🇪🇨 Ecuador · Megalith
Tiwanaku Stela Field — Andean Ecuador (Quito)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Tiwanaku Stela Field in Andean Ecuador, Ecuador is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) megalithic attributed to Medieval culture.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Buried city
Moundville Ceremonial Mound — Andean Ecuador (Quito)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Moundville Ceremonial Mound in Andean Ecuador, Ecuador is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient village
Caracol Causeway Terminus — Andean Ecuador (Quito)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Caracol Causeway Terminus in Andean Ecuador, Ecuador is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient city
Tumaco–La Tolita
Late Formative – Classic (c.600 BCE–400 CE) Tumaco–La Tolita · Tumaco–La Tolita (Tumaco-La Tolita I-II)
Tumaco–La Tolita is the classic Late Formative Pacific lowland tradition spanning the Colombia–Ecuador border from Nariño (Tumaco) to Esmeraldas (Isla La Tolita / Pampa de Oro) at 5 m in…
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Buried city
Head-Smashed-In Jump Extension
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Head-Smashed-In Jump Extension in Andean Ecuador, Ecuador is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Geoglyph
Cordillera del Cóndor Tepui-Top Geoglyphs (Amazon Divide)
Formative (Early Formative to Upano contemporary) · Cóndor cloud-forest formative (pre-Mayo-Chinchipe)
Tepui-top forest geoglyphs on the Cordillera del Cóndor divide (1,250 m, 3°23′34″S 78°06′49″W per Ichigkat Muja National Park centre), bridging Ecuador and Peru Amazon headwaters: Rio Cenepa (Peru)…
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Archaeological wonder
Catequilla
Monte Catequilla (also Kati-Killa) is an archaeological site in the Pomasqui Valley of Ecuador.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Pyramid
Cochasquí
Integration–Late Period (Carchi–Quitu-Cara–Inca) · Quitu-Cara (Ecuadorian Highlands) with Inca overlay
Equatorial ramp pyramids (1250–1500 CE) at 3,040 m — 15 truncated pyramids with 200-m ramps to Cayambe.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Archaeological wonder
Cojitambo
Cojitambo is an Inca and pre-Inca archaeological ruin, a popular rock climbing site, and a small village west of Azogues, capital of Canar province of Ecuador.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Archaeological wonder
Inca-Caranqui
Inca-Caranqui is an archaeological site located in the village of Caranqui on the southern outskirts of the city of Ibarra, Ecuador.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Archaeological wonder
Ingapirca
Ca. Cañari 900–1460 CE + Late Horizon Inca 1460–1532 CE · Cañari + Inca (Quechua, Tawantinsuyu frontier, Inca–Cañari mestizo architecture)
Highest Inca administrative-religious center in Ecuador and sole true Inca site with ashlar (Inca) + adobe Cañari fusion: elliptical Temple of the Sun (39×15 m mortised ashlar ellipse unique in Inca…
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient village
El Inga — Quito Obsidian Workshop
Preceramic (9000–5000 BCE) · El Inga Preceramic (Fishtail points)
El Inga — Quito Obsidian Workshop in Pichincha Province, Ecuador is a Preceramic (9000–5000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to El Inga Preceramic (Fishtail points).
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Pyramid
Cochasquí Pyramids
Quitu-Cara / Integration Period · Caranqui / Quitu
15 earthen truncated pyramids with ramps, 10–20 m high, built by Quitu-Cara (Caranqui) people astride equatorial line, aligning to volcanoes Cayambe and Cotacachi with solar/astronomical purpose.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Pyramid
Cochasquí South Platform
Late Intermediate – Late Horizon (c.1250–1534 CE) Cara – Quitu – Inca · Cara–Quitu (Cochasquí–Cayambe)
The Cochasquí South Platform (Pyramid 13 South) is the southernmost of the famed 15 Cochasquí ramp-pyramids on the Mojanda volcano plateau above Tocachi, Pichincha, at 3,100 m on the Inca takeover…
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient city
Salango — Manteño Port and Temple
Valdivia to Manteño (3500 BCE–1532 CE) continuous · Valdivia–Manteño sequence
Salango — Manteño Port and Temple in Manabí Province, Ecuador is a Valdivia to Manteño (3500 BCE–1532 CE) continuous ancient-city attributed to Valdivia–Manteño sequence.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient city
Upano Valley Urban Complex
Formative to Regional Development (500 BCE–600 CE) · Kilamope (Upano) culture; Sangay phase Huapula
Lost Amazon cities (500 BCE–600 CE) under Upano forest—20 towns, 6,000 mounds and 25 km of roads revealed by 2024 LiDAR.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient city
Upano — Huapula Southern Platform at Sangay South
Formative to Regional Development (500 BCE–1400 CE) · Kilamope (Upano) culture; Sangay phase Huapula
Southern Huapula platform of Upano — 22 mounds and drained fields at Huapula–Upano confluence, Sangay south gate.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient village
Upano — Kilimope Southern Platform at Sangay Valley South (Upano South)
Formative to Regional Development (500 BCE – 600 CE) · Upano (Kilamope–Sangay) / Huapula
Southern platform village of Upano at Sangay South — 8 platforms 40×25 m and 600 m causeway.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Earthwork
Upano — Villano Valley Lidar Gardens at Villano River West (Upano West)
Regional Development (200–600 CE) · Upano (Kilimope) / Huapula fringe
Western raised fields of Upano at Villano River — 120 beds 40×8 m and 2 km canal.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Hydraulic works
Achupallas Ingapirca Inca Road Segment
Late Horizon Inca Imperial (1470–1532 CE) · Inca (Topa Inca / Huayna Capac – Cañari conquest)
Extraordinary preserved 8 km upland paramo section of Inca Qhapaq Ñan (royal road) climbing 3600–4200 m across Azuay páramo linking Achupallas (Inca tambo) to Ingapirca (Hatun Cañar) via stone-paved…
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient city
Agua Blanca — Machalilla / Manteño spa
Formative to Integration (1500 BCE–1532 CE) · Machalilla to Manteño / Valdivia predecessor
Agua Blanca — Machalilla / Manteño spa in Manabí Province, Ecuador is a Formative to Integration (1500 BCE–1532 CE) ancient-city attributed to Machalilla to Manteño / Valdivia predecessor.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Pyramid
Cochasquí Pyramids — Pichincha
Integration (1250–1500 CE) · Cara / Quitu (Cochasquí)
Cochasquí Pyramids — Pichincha in Pichincha Province, Ecuador is a Integration (1250–1500 CE) pyramid attributed to Cara / Quitu (Cochasquí).
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Cave
Cueva de los Tayos
Paleo-Indian to Shuar (10,000 BCE – present, pseudoarchaeology 1970s) · Shuar / Pseudohistory (von Däniken)
Cueva de los Tayos in Morona-Santiago, Ecuador is a Paleo-Indian to Shuar (10,000 BCE – present, pseudoarchaeology 1970s) cave attributed to Shuar / Pseudohistory (von Däniken) culture.