🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Watson Brake
Middle–Late Archaic (3500–2800 BCE) · Middle Archaic Watson Brake culture
Oldest North American mound complex: 11 mounds 5400 BP enclosing oval plaza, hunter-gatherer monument without agriculture.
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Moundville — North Plaza Mound P (Tuscaloosa)
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Mississippian
Moundville — North Plaza Mound P (Tuscaloosa) in Alabama, Tuscaloosa County, Moundville, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tum…
🇺🇸 United States · Geoglyph
Blythe Intaglios — Ancillary Human Figure North (California)
Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) · Andean Formative
Blythe Intaglios — Ancillary Human Figure North (California) in California, Blythe Intaglios, United States is a Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–14…
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Etowah — Mound C West Face Ancillary (Bartow)
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Mississippian
Etowah — Mound C West Face Ancillary (Bartow) in Georgia, Bartow County, Etowah, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus att…
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Newspaper Rock — North Panel Ancillary (Utah)
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Newspaper Rock — North Panel Ancillary (Utah) in Utah, Newspaper Rock, United States is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attrib…
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Mound City — Ancillary Mound 7 Scraped Floor
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age; Hopewell
Mound City — Ancillary Mound 7 Scraped Floor in Ohio, Ross County, Mound City, United States is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus attri…
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Paisley Caves
Pre-Clovis (Western Stemmed) · Paisley (Western Stemmed) / Pre-Clovis
14,500-year coprolite caves — oldest human DNA in Americas (14,300 BP) with Western Stemmed points, Oregon.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient city
Blood Run Site
Late Prehistoric Oneota (Blood Run phase 1500–1700 CE) · Oneota (ancestors Dakota-Ioway)
Largest Oneota town 1500–1700: 76 mounds and boulder enclosure, 6,000 residents on Big Sioux.
🇺🇸 United States · Mound
Lilbourn Site
Late Mississippian (Lilbourn phase) · Mississippian (Bootheel)
Bastioned Late Mississippian town (1100–1350 CE) near New Madrid — 6-m mound with 3-ha palisaded village.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Kiln-Anchorage Gateway Archaeological Complex
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 · Earthwork
Larkin Mound
Middle Woodland Weeden Island 200–600 CE · Weeden Island / Gulf Hopewell
Crystal River satellite burial mound with Hopewell copper and quartz, Gulf Hopewell southernmost evidence.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Los Morteros — Tucson Basin Hohokam Village
Hohokam Colonial to Classic (950–1350 CE; peak 950–1200 CE) · Hohokam (Tucson Basin)
Hohokam platform precursor 950 CE — 600 bedrock mortars & ballcourt (Bayman).
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Betatakin Cliff Dwelling
Ancestral Puebloan (c.600-1300 CE) · Anasazi/Puebloan (Basketmaker to Pueblo III)
Betatakin Cliff Dwelling — buried ancestral tell/village at Arizona.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Grave Creek Mound
Early Woodland, Adena culture 1000 BCE–1 CE (peak 250–150 BCE) · Adena
Largest conical burial mound in North America (62 ft/19 m high, 240 ft/73 m diameter, 60,000 tons earth moved by basket) built by Adena peoples at Moundsville, WV.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Homolovi II Pueblo
Ancestral Puebloan (c.600-1300 CE) · Anasazi/Puebloan (Basketmaker to Pueblo III)
Homolovi II Pueblo — buried ancestral tell/village at Arizona.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Walpi Pueblo
Ancestral Hopi (Hisatsinom) to Historic Hopi 900 CE–present · Hopi (Hisatsinom, Hopi-Tewa)
Continuously inhabited 900 CE Hopi terraced pueblo atop 300-m mesa.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Wupatki National Monument
Pueblo II–III 1120–1250 CE (post-Sunset Crater) · Sinagua / Ancestral Puebloan (Hisatsinom) with Mogollon/Hohokam influences
100-room red-Moenkopi sandstone pueblo with tower-kiva and Hopi-style ballcourt, outlier of Sinagua-Hisatsinom frontier after Sunset Crater eruption (1085 CE) improved farming.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Mississippian Early 900–1200 CE atop Woodland-Archaic · Mississippian (Lamar and Etowah)
17,000-year occupation culminating in 17 m Temple Mound, 900–1200 CE.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Yellow Jacket Pueblo
Pueblo II–III 1050–1300 CE (Mesa Verde phase) · Ancestral Pueblo (Mogollon-Mesa Verde)
Largest Mesa Verde town: 600 rooms, 170 kivas, 22 m Great Kiva and Chaco-style great house.
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Estuary West 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 · Ancient village
Las Capas — Early Hohokam Village (Tucson Basin)
Early Agricultural Period–Early Ceramic (1200 BCE–500 CE; peak 1000–500 BCE) · Early Agricultural / Cienega phase (pre-Hohokam)
Early Agricultural metropolis 1000 BCE — 400 pithouses & 1 km canal before Hohokam.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Temple of Row Seaton
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Temple of Row Seaton in Ohio, United States is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) temple complex attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum
Pueblo II–III 850–1220 CE · Ancestral Pueblo (Virgin–Kayenta blend)
Pueblo II–III 100-room complex with restored 12 m kiva and largest pottery shard repository in Southwest.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Lowfield Thwaite Earthwork
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Lowfield Thwaite Earthwork in Ohio, United States is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Iron Age culture.