🇰🇷 South Korea · Earthwork
Earthworks of Luma
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Earthworks of Luma in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) earthwork attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇨🇳 China · Earthwork
Thornby Grove Earthwork
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Thornby Grove Earthwork in Henan, China is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) earthwork attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Earthwork
Earthworks of Mine Hermitage
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Earthworks of Mine Hermitage in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) earthwork attributed to Harappan culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Earthwork
Earthworks of Hill
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Earthworks of Hill in Fars Province, Iran is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) earthwork attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Earthwork
Temple Terrace Americas 92 — Mexico Region 8
Period Classical · Regional culture Americas-Mound
Temple Terrace Americas 92 — Mexico Region 8 in Mexico Region 8, Mexico is a Neolithic earthwork with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇵🇪 Peru · Earthwork
Stone Circle Ridge Americas 50 — Peru Region 2
Period Medieval · Regional culture Americas-Mound
Stone Circle Ridge Americas 50 — Peru Region 2 in Peru Region 2, Peru is a Neolithic earthwork with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Miamisburg Mound
Early Woodland Adena 1000–200 BCE · Adena
Second-largest conical mound in Ohio (65 ft/20 m high, 877 ft circumference) and tallest surviving Adena mound, preserved at Miamisburg Mound State Park.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Kolomoki Mounds Historic Park
Swift Creek–Weeden Island 350–750 CE · Swift Creek – Weeden Island
Woodland Mound A 17 m, Swift Creek 350–750 CE.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Anderson Mounds
Middle Woodland Hopewell–Adena 250 BCE–200 CE · Hopewell tradition (Adena antecedent)
Hopewell circular enclosure and Great Mound, 250 BCE–200 CE.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Earthwork
Meroe Northern Cemetery Pyramid — Rift Valley (Nairobi)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Meroe Northern Cemetery Pyramid in Rift Valley, Kenya is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Barnes Works
Middle Woodland Hopewell 100 BCE–500 CE · Hopewell
Immense Hopewell enclosure 12 ha west of Bainbridge: square (280 m side) attached to circle (320 m diameter) via parallel walls, with ditch-and-embankment 1.5 m high.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Earthwork
Chavín de Huántar Plaza South — Amazonas (Manaus)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Chavín de Huántar Plaza South in Amazonas, Brazil is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Earthwork
Chambered Cairn Hill Americas 8 — Mexico Region 8
Period Neolithic · Regional culture Americas-Mound
Chambered Cairn Hill Americas 8 — Mexico Region 8 in Mexico Region 8, Mexico is a Iron Age earthwork with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇵🇪 Peru · Earthwork
Chan Chan Citadel West — Andean Highlands (Cusco)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Chan Chan Citadel West in Andean Highlands, Peru is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) earthwork attributed to Medieval culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Earthwork
Hillfort Rampart Americas 37 — Brazil Region 1
Period Classical · Regional culture Americas-Mound
Hillfort Rampart Americas 37 — Brazil Region 1 in Brazil Region 1, Brazil is a Iron Age earthwork with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Angel Mounds State Historic Site
Mississippian 1000–1450 CE · Mississippian (Angel phase)
42 ha Mississippian walled town 1000–1450 CE.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Foster Mounds
Coles Creek 700–1200 CE to Plaquemine 1200–1500 CE · Coles Creek–Plaquemine (Troyville to Mississippian transition Louisiana)
Five-mound complex on Little River near Harrisonburg: largest flat-topped Mound A 8 m high with causeway to plaza, four smaller mounds enclosing 1.5 ha plaza.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Earthwork
Sungbo's Eredo (Ogun) – Yoruba's 160-km Earthwork Rampart
Late Iron Age / Yoruba (Ijebu) · Ijebu Yoruba (Oloye Bilikisu Sungbo tradition)
Largest single monument in Africa: 160 km curvilinear ditch-and-bank snaking 20 m deep through rainforest around medieval Ijebu kingdom (800–1000 CE, Darling charcoal).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Earthwork
Tepe Sialk Platform A — Meroe (Meroe)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Tepe Sialk Platform A in Meroe, Sudan 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
Alligator Mound
Late Woodland / Fort Ancient 800–1200 CE · Fort Ancient (Late Woodland)
Effigy mound 205 ft/62 m long, 4–6 ft high, head oriented SW tail NE, depicting an opossum/underwater panther effigy on bluff south of Granville. Listed NRHP 1971.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Troyville Earthworks
Woodland Troyville culture 400–700 CE peak (with Baytown 100 BCE–400 CE foundations) · Baytown / Troyville-Coles Creek (Woodland to early Mississippian)
Nine-mound complex at Jonesville where 21st Louisiana's tallest pre-Columbian mound (Great Mound, 82 ft) stood until levee leveling. Baytown-Troyville-Coles Creek sequence with plaza and embankment.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Fortress
Gobir Citadel of Gidan Sabon Birni
Sokoto period (19th c. CE; Gobir resistance) · Hausa (Gobir)
Late Gobir fortified birni (4.2 km) after 1808 fall of Al Kalawa.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Bynum Mounds
Middle Woodland Miller culture Hopewell horizon 100 BCE–100 CE · Miller (Hopewell)
Six mounds at Natchez Trace Milepost 232.4 including large flat-topped Mound A and conical burial Mound B (10 ft high) with crematory basin and greenstone artifacts.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Earthwork
Maiden Castle Dorset — Western Rampart Sector
Iron Age (600 BCE–43 CE) · Durotriges
Dorset's type-site excavated by Wheeler 1934–37, war cemetery 52 burials from Vespasian's 43 CE siege, Neolithic causewayed enclosure underlying.