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9,961 sources · Websites

Websiteblm.gov

Bouse Fisherman — BLM

BLM Yuma · 2022 · BLM

Bouse Fisherman Intaglio (Fisherman Geoglyph)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepucp.academia.edu

Proyecto Quebrada Santo Domingo

PUCP · 2022 · PUCP

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Quebrada Santo Domingo Geoglyphs

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Taosi Township — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

Coordinates 35°53′57″N 111°29′58″E verified

Taosi

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Torihama Shell Midden — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

Wakasa Torihama lacquer and canoe 7000 BCE

Torihama Shell Midden

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitearcheologie.culture.gouv.fr

Ulug Depe — French-Turkmen Archaeological Mission

MAFTur · 2024 · CNRS

Location Dushak near Kaahka approximate

Ulug-Depe

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Vat Phou — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

Coordinates 14.84833N 105.82222E verified

Vat Phou (Vat Phou and Associated Settlements)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Bagor, Rajasthan — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

Coordinates 25°21′27″N 74°22′23″E verified

Bagor

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Gilund — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024 · Wikimedia

Coordinates 25.0327N 74.263686E verified

Gilund

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitelatitude.to

Gniezno – Wikipedia 52.5348,17.5826

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Gniezno – Early Piast Stronghold on Lech Hill

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Grobiņa Archaeological Ensemble – UNESCO Tentative 6258

UNESCO · 2024 · UNESCO

3,000 graves Scandinavian

Grobin (Grobiņa) Viking Age Scandinavian Settlement

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitemapcarta.com

Jeitun — Mapcarta

Mapcarta · 2024 · Mapcarta

Coordinates 38.10352N 58.2065E verified

Jeitun (Djeitun)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitemapcarta.com

Koldihwa Archaeological Site — Mapcarta

Mapcarta · 2024 · Mapcarta

Location 80 km SE Allahabad on Belan

Koldihwa

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitestrabon.io

Namazga-Tepe — Strabon.io

Strabon · 2024 · Strabon

Coordinates 37.372778N 59.556944E verified

Namazga-Tepe

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitezabytek.pl

Ostrów Lednicki – Museum of First Piasts – Zabytek 52°31′33″N 17°22′48″E

Zabytek · 2024 · Zabytek

7.5 ha island fort Mieszko I

Ostrów Lednicki – Piast Stronghold on Lake Lednica

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitedownload.osmand.net

Sopot Grodzisko (5).JPG – Wikimedia Commons (branch of Gdańsk Archaeol. Museum)

Wikimedia Commons · 2024 · Wikimedia

Sopot Grodzisko Early Medieval Stronghold

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteits-poland.com

The Archaeological Open-Air Museum Grodzisko in Sopot – ITS Poland

ITS Poland · 2024 · ITS Poland

8th–10th c. stronghold branch

Sopot Grodzisko Early Medieval Stronghold

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitewondermondo.com

Brahmagiri megaliths — Wondermondo

Wondermondo · 2023 · Wondermondo

Coords 14°48′N 76°49′E granite hill

Brahmagiri

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Aizkraukle – Wikipedia coordinates

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Aizkraukle Hillfort on the Daugava

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Altes Lager Menzlin – Wikipedia (Stone ships)

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Altes Lager Menzlin – Slavic–Viking Trading Post

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Apuolė Hillfort – Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Apuolė Hillfort – Earliest Lithuanian Stronghold

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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