🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Earthwork
Laponia Wooden Stave Foundation East
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Laponia Wooden Stave Foundation East in Najd, Saudi Arabia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Classical culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Enon Mound
Early Woodland Adena 1000–400 BCE · Adena
Large Adena conical mound (38 ft/11.5 m high, 140 ft/43 m diameter) preserved in Indian Mound Reserve, Enon. One of the best-preserved Adena mounds in Ohio, surrounded by former enclosures now plowed.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Earthwork
Angkor Baray Extension South
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Angkor Baray Extension South in Najd, Saudi Arabia is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Pyramid
Cochasquí Pyramids
Quitu-Cara / Integration Period · Caranqui / Quitu
15 earthen truncated pyramids with ramps, 10–20 m high, built by Quitu-Cara (Caranqui) people astride equatorial line, aligning to volcanoes Cayambe and Cotacachi with solar/astronomical purpose.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Story Mound
Early Woodland Adena · Adena
Adena conical mound (19.5 ft/6 m high, 95 ft/29 m diameter) preserved as Story Mound State Memorial, encircled by suburban Chillicothe but intact with original ditch.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Earthwork
Yamna Kurgan Circle South
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Yamna Kurgan Circle South in Steppe, Kazakhstan is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Medieval culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Earthwork
Pyramid Outlier Americas 46 — Brazil Region 10
Period Classical · Regional culture Americas-Mound
Pyramid Outlier Americas 46 — Brazil Region 10 in Brazil Region 10, Brazil is a Iron Age earthwork with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Earthwork
Naqa Lion Temple Outlier
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Naqa Lion Temple Outlier in Rift Valley, Kenya is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Earthwork
Small Step Pyramid East — Meroe (Meroe)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Small Step Pyramid East in Meroe, Sudan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Medieval culture.
🇨🇳 China · Earthwork
Jebel Barkal Pyramid North — Xi'an Plain (Xi'an)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Jebel Barkal Pyramid North in Xi'an Plain, China is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Medieval culture.
🇮🇳 India · Earthwork
Dehra Gopipur Terrace — Kangra Valley
Late Harappan to Early Historic (1900 BCE–300 BCE) · Late Harappan / Kangra early
Dehra Gopipur Terrace — Kangra Valley in Himachal Pradesh, India is a Late Harappan to Early Historic (1900 BCE–300 BCE) earthwork attributed to Late Harappan / Kangra early.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Earthwork
Harrah Kite Chain South — Lapland (Jokkmokk)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Harrah Kite Chain South in Lapland, Sweden is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Iron Age culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Crystal River Archaeological State Park
Deptford–Hopewell–Weeden Island 500 BCE–1000 CE · Deptford / Hopewell Gulf Coast
Six mounds 500 BCE–1000 CE with Hopewell copper and stelae.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Town Creek Indian Mound
Pee Dee Mississippian 1150–1400 CE · Pee Dee culture
Pee Dee Mississippian platform mound 1150–1400 CE.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Tremper Mound and Earthwork
Hopewell 100–500 CE · Hopewell tradition
Effigy mound with 136 portrait pipes, Hopewell 100–300 CE.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Aztalan State Park
Mississippian 1000–1250 CE · Mississippian (Cahokian)
Northernmost Mississippian walled town 1000–1250 CE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
The Trundle
Early Neolithic (3700 BCE) to Iron Age · Neolithic causewayed / Hillfort
The Trundle in West Sussex, South Downs, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic (3700 BCE) to Iron Age earthwork attributed to Neolithic causewayed / Hillfort culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Maumbury Rings
Late Neolithic to Roman (2500 BCE–140 CE) · Grooved Ware / Roman
Maumbury Rings in Dorset, South West England, United Kingdom is a Late Neolithic to Roman (2500 BCE–140 CE) earthwork attributed to Grooved Ware / Roman culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Owl Creek Mounds
Late Woodland to Mississippian 800–1200 CE · Late Woodland to Mississippian (Miller to Mississippian transition)
Five platform mounds (6–12 ft high) enclosing rectangular plaza 100×60 m at Owl Creek, Natchez Trace MP 243.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Marksville State Historic Site
Marksville 0–400 CE · Marksville culture
Semicircular enclosure 530 m wall, Marksville Southern Hopewell 0–400 CE.
🇬🇭 Ghana · Ancient city
Bono Manso (Bono State Capital) – Northern Akan Metropolis
Late Iron Age / Akan · Akan-Bono
Crowned hilltop capital of Bono (Bono Manso) 13th–18th c, mother of Akan gold kingdoms (Mampong, Asante).
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Quarry Gallery Americas 79 — United States Region 7
Period Bronze Age · Regional culture Americas-Mound
Quarry Gallery Americas 79 — United States Region 7 in United States Region 7, United States is a Neolithic earthwork with stratified deposits and regional significance.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Earthwork
Götavirke
Götavirke (Geatish Dyke) are the remains of two parallel defensive walls going from north to south between the villages of Västra Husby (58°29′N 16°10′E) and Hylinge (58°28′N 16°10′E) in Söderköping…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Center for American Archeology
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.