🇰🇷 South Korea · Earthwork
Stone Pur Mound Complex
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Stone Pur Mound Complex in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) earthwork attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Earthwork
Ditch Stone Mound Complex
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Ditch Stone Mound Complex in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Moche (100–800 CE) earthwork attributed to Moche culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Newark Earthworks
Hopewell culture 100 BCE–500 CE · Hopewell (Adena descended, Algonquian? cohort)
Hopewell giant geometric enclosures marking 18.6-yr lunar cycle.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Haida Mortuary Pole Base South
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Haida Mortuary Pole Base South in Great Plains, United States is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Medieval culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Monte Albán Terrace South
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Monte Albán Terrace South in Colorado Plateau, United States is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Earthwork
Gokstad Boat House Outlier North — Harrat al-Sham (Azraq)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
Gokstad Boat House Outlier North in Harrat al-Sham, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇳🇴 Norway · Earthwork
Inuit Permafrost Dwelling South — Finnmark (Alta)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Inuit Permafrost Dwelling South in Finnmark, Norway is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Medieval culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Earthwork
Djenné-Djeno Mound Extension — Bayuda Desert (Meroe)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Classical
Djenné-Djeno Mound Extension in Bayuda Desert, Sudan is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Classical culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Earthwork
Borobudur Terrace Pyramid South — Nubia (Khartoum)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Borobudur Terrace Pyramid South in Nubia, Nigeria is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) earthwork attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Earthwork
Djenné-Djeno Mound Extension — Atlas (Marrakech)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Djenné-Djeno Mound Extension in Atlas, Morocco is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Earthwork
Geoglyph Hill Figure North — Hadramaut (Seiyun)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Geoglyph Hill Figure North in Hadramaut, Yemen is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Classical culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Toolesboro Mounds
Middle Woodland Hopewell 200 BCE–500 CE · Hopewell (Havana Hopewell)
Iowa's premier Hopewell center: 7 surviving mounds (originally 12) including large conical Mound 2 (8 m high) and linear Mound 7 on blufftop above Iowa-Mississippi confluence.
🇵🇪 Peru · Earthwork
Small Step Pyramid East — Moche Valley (Trujillo)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Small Step Pyramid East in Moche Valley, Peru is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Earthwork
Sukuh Pyramid Temple
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Sukuh Pyramid Temple in Giza Plateau, Egypt is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Medieval culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Silbury Hill South Spur — Waden Hill Causeway
Late Neolithic (2400–2300 BCE) · Beaker / Late Neolithic
Southern approach terraces excavated by Atkinson 1968–70, linking Silbury to West Kennet causewayed enclosure, view from 800 m.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Fort Hill Earthwork and Nature Preserve
Hopewell Middle Woodland 100–400 CE · Hopewell tradition
14.6 ha hilltop enclosure 2.4 km wall, 33 gateways.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Plum Bayou Mounds
Late Woodland Plum Bayou 650–1050 CE (Baytown-Coles Creek to Mississippian transition) · Plum Bayou (Baytown/Coles Creek, Late Woodland Arkansas)
Premier Late Woodland platform mound center: 18 mounds (tallest Mound A 12 m) enclosing 16 ha plaza with embankment ditch and astronomical causeway aligned to 1-degree solar solstice.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site
Mississippian 1000–1350 CE · Mississippian (Wickliffe phase)
Eight-mound Mississippian town 1000–1350 CE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Hambledon Hill
Neolithic to Iron Age (3670 BCE–500 BCE) · Neolithic / Iron Age
Hambledon Hill in Dorset, South West England, United Kingdom is a Neolithic to Iron Age (3670 BCE–500 BCE) earthwork attributed to Neolithic / Iron Age culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Thornborough Henges
Late Neolithic (3500–2500 BCE) · Grooved Ware
Thornborough Henges in North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic (3500–2500 BCE) earthwork attributed to Grooved Ware culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Geoglyph
Acre — Capixaba Geoglyphs Phase II at Capixaba West (Western Acre) — v2
Late Pre-Columbian (200 BCE – 900 CE) · Acre (Beni) geoglyph builders
Western Acre Capixaba 300 m circle ditch 3 m deep with embankment and 120 m square 2 m high under pasture — causeway 400 m links.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Cahokia Monks Mound South Terrace
Formative to Mississippian (1500 BCE–1500 CE) · Woodland–Mississippian
Cahokia Monks Mound South Terrace in Illinois, Collinsville, United States is a Formative to Mississippian (1500 BCE–1500 CE) earthwork attributed to Woodland–Mississippian.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Leake Mounds
Middle Woodland to Early Mississippian (Swift Creek–Cartersville) · Woodland (Swift Creek) / Early Mississippian
Moated Swift Creek town (300 BCE–650 CE) with 3 mounds and circular ditch on Etowah River, Georgia.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Stubbs Earthworks
Middle Woodland Hopewell (100 BCE–200 CE) · Hopewell (Little Miami)
Massive Hopewell enclosure at confluence of Turtle and Little Miami Rivers, 700 m long irregular rectangular enclosure (12 ha) with 1.5 m embankments and deep 2 m exterior ditch, featuring timber…