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Buried City of Syke Geoglyph
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Buried City of Syke Geoglyph in Ohio, United States is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) buried city attributed to Jōmon culture.
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🇺🇸 United States · Buried city
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Buried City of Syke Geoglyph in Ohio, United States is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) buried city attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Geoglyph
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Sacred Chaco Canyon Fortress II — Chaco Canyon (55-45) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Chalcolithic (regional) geoglyph of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Sacred Chaco Canyon Platform Outer — Chaco Canyon (55-26) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Early Historic (regional) earthwork of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Sego Canyon Ute Panel Anthropomorph in Utah, Sego Canyon, United States is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Archaic through Hohokam 7500 BCE–1400 CE · Hohokam and Archaic–Patayan
4,000-petroglyph basalt concentration, 7500 BCE–1400 CE.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) · Multi-period
Snaketown Ball Court 1 in Arizona, Snaketown, United States is a Multi-period (4000 BCE–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Multi-period.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Sanctuary of Black Field in Ohio, United States is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) temple complex attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic
Salmon Ruins Tower Kiva East in New Mexico, Bloomfield, United States is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Kiln-Anchorage Gateway Archaeological Complex in Ohio, United States is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Estuary West Tumulus in Ohio, United States is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) tumulus attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Tor Llyn Tumulus in Ohio, United States is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) tumulus attributed to Roman culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Eastern Chaco Canyon Platform Inner — Chaco Canyon (55-36) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Medieval (regional) temple complex of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Geoglyph
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Inner Chaco Canyon Terrace Central — Chaco Canyon (55-34) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Early Historic (regional) geoglyph of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Geoglyph
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Old Chaco Canyon Enclosure Inner — Chaco Canyon (55-04) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Bronze Age (regional) geoglyph of the Bronze Age tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Formative to Mississippian (1500 BCE–1500 CE) · Woodland–Mississippian
Cahokia Woodhenge Post Circle III in Illinois, United States is a Formative to Mississippian (1500 BCE–1500 CE) earthwork attributed to Woodland–Mississippian.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Formative to Mississippian (1500 BCE–1500 CE) · Woodland–Mississippian
Moundville Mound A Plaza Level in Alabama, Moundville, United States is a Formative to Mississippian (1500 BCE–1500 CE) earthwork attributed to Woodland–Mississippian.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic
Chaco Chetro Ketl Great Kiva West in New Mexico, Chaco, United States is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock-cut
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Ben Glen Rock-Cut Complex in Ohio, United States is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
El Morro Inscription Rock West Face in New Mexico, El Morro, United States is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Mississippian 1000–1450 CE, apogee 1200–1350 CE · Mississippian (ancestral Choctaw/Chickasaw)
29-mound plaza center with grand chief's platform mound above Black Warrior River.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Middle to Late Archaic (3000–2000 BCE) · Lower Pecos hunter-foragers (related to Coahuiltecan)
Texas Lower Pecos 7.6-m shaman-antlered polychrome 3000–2000 BCE, Pecos style type.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Pueblo III–present 1150 CE–present · Acoma (Keresan, ancestors Ancestral Puebloan/Zuni lineage)
Oldest continuously inhabited community in North America (since 1150 CE, oral history to 1100).
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Acoma Keres (1150–present mesa; 1629 mission) · Keresan Acoma (Sky City)
Acoma excavated by M. Ellis 1960s rim, 1150 occupation Enchanted Mesa ancestor, 1598 Spanish battle.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Archaic to present (1000 BCE–present) · Sioux (Dakota/Lakota/Nakota), Oneota predecessors
2,000-year sacred catlinite quarries: 3000 pits in Sioux quartzite cliff plus thunderbird petroglyphs.