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Places in Chile matching “Antofagasta, San Pedro de Atacama” · Mysteria

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Places in Chile matching “Antofagasta, San Pedro de Atacama”

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Verified52 Widely accepted0 Contested1 Hypothetical1 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology0

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Geoglyphs45 Earthworks44 Archaeological wonders42 Rock art sites10 Ancient villages3

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🇨🇱Chile54

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Partially excavated46 Excavation ongoing4 Excavated2 Not applicable2

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geoglyph45 atacama17 caravan15 tarapaca13 azapa7 lluta6 altiplano

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“Antofagasta, San Pedro de Atacama”

🇨🇱 Chile · Megalith

Pukará de Quitor

Late Intermediate–Late Horizon 1300–1540 CE · Atacameño (Likan Antai)

Atacameño clifftop fortress above Rio Grande with 4 km walls and 1540 Spanish battle site.

🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph

Salar de Tara Stone Geoglyphs (Licancabur Salars)

Archaic to Formative (Tulán–Puripica) · Atacama caravan (Tulán, Puripica, early Atacameño)

20 high-salar ignimbrite geoglyphs (1200 BCE–1000 CE) at 4,316 m above Salar de Tara cathedrals.