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Narmouthis — Southern Crocodile Temple Quarter at Medinet Madi — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Narmouthis — Southern Crocodile Temple Quarter at Medinet Madi

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Soknopaiou Nesos — Central Temple Harbour at Dime es-Sebua — Wikipedia

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Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Soknopaiou Nesos — Central Temple Harbour at Dime es-Sebua

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Soknopaiou Nesos — Western Lagoon Anchorage at Dime — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Soknopaiou Nesos — Western Lagoon Anchorage at Dime

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Sybaris — Casa Bianca Northern Quarter Annex — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Sybaris — Casa Bianca Northern Quarter Annex

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Sybaris — Northern Crati Diversion Canal Trace — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Sybaris — Northern Crati Diversion Canal Trace

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Tebtunis — Central Sobek Temple and Canal Bridge — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Tebtunis — Central Sobek Temple and Canal Bridge

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Upano — Copueno Tributary Hypothetical Mound Field — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Upano — Copueno Tributary Hypothetical Mound Field

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Upano — Huapula Southern Platform at Sangay South — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Upano — Huapula Southern Platform at Sangay South

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Upano — Southern Sangay Hypothetical Terrace Extension — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Upano — Southern Sangay Hypothetical Terrace Extension

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Articledoi.org

Kuhikugu — Fawcett's Z Ridge Hypothetical Stone City (Phantom) — contested Amazonian urbanism and LiDAR critique

M. Heckenberger, S. Rostain · 2023 · Science

Kuhikugu — Fawcett's Z Ridge Hypothetical Stone City (Phantom)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Upano — Copueno Tributary Hypothetical Mound Field — contested Amazonian urbanism and LiDAR critique

M. Heckenberger, S. Rostain · 2023 · Science

Upano — Copueno Tributary Hypothetical Mound Field

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Articledoi.org

Upano — Southern Sangay Hypothetical Terrace Extension — contested Amazonian urbanism and LiDAR critique

M. Heckenberger, S. Rostain · 2023 · Science

Upano — Southern Sangay Hypothetical Terrace Extension

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Paperdoi.org

Amazonian settlement hierarchies and causeway urbanism

E. Neves, D. Schaan · 2022 · Journal of Field Archaeology

Kuhikugu — Fawcett's Z Ridge Hypothetical Stone City (Phantom)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Paperdoi.org

Amazonian settlement hierarchies and causeway urbanism

E. Neves, D. Schaan · 2022 · Journal of Field Archaeology

Upano — Southern Sangay Hypothetical Terrace Extension

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Paperdoi.org

Amazonian settlement hierarchies and causeway urbanism

E. Neves, D. Schaan · 2022 · Journal of Field Archaeology

Upano — Copueno Tributary Hypothetical Mound Field

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Articledoi.org

Ayn Sukhna — Galala Northern Anchorage Gallery — Bosporan harbour geoarchaeology and sea-level subsidence

V. Kuznetsov, S. Olkhovskiy · 2021 · Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia

Ayn Sukhna — Galala Northern Anchorage Gallery

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

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Geoarchaeology of buried cities: Fayum and Sibari parallels

J.-P. Raynal, C. Stanley · 2020 · Geoarchaeology

Marea — Central Harbour at Lake Mareotis (Phi Loxene)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Articledoi.org

Geoarchaeology of buried cities: Fayum and Sibari parallels

J.-P. Raynal, C. Stanley · 2020 · Geoarchaeology

Sybaris — Northern Crati Diversion Canal Trace

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Articledoi.org

Geoarchaeology of buried cities: Fayum and Sibari parallels

J.-P. Raynal, C. Stanley · 2020 · Geoarchaeology

Sybaris — Casa Bianca Northern Quarter Annex

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Articledoi.org

Geoarchaeology of buried cities: Fayum and Sibari parallels

J.-P. Raynal, C. Stanley · 2020 · Geoarchaeology

Helike — Bouras Plain Western Borehole Field

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

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