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Plain of Jars — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Official UNESCO listing and criteria

Plain of Jars

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Poverty Point (Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point) — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Official UNESCO listing and criteria

Poverty Point (Monumental Earthworks of Poverty Point)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Puma Punku — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Official UNESCO listing and criteria

Puma Punku

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Rapa Nui National Park (Easter Island Moai) — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Official UNESCO listing and criteria

Rapa Nui National Park (Easter Island Moai)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Sacsayhuamán — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Official UNESCO listing and criteria

Sacsayhuamán

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites - UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO · 2023 · UNESCO

Official UNESCO listing with criteria i, ii, iii

Stonehenge

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Tiwanaku — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Official UNESCO listing and criteria

Tiwanaku

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Journal articledoi.org

European Megaliths after Antiquity Special Issue

Chris Scarre · 2020 · Antiquity

Recent dating and function

Rapa Nui National Park (Easter Island Moai)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Journal articledoi.org

European Megaliths after Antiquity Special Issue

Chris Scarre · 2020 · Antiquity

Recent dating and function

Sacsayhuamán

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Journal articledoi.org

European Megaliths after Antiquity Special Issue

Chris Scarre · 2020 · Antiquity

Recent dating and function

Puma Punku

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Journal articledoi.org

European Megaliths after Antiquity Special Issue

Chris Scarre · 2020 · Antiquity

Recent dating and function

Knowth

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Journal articledoi.org

European Megaliths after Antiquity Special Issue

Chris Scarre · 2020 · Antiquity

Recent dating and function

Yonaguni Monument

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Journal articledoi.org

European Megaliths after Antiquity Special Issue

Chris Scarre · 2020 · Antiquity

Recent dating and function

Gunung Padang

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Journal articledoi.org

European Megaliths after Antiquity Special Issue

Chris Scarre · 2020 · Antiquity

Recent dating and function

Plain of Jars

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Journal articledoi.org

Stonehenge and its Aligned Landscapes

Clive Ruggles · 2015 · Journal for the History of Astronomy

Archaeoastronomy peer-reviewed alignment analysis

Stonehenge

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2015Open source

Bookworldcat.org

Avebury

Aubrey Burl · 2002 · Constable

Gazetteer of stone circles

Avebury

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2002Open source

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Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu — UNESCO

UNESCO · 1983 · UNESCO

Machu Picchu

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1983Open source