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Not applicable world heritage places in United States · Mysteria

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Not applicable world heritage places in United States

2 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

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Verified350 Widely accepted124 Contested3 Hypothetical1 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology6

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Earthworks140 Ancient villages127 Mounds103 Archaeological wonders62 Megaliths59

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🇺🇸United States484

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Partially excavated211 Not applicable122 Excavated114 Excavation ongoing27 Unexcavated10

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united states112 wikidata researched97 earthwork66 ancient village61 temple complex51 mississippian45 ohio

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Buried cities45

Hydraulic works41

Ancient cities39

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🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder

Fajada Butte

Pueblo II–III Bonito 1000–1150 CE · Ancestral Pueblo (Chacoan)

Chacoan Sun Dagger butte: three slabs create dagger beam on spirals marking solstices and lunar standstill.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇺🇸 United States · Mound

Poverty Point

Poverty Point culture

prehistoric site of the Poverty Point culture in northeastern Louisiana, United States