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Excavated platform mounds

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Verified9 Widely accepted0 Contested0 Hypothetical0 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology0

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Platform mounds9 Mounds7 Earthworks5 Ancient cities2 Ancient villages2 Canal towns2

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🇺🇸United States7 🇪🇨Ecuador2

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Partially excavated7 Buried2

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platform mound4 amazon andes2 earthwork2 garden2 hohokam2 kilimope2 mississippian

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Platform mounds

🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid

El Cerrito — Pyramid of Pueblito Pyramid Querétaro

Toltec-Epiclassic (700–1200 CE El Cerrito dominance) · Toltec-related Querétaro (Tula hemisphere)

El Cerrito excavated by INAH 1940s and 1990s, Toltec regional capital pyramid 12 m on Cerro Gordo.

🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village

Hohokam — Snaketown Ballcourt and Platform Mound

Hohokam Pioneer to Classic (300 BCE–1450 CE; Snaketown I 700 CE) · Hohokam (Gila)

Gila Snaketown excavated by Haury 1964–65, ballcourts 700 CE, shell Etched, canal 160 km Hatt.