🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Sloan Site
Paleo-Indian Dalton 8500–7900 BCE · Paleo-Indian Dalton (Sloan Dalton)
8,500 BCE Paleo-Indian cemetery, oldest in the Americas, 475 burials.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Awatovi — First Franciscan Mission Ruin Hopi
Ancestral Pueblo 1200–1700 CE; Mission San Bernardo 1629–1680 Pueblo Revolt destroyed · Hopi / Spanish Franciscan mission
Awatovi excavated by Fewkes & Smithsonian 1935–39, Jeddito Yellow ware and mission destruction 1680.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Zuni Pueblo — Hawikuh Contact Village Coronado 1540
Zuni Ancestral to Contact (1300–1680; Coronado 1540 first European battle) · Zuni (Ashiw) / Spanish Contact Coronado
Hawikuh excavated by Hodge 1917–23, 1540 Coronado battle with Estevánico death, 1680 revolt burned.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Taos Pueblo — North House Adobe High-Rise Continuous Occupation
Tiwa Pueblo (1000–present; North House c.1450) · Tiwa Pueblo (Taos) continuously occupied
Taos Pueblo occupied 1000–, UNESCO 1992, 5-storey North House 1450, Taos Revolt 1680 mission destroyed.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site
Mississippian 1000–1350 CE · Mississippian (Wickliffe phase)
Eight-mound Mississippian town 1000–1350 CE.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Hohokam — Snaketown Ballcourt and Platform Mound
Hohokam Pioneer to Classic (300 BCE–1450 CE; Snaketown I 700 CE) · Hohokam (Gila)
Gila Snaketown excavated by Haury 1964–65, ballcourts 700 CE, shell Etched, canal 160 km Hatt.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Homolovi — Homolovi II Winslow Pueblo on Little Colorado
Pueblo IV (1260–1400 CE) Homolovi Cluster · Hopi ancestral (Hisatsinom)
Homolovi excavated by Fewkes 1896 and Adams & Hays 1980–, Hopi migration to mesas.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Tuzigoot — Clarkdale Hill Pueblo Remnant
Sinagua (1125–1400 CE) Hohokam-Sinagua blend · Sinagua
Tuzigoot excavated by Caywood & Spicer 1933–34, hill pueblo over marsh.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Wupatki Pueblo (Wupatki National Monument — Sinagua Great House)
Pueblo III (Sinagua-Ancestral Puebloan, 1100–1250 CE) · Sinagua–Ancestral Puebloan (Cohonina/Sinagua with Ancestral Puebloan)
Wupatki Pueblo (Wupatki National Monument — Sinagua Great House) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Arizona, Coconino County, Flagstaff–Little Colorado, Wupatki Basin, Sunset Crater vicinity,…
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Aztec West Ruin (Aztec Ruins National Monument — West House)
Pueblo II–III (Chacoan outlier 1110–1125, Mesa Verde 1150–1275) · Ancestral Puebloan (Chacoan outlier → Mesa Verde)
Aztec West Ruin (Aztec Ruins National Monument — West House) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in New Mexico, San Juan County, Animas River, Aztec town, North San Juan basin, United States —…
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Pueblo del Arroyo (Chaco Great House Arroyo Sector)
Pueblo II–III (Chacoan 900–1150 CE, McElmo phase) · Ancestral Puebloan (Chaco Canyon Chacoan)
Pueblo del Arroyo (Chaco Great House Arroyo Sector) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in New Mexico, San Juan County, Chaco Canyon, Chaco Culture National Historical Park, United States —…
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Quarai Pueblo (Mission Quarai)
Pueblo III–IV → Spanish mission (1100–1670 CE) · Pueblo III–IV → Spanish mission (1100–1670 CE)
Quarai Pueblo (Mission Quarai) in New Mexico, Torrance County, Salinas, Manzano foothills, United States is a Pueblo III–IV → Spanish mission (1100–1670 CE) settlement attributed to Pueblo III–IV →…
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Hawikuh Pueblo (Hawikku)
Pueblo IV → Spanish contact (1200–1680 CE) · Pueblo IV → Spanish contact (1200–1680 CE)
Hawikuh Pueblo (Hawikku) in New Mexico, Cibola County, Zuni, Six Middle Villages, United States is a Pueblo IV → Spanish contact (1200–1680 CE) settlement attributed to Pueblo IV → Spanish contact…
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Tw Nine Mile Canyon Harper Panel
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Tw Nine Mile Canyon Harper Panel in Utah, Nine Mile Canyon, United States is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Cahokia Monks Mound South Terrace
Formative to Mississippian (1500 BCE–1500 CE) · Woodland–Mississippian
Cahokia Monks Mound South Terrace in Illinois, Collinsville, United States is a Formative to Mississippian (1500 BCE–1500 CE) earthwork attributed to Woodland–Mississippian.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Turkey Creek Pueblo
Pueblo III–IV (Mogollon) (1100–1350 CE) · Pueblo III–IV (Mogollon) (1100–1350 CE)
Turkey Creek Pueblo in Arizona, Apache County, White Mtns, Point of Pines, United States is a Pueblo III–IV (Mogollon) (1100–1350 CE) settlement attributed to Pueblo III–IV (Mogollon) (1100–1350 CE)…
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pot Creek Pueblo (Talastima)
Pueblo II–IV (1100–1350 CE) · Pueblo II–IV (1100–1350 CE)
Pot Creek Pueblo (Talastima) in New Mexico, Taos County, Pot Creek, Sangre de Cristo foothills, United States is a Pueblo II–IV (1100–1350 CE) settlement attributed to Pueblo II–IV (1100–1350 CE)…
🇺🇸 United States · Cave
Marmes Rockshelter
Paleo-Indian to Protohistoric (10,000 BCE – 1800 CE) · Columbia Plateau Paleo-Indian to Cayuse
Marmes Rockshelter in Washington, United States is a Paleo-Indian to Protohistoric (10,000 BCE – 1800 CE) cave attributed to Columbia Plateau Paleo-Indian to Cayuse culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Yucca House Pueblo (Angani)
Pueblo II–III (1000–1300 CE) · Pueblo II–III (1000–1300 CE)
Yucca House Pueblo (Angani) in Colorado, Montezuma County, Southern Ute near Towaoc, United States is a Pueblo II–III (1000–1300 CE) settlement attributed to Pueblo II–III (1000–1300 CE) culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient city
Hohokam Casa Grande Compound A Great House
Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Hohokam Casa Grande Compound A Great House in Arizona, Coolidge, United States is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Sand Canyon South Pueblo
Pueblo II–III (1000–1280 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi)
Sand Canyon Pueblo in Colorado, Montezuma County, Canyons of Ancients, United States is a Pueblo II–III (1000–1280 CE) settlement attributed to Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Casa Grande Hohokam South Compound
Classic Period Hohokam (1150–1450 CE) · Hohokam (O'odham ancestral) Classic Period (Soho–Civano phases)
Casa Grande Hohokam South Compound is the Classic Period platform-mound village south of the Casa Grande Great House — the iconic 4-story caliche Great House (1350 CE) on the Gila River.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Snaketown Ballcourt South Compound
Pre-Classic Hohokam (400–1100 CE) · Hohokam Pre-Classic (Pioneer–Colonial–Sedentary: Vahki–Sacaton phases)
Snaketown Ballcourt South Compound is the southern ballcourt village of Snaketown — the archetypal Pre-Classic Hohokam canal town 30 miles southeast of Phoenix on the Gila north terrace (protected…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Spiro Mounds
Mississippian Spiro phases Harlan–Sprio 950–1450 CE (Craig Mortuary climax 1200–1400) · Caddoan Mississippian (Spiroan, ancestors of Wichita/Caddo)
Premier Mississippian and Caddoan necropolis and ceremonial center on Arkansas River: 12 mounds (Craig Mound – 10 m high, hollow burial chamber or ‘Spirit Lodge’ with shell-carved ‘Great Mortuary’…