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🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Paleo-Indian (Clovis, ~12,700 BP) · Clovis (Paleo-Indian)
Only Clovis burial (12,600 BCE) — 18-month child with 112 ochre-stained tools and first Paleo-Indian genome, Montana.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Classic · Maya/Andean
Pampa de las Llamas — 700 collcas storage city.
🇺🇸 United States · Hydraulic works
The American Canal is an irrigation canal in the Upper Rio Grande Valley near El Paso, Texas.
🇻🇪 Venezuela · Rock art
Caicara del Orinoco is a town in, and the administrative seat of, Cedeño Municipality, Bolívar State, Venezuela. Currently the Venezuelan government is building a bridge across the Orinoco at Caicara.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Temple complex
Classic · Maya/Andean
La Blanca — Mopán River vaulted acropolis.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
The Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory in Milton, Massachusetts is the foremost structure associated with the history of weather observations in the United States.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
The Center for American Archeology, or CAA, is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) research and education institution located in Kampsville, Illinois, USA, near the Illinois River.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Late Classic (Rio Bec–Chenes) · Maya (Rio Bec)
Balamku — 16 m jaguar stucco frieze in Calakmul forest.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Balberta is a major Mesoamerican archaeological site on the Pacific coastal plain of southern Guatemala, belonging to the Maya civilization.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pre-Clovis to Clovis · Pre-Clovis (Cactus Hill)
Sandy terrace pre-Clovis site (16,000 BCE) with blades beneath Clovis on Nottoway River, Virginia.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Carachupa (Quechua for opossum) is an archaeological site with rock art in Peru. It is located near the village of Carachupa, in Lonya Grande District, region of Amazonas.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Cave
Caverna da Pedra Pintada (Painted Rock Cave), is an archaeological site in northern Brazil with evidence of human presence dating ca. 11,200 years ago.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Classic · Maya/Andean
Chacmultun — Puuc Red House vault paintings.
🇨🇱 Chile · Archaeological wonder
Chan-Chan is an archaeological site and beach on the coast of the commune of Mehuín in southern Chile.
🇵🇪 Peru · Rock art
Chawaytiri (Hispanicized Chahuaytire, Chahuaytiri) is an archaeological site with rock paintings in Peru.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pueblo II (Chacoan, 925–1125 CE) · Ancestral Puebloan (Chacoan)
Northernmost Chacoan great house (925–1125 CE) aligned to 18.6-year lunar standstill between twin spires, Colorado.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
The Cotzumalhuapa archaeological culture is from the piedmont area of the Escuintla Department, Guatemala.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Middle Woodland (Deptford–Weeden Island, 200 BCE–750 CE) · Deptford–Weeden Island (Florida Woodland)
Woodland plaza center (200 BCE–750 CE) with 6 mounds and Hopewell exotics on Crystal River estuary, Florida.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Maya Classic (Puuc) · Maya (Puuc/ Petén)
Edzná — hydraulic capital with Five Stories Pyramid.