Mounds and sacred sites

Earthworks, plazas, rock art. 323 points on the WW9 Atlas, oldest first, each with its source.

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• Chan Chan850
• Cahokia1050
• Templo Mayor1325
• Qʼumarkaj1400Kʼicheʼ capital.
• Machu Picchu1450
• Tambo Colorado1470
• Vilcabamba1539Last Inka stronghold.
• San Juan del Puerto1578
• Pamunkey Indian Reservation1646
• Vertières1803Ayiti; final battle of the revolution.
• Valongo Wharf1811Landing point for about a million enslaved Africans.
• Sans-Souci Palace1813Ayiti; King Henry I's palace (UNESCO).
• Abo
• Acoma area villages
• Actun Tunichil Muknal
• Acuera
• Adena Mound
• Aguateca
• Alibates Flint Quarries
• Altavista
• Altun Ha
• America's Stonehenge
• Anakena (Rapa Nui)
• Angel Mounds
• Ash Hollow
• Aspero
• Atacama Giant
• AwatoviHopi town.
• Aztalan
• Aztec Ruins
• Band of Holes
• Bandelier
• Bandurria
• Banwari TraceOldest known human remains in the Caribbean islands.
• Bassin ZimAyiti; Taíno petroglyphs.
• Batán Grande
• Becan
• Birnirk
• Blackwater Draw
• Bluefish Caves
• Blythe Intaglios
• Bonampak
• Bottle Creek Mounds
• Brooks River
• Buttermilk Creek Complex
• Bwa KayimanAyiti; ceremony that began the 1791 revolution.
• Cacaxtla
• Cactus Hill
• Caguana ceremonial centerTaíno.
• Cahuachi
• Cajamarquilla
• Calakmul
• Cancuén
• Cantalloc Aqueducts
• Cantona
• Canyon de Chelly
• Caracol
• Caral region (Peñico)
• Casas Grandes (Paquimé)
• Cempoala
• Cerros
• Chalcatzingo
• ChankilloSolar observatory.
• Charlie Lake Cave
• Chavín de Huántar
• Chiapa de Corzo
• Chichen Itza
• Chimney Rock
• Chinchero
• Choquequirao
• ChotaCherokee mother town.
• Chumash Painted Cave
• Cihuatán
• Ciudad Perdida (Teyuna)
• Cliff Palace
• Coba
• Cochasquí
• Comalcalco
• Copán
• Coricancha
• Coronado (Kuaua Pueblo)
• Cotzumalhuapa
• Crow Canyon district
• Crystal River Mounds
• Cuarenta Casas
• Cueva Fell
• Cuicuilco
• Cumbe Mayo
• Danger Cave
• Devil's Den
• Dos Pilas
• Dzibanche
• Dzibilchaltun
• Edzna
• Effigy Mounds
• Ek' Balam
• El Abra
• El Brujo
• El Chorro de MaítaTaíno burials.
• El Fuerte de Samaipata
• El Manatí
• El Mirador
• El Paraíso
• El Perú
• El Tajín
• Emerald Mound
• En Bas SalineAyiti; Taíno town, proposed site of La Navidad.
• Etowah Indian Mounds
• False Kiva
• Footprints of Acahualinca
• Fort CenterFisheating Creek, near Moore Haven and Lake Okeechobee; mound and earthwork complex.
• Fort Rock Cave
• GanondaganSeneca town.
• Gila Cliff Dwellings
• Gran Pajáten
• Grand Village of the Natchez
• Grave Creek Mound
• Great Pyramid of CholulaLargest pyramid by volume in the world.
• Guachimontones
• Guayabo
• Guilá Naquitz Cave
• Guitarrero Cave
• Gungywamp
• Half Moon
• Hardaway Site
• HawikuhZuni town.
• Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
• Hochelaga
• Hogup Cave
• Holmul
• Homolovi
• Hopewell Culture earthworks
• Hospital Rock
• Hovenweep
• Huaca Prieta
• Huaca de la Luna
• Huaca del Sol
• Huaricanga
• Hueco Tanks
• Humboldt Cave
• Ichkabal
• Igloolik Island
• Indian Knoll
• Ingapirca
• Ingá Stone
• Ipiutak
• Iskanwaya
• Iximche
• Izapa
• Jaina Island
• Joara
• Joya de Cerén
• Jungle Prada MoundSt. Petersburg; Tocobaga.
• Juxtlahuaca
• Ka Lae
• Kabah
• Kaimū
• Kaminaljuyu
• Kin Kletso (Chaco)
• Kitselas Canyon
• KituwaCherokee mother town.
• Knife River Indian Villages
• Kohunlich
• Kolomoki Mounds
• Kotosh
• Kuelap
• KuhikuguXingu earthwork towns.
• Kuntur Wasi
• L'Anse aux MeadowsNorse site, about 1000 CE.
• La Mojarra
• La Quemada
• La VentaOlmec center.
• Labna
• Lake Jackson MoundsTallahassee.
• Lamanai
• Lapa do Santo
• Letchworth-Love Mounds
• Long Mile CaveTaíno.
• Los Toldos
• Lovelock Cave
• Lowry Pueblo
• Lubaantun
• Madira Bickel MoundTerra Ceia.
• Malinalco
• Manis Mastodon Site
• Marcahuamachuco
• Marmes Rockshelter
• Mayapan
• Meadowcroft Rockshelter
• Mesa Verde
• Miami Circle
• Mitla
• Mixco Viejo
• Mnjikaning Fish Weirs
• Monks Mound (Cahokia)
• Monte Albán
• Monte VerdeAbout 14,500 years old.
• Montezuma Castle
• Moray
• Moundville
• Mount Royal
• Mummy Cave
• Nakbe
• Naranjo
• Navajo National Monument
• Nazca Lines
• Newport TowerDisputed origin.
• Ninstints (SGang Gwaay)
• Norridgewock
• Obsidian Cliff
• Ocmulgee Mounds
• Orongo (Rapa Nui)
• Pachacámac
• Paisley Caves
• Palenque
• Parque Arqueológico do Solstício
• Paso de la Amada
• Pedra Furada
• Pedra Pintada
• Pendejo Cave
• Petroglyph National Monument
• Piasa
• Pictograph Cave
• Piedras Negras
• Pikimachay
• Pinson Mounds
• PipestoneSacred pipestone quarries.
• Piquillacta
• Pisac
• Port au Choix
• Poverty Point
• Pucará de Tilcara
• Puerco Pueblo and petroglyphs
• Pukara
• Pumapunku
• Pyramid of the Sun
• Qilakitsoq
• Quarai
• Quelepa
• Quilmes
• Quiriguá
• Raqchi
• Rock Eagle Effigy Mound
• Río Azul
• Río Bec
• Safety Harbor Site
• Saint Victor Petroglyphs
• Salinas Pueblo Missions
• Salmon Ruins
• San José Mogote
• San Lorenzo TenochtitlánOlmec center.
• Sandia Cave
• Santa Ana–La Florida
• Santa Elina shelter
• Saqsaywaman
• Sarcophagi of Karajía
• Sayil
• Sechín
• Seibal
• Serpent Mound
• Serranía La Lindosa rock art
• Sevilla la Nueva
• SikyátkiHopi town.
• Sillustani
• Sitio Conte
• Southwold Earthworks
• Spiro Mounds
• Stadacona
• Stone spheres of the Diquís
• Sun Temple of Sogamoso
• SunWatch Indian Village
• Taima-Taima
• Takalik Abaj
• Tamtoc
• TanasiCherokee town that gave Tennessee its name.
• Tastil
• Tazumal
• Tenayuca
• Teopantecuanitlan
• Teotihuacan
• Tequendama
• Tibes ceremonial centerTaíno.
• Tikal
• Tipón
• Tiwanaku
• Tlatelolco
• Tlatilco
• Toniná
• Tonto cliff dwellings
• Topper
• Town Creek Indian Mound
• Tremper Mound and Works
• Tres ZapotesOlmec center.
• Tulor
• Tulum
• Tusayan Ruins
• Tzintzuntzan
• Túcume
• Uaxactún
• Upano Valley sitesGarden cities in the Amazon.
• Upper Sioux Agency
• Uxmal
• Ventana Cave
• Ventarrón
• Vitcos
• Voûte à Minguet caveAyiti, Dondon; Taíno rock art.
• Walnut Canyon
• Wari
• Watson BrakeMound complex, about 3500 BCE.
• Weedon IslandSt. Petersburg.
• WerowocomocoPowhatan's capital.
• Wickliffe Mounds
• Wilson Butte Cave
• WindoverBurials preserved in peat, about 6000 BCE.
• Winterville Mounds
• Wupatki
• Xochicalco
• Xunantunich
• Yagul
• Yarumela
• Yaxchilan
• Yaxha
• Zaculeu