🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Palpa Lines and Geoglyphs
Paracas (800–200 BCE) to Topará (200 BCE–200 CE) to early Nazca · Paracas and Topará–Nazca
1,000 hill-crest geoglyphs (1000 BCE–800 CE) — the Paracas predecessor to Nazca on Palpa terraces.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Nazca Lines
Early Intermediate Period, Paracas to Nazca culture · Paracas / Nazca
Over 300 geometric and figurative geoglyphs etched by removing dark desert pavement to reveal light subsoil across 450 km² of arid Pampas, including 1.8 km hummingbird, monkey, spider, and trapezoids…
🇨🇱 Chile · Hydraulic works
Pica Oasis Socavones and Geoglyphs
Formative to Modern (Alto Ramírez to Colonial) · Tarapacá / Pica-Tarapacá / Hispanic oasis
Pica (1,350 m, 20°29′21″S 69°19′46″W) is the only living oasis of the Atacama with active filtration galleries (socavones) tapping the Pica Aquifer; study by Lictevout et al.
🇺🇸 United States · Geoglyph
Old Chaco Canyon Enclosure Inner — Chaco Canyon (55-04)
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.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Lower Yucatan Ridge B — Yucatan (55-47)
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Lower Yucatan Ridge B — Yucatan (55-47) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Medieval (regional) geoglyph of the Medieval tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Geoglyph
Geoglyphs of Sanctuary-Oued
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Geoglyphs of Sanctuary-Oued in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Atacama Giant
Late Intermediate 900–1450 CE · Atacameño / Pica-Tarapacá culture influenced by Tiwanaku
World's largest anthropomorphic geoglyph: 119-m hill figure marking caravan trails.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Wadi Al-Qattafi Central Gorge Slot Kites (Central Arm Narrows)
PPNB Late to PN (7000–5800 BCE) · Central Qattafi gorge bottleneck trappers
7 bidirectional central gorge kites 710 m in 3.2 km 25 m-deep narrows — 150 m walls plus deepest 1.6 m pits with 21 gazelle skeletons in situ.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Geoglyph
Geoglyphs of Varna Mogor Ach
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Geoglyphs of Varna Mogor Ach in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) geoglyph attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇨🇦 Canada · Geoglyph
Qasr Mara Ley Geoglyph
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Qasr Mara Ley Geoglyph in British Columbia, Canada is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Geoglyph
Acre Geoglyphs (Geoglifos do Acre)
Pre-Columbian 1–1500 CE · Acre / Xinguano tradition
Hundreds of large ditched enclosures (squares, circles, U-shapes) revealed since 1977 by deforestation, built by pre-Columbian Amazonian cultures using forest clearance, dated 1–1500 CE, associated…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Jebel Abu Khashaba North Ridge Kites (Northern Khashabiyeh Ridge Extension)
PPNA–PPNB Early to Late (8400–6500 BCE) · Jibal al-Khashabiyeh SE Jordan PPNA Ghassanian trappers
10 long-arm ridge kites 920 m: walls 520–1450 m to 12–16 m single-pit bag pens with pillar stone 1:10 scale kite engraving.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Geoglyph
Sajama Geoglyph Line Field North Slope
Formative (800 BCE–800 CE) · Formative–Classic geoglyph
Sajama Geoglyph Line Field North Slope in Oruro, Sajama Lines, Bolivia is a Formative (800 BCE–800 CE) geoglyph attributed to Formative–Classic geoglyph.
🇺🇸 United States · Geoglyph
Inner Chaco Canyon Terrace Central — Chaco Canyon (55-34)
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
Sacred Chaco Canyon Fortress II — Chaco Canyon (55-45)
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.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Geoglyph
Great Potosí Mound East — Potosí (55-40)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Potosí Mound East — Potosí (55-40) at Potosí, Bolivia is a Classical (regional) geoglyph of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Geoglyph
Church Geoglyph
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Church Geoglyph in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) geoglyph attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Geoglyph
Sajama Lines Secondary
Formative to Late Horizon 100–1532 CE (Inca road overlay) Sajama unknown chronology · High Altiplano pastoral (Sajama culture, pre-Inca to Inca)
Secondary network of Sajama Lines — largest geoglyph on Earth (16,000 km total): radial straight lines 2 m wide scraped to light soil converging on raised chullpa-shrine islands, visible only from…
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
Paracas Candelabra
Early Horizon, Paracas culture 200 BCE–100 BCE · Paracas culture, precursor to Nazca
181-m trident/cactus cut into coastal hill facing Pacific as sailors beacon.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Geoglyph
Sajama Lines
Formative to Imperial, 900 BCE–1500 CE active; origins possibly 1500 BCE · Aymara and pre-Aymara Andean; later Tiwanaku-Inca incorporation
Largest line network on Earth - 16,000 km of sacred Aymara pilgrimage lines.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Southern Yucatan Platform B — Yucatan (55-13)
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Southern Yucatan Platform B — Yucatan (55-13) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Bronze Age (regional) geoglyph of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for platform and associated settlement.
🇵🇪 Peru · Geoglyph
New Cuzco Sanctuary A — Cuzco (55-17)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
New Cuzco Sanctuary A — Cuzco (55-17) at Cuzco, Peru is a Chalcolithic (regional) geoglyph of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇱🇾 Libya · Geoglyph
Forge Geoglyph
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Forge Geoglyph in Fezzan, Libya is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) geoglyph attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.