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31 places carry this tag, across every kind and continent it appears in.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Earthwork
Contested Holocene ambiguous — Holocene to Late Pre-Hispanic hypothesis or natural jointing · Contested Huarpe / Comechingón (?) or natural geofact (unvalidated)
Southern Potrero enigmatic walls — 600 m rectilinear stone line 0.6 m and circular huts 4 m under Chaco vine forest; contested Huarpe vs natural jointing.
🇨🇱 Chile · Submerged site
Buccaneer phantom (1687–1770) · English buccaneer / French hydrography
Chile Davis phantom 1687 – sandy isle at 27°20′S 105°W, abyssal Nazca plain, precursor to Easter Island.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Earthwork
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Lower Angkor Mound B — Angkor (60-50) at Angkor, Cambodia is a Medieval (regional) contested of the Medieval tradition, built c. 800 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Submerged site
Late Harappan to Historical (maybe 1500 BCE onward; claimed 3500 BCE) · Harappan(?) / Historical Hindu
Ancient sacred city of Krishna described in Mahabharata, being searched offshore Bet Dwarka and Gulf of Khambhat.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Late Woodland effigy mound period (700–1200 CE) · Late Woodland effigy-mound builders (ancestral Ho-Chunk)
Contested submerged 'pyramids' in Wisconsin lake beside verified Woodland effigy mounds on shore.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Hypothetical site
Hypothetical pre-Hispanic to Historic · Hypothetical Huarpe / Historic pastoral
Hypothetical eastern ridge outlier above Potrero — 600 m wall and 6 m circles as pircas.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Submerged site
Portolan chart phantom (1424–1508 CE) · Portuguese–Venetian cartography / Phantom
Azores Satanazes phantom 1424 – Devil archipelago at 33.5°N 29°W, no bank, pure chart error.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Earthwork
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Lower Hattusa Necropolis II — Hattusa (60-10) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Chalcolithic (regional) contested of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for necropolis and associated settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Earthwork
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Royal Hattusa Mound II — Hattusa (60-26) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Chalcolithic (regional) contested of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 200 CE for mound and associated settlement.
🇬🇷 Greece · Earthwork
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Sacred Delphi Fortress Inner — Delphi (60-15) at Delphi, Greece is a Medieval (regional) contested of the Medieval tradition, built c. 800 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇬🇷 Greece · Earthwork
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Royal Delphi Fortress B — Delphi (60-42) at Delphi, Greece is a Bronze Age (regional) contested of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 800 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
New Hattusa Temple East — Hattusa (60-29) at Hattusa, Turkey is a Bronze Age (regional) contested of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 200 CE for temple and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Geological: Early Miocene sandstone (20 Ma) formation; if artificial, claimed Jomon or earlier (10,000–2000 BCE) · Disputed – natural geology vs hypothetical Jomon / lost Pacific civilization
Submerged sandstone formation off Yonaguni Island discovered 1986 featuring stepped terraces up to 27 m high, flat surfaces and apparent right angles at 25–30 m depth, extending ~150×40 m.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Megalith
Late prehistory to early classical; accepted 2000 BCE–1500 CE oral claims; controversial Pleistocene claim 25,000 BCE · Austronesian / Sundanese prehistoric; possibly pre-Hindu Javanese
Stepped hilltop punden berundak (terraced pyramid) with five basalt column terraces, retaining walls and standing stones covering 150×45 m at 885 m elevation; upper structures dated 45 BCE–22 CE,…
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Earthwork
Hypothesized Sangay phase (800–1400 CE) if cultural · Hypothesized Sangay Huapula (if verified)
Contested Huapula foothill extension — 14 faint mound-like marks beyond verified Upano limit, on steep colluvium, unverified.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Earthwork
Contested Holocene ambiguous — historic to pre-Hispanic hypothesis · Contested Comechingón / Huarpe (?) or natural cuesta (unvalidated)
Northern rim avenue 900 m causeway 1.2 m with bastions 6 m along Potrero norte — contested Huarpe causeway vs cuesta bedding.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Earthwork
Contested Holocene ambiguous — historic to pre-Hispanic hypothesis · Contested Comechingón / Huarpe (?) or natural cuesta (unvalidated)
Northern rim avenue 900 m causeway 1.2 m with bastions 6 m along Potrero norte — contested Huarpe causeway vs cuesta bedding.
🇵🇪 Peru · Megalith
Late Intermediate pre-Inca hypothetically Chachapoya fringe or colonial hypothesis Late Intermediate contested · Chachapoyas fringe / possibly 19th c. coffee retaining (unvalidated)
Megalithic andesite wall 80×3.2 m on Caynarachi terrace 1100 m — polygonal dry coursing with chamfer notch, terrace 40×30 m, ware 800–1400 CE.
🇻🇪 Venezuela · Earthwork
Late Pre-Columbian to modern hypotheses contested Late Intermediate (?)/1930s (?)? · Pemón / Wayaka? / miner (contested)
Tepui foot earthen mound 6 m and 45 m dry wall at Kukenán 1350 m — Pemón dyke vs landslide hummsock vs miner claim, 1200 CE Wayaka ware scatter.
🇬🇷 Greece · Earthwork
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Northern Delphi Hilltop Inner — Delphi (60-39) at Delphi, Greece is a Early Historic (regional) contested of the Early Historic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Earthwork
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
New Khajuraho Necropolis East — Khajuraho (60-13) at Khajuraho, India is a Neolithic (regional) contested of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for necropolis and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Earthwork
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Upper Khajuraho Platform Central — Khajuraho (60-33) at Khajuraho, India is a Iron Age (regional) contested of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for platform and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Old Khajuraho Sanctuary Inner — Khajuraho (60-20) at Khajuraho, India is a Iron Age (regional) contested of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇮🇳 India · Earthwork
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Lower Khajuraho Necropolis B — Khajuraho (60-30) at Khajuraho, India is a Medieval (regional) contested of the Medieval tradition, built c. 400 BCE for necropolis and associated settlement.
