — earliest ceramics in North America on Savannah River island.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Hontoon Island Mounds
St Johns I–II 1000 BCE–1500 CE · St Johns (Mayaou Timucua)
Shell-midden island famous for 6 m buried wooden owl totem (600 CE) and snail-shell ridges.