🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Turner Earthworks
Middle Woodland (Hopewell) · Hopewell (Ohio Hopewell)
Hopewell earthworks (200 BCE–400 CE) on Little Miami — 300-m Great Enclosure and pipestone pipes at Cincinnati.
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🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) · Andean Formative
Atrousa? Actually Cerro Grande Geoglyph Ancillary South Arm (Chile) in Tarapacá, Cerro Grande, Geoglyph South Arm, Chile is a Formative to Late Intermediat…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Middle Woodland (Hopewell) · Hopewell (Ohio Hopewell)
Hopewell earthworks (200 BCE–400 CE) on Little Miami — 300-m Great Enclosure and pipestone pipes at Cincinnati.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic (c.3600–3200 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic (Unstan Ware)
Unstan cairn (c.3600–3200 BCE, Early Neolithic) is a unique hybrid stalled-Orkney-Cromarty chambered cairn on a Loch of Stenness promontory 2 mi NE of Stromness, 13 m long dividing into five stalls…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Late Postclassic (Aztec/Morelos) · Aztec (Tlahuica–Xochimilca provincial)
Aztec provincial capital (1350–1521 CE) in Morelos — palace, pyramid and 150 ha town at Yautepec valley floor.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Epiclassic–Postclassic (Coyotlatelco–Aztec) · Toltec–Colhua / Basin Postclassic
Toltec-Colhua capital (600–1400 CE) on Lake Xochimilco — 8 pyramids beneath Cerro de la Estrella, Mexica legitimacy ancestor.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Maheshwar I Chalcolithic 1400–600 BCE → II Early Historic 600 BCE–400 CE → IV Holkar 1760 CE · Maheshwar Chalcolithic → Satavahana → Holkar Maratha
Historic Mahishmati–Maheshwar city on Narmada (1400 BCE–1760 CE) — Chalcolithic below Holkar fort and Maheshwari textile loom.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Greco-Roman to Byzantine · Ptolemaic / Byzantine
Marea Lake Port Mareotis Alexandria at Marea, Lake Mareotis, Egypt is a Greco-Roman to Byzantine ancient city of the Ptolemaic / Byzantine tradition, built c.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Caverna Pintada — Ancillary Panel North (Sierra de San Francisco, Baja) in Baja California Sur, Caverna Pintada, Mexico is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Kerma to New Kingdom (2000–1100 BCE) · Kerma / Egyptian syncretic
Separate walled ceremonial city 400x200 m discovered 700 m north of Kerma's Western Deffufa, revealing sub-Saharan African architecture (oval huts, timber palisades and 20 round temples) alongside…
🇦🇺 Australia · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Maliwawa — Ancillary Rock Panel (West Arnhem, Australia) in Northern Territory, West Arnhem, Maliwawa, Australia is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Chalcolithic Malwa 1600–1300 BCE · Malwa Chalcolithic Narmada facies — Navdatoli type-site
Navdatoli Narmada Settlement — Malwa Chalcolithic classic site (1600–1300 BCE) on Narmada opposite Maheshwar, excavated 1952–57 by Sankalia–Subbarao (Deccan College–MSU).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Late Classic 400–830 CE (peak 608–808 CE, Dynasty of Piedras Negras 7 lords) · Maya (Yo’k’ib / Piedras Negras kingdom, western Petén)
Largest Classic Maya city on Guatemala's Usumacinta north bank (1,000+ structures, pyramid temples 20 m high) famous for epigraphy: Tatiana Proskouriakoff here invented phonetic Maya glyph…
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient village
Chalcolithic to Bronze · Yahya period / Elamite
Tepe Yahya Steatite Workshop Kerman at Kerman, Tepe Yahya, Iran is a Chalcolithic to Bronze ancient village of the Yahya period / Elamite tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Second Intermediate to New Kingdom (17th–18th Dynasty, 1580–1320 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Theban)
Deir el-Ballas is a New Kingdom palace–rampart town opposite Coptos on west bank 2 km desert edge, built early 17th Dynasty (c. 1580 BCE) as military palace for Sekhemre–Wadjitaw?
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A–B to Pottery Neolithic (9300–5500 BCE) · Upper Tigris PPN (Northern Fertile Crescent)
PPNA–PPNB lakeside village at Tigris–Botan confluence documenting crop domestication pathway.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Underground city
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
New Saqqara Necropolis II — Saqqara, Serapeum (59-01) at Saqqara, Serapeum, Egypt is a Bronze Age (regional) underground city of the Bronze Age tradition, built c.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Hydraulic works
Sabaean to Himyarite · Kingdom of Saba
210-m saddle subsidiary dam 4 km NE of Great Marib storing Jufaynah tributary.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Bronze Age · Shahr-e Sukhteh / Helmand
Shahr-e Sukhteh Burnt City Eastern Mound at Sistan, Shahr-e Sukhteh, Iran is a Bronze Age ancient city of the Shahr-e Sukhteh / Helmand tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Upper Chaco Canyon Mound Inner — Chaco Canyon (55-06) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Chalcolithic (regional) temple complex of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Late Intermediate – Late Horizon (900–1536 CE) · Chachapoya (Levanto) → Inca (mitma gate)
Hilltop Chachapoya fortress-village (900–1470 CE, Inca-enhanced 1470–1530) 26 km SW of Chachapoyas city: D-shaped 4 ha walled enclosure 3–5 m high following limestone ridge, enclosing 40+ circular…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hellenistic to Byzantine (c.200 BCE–700 CE) · Cappadocian royal → Roman client kingdom
Augustan island-promontory city at Ayaş with hillside theatre, harbour islet and Achilles agora mosaics.
🇲🇱 Mali · Temple complex
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Great Djenné-Jeno Reservoir East — Djenné-Jeno (57-36) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Early Historic (regional) temple complex of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Little Alexandria Citadel North — Alexandria, Pharos (58-45) at Alexandria, Pharos, Egypt is a Medieval (regional) submerged city of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Chalcolithic Kayatha → Malwa 1800–1000 BCE · Malwa Chalcolithic Chambal facies
Nagda Chambal Settlement — Malwa–Late Chalcolithic stratified site (1800–1000 BCE) on Chambal River at Nagda, excavated 1955–56 by N.R. Banerjee and K.V. Soundararajan (ASI).
