🇺🇸 United States · Ancient city
Kin Bineola — Chaco Outlier Great House South
Pueblo II–III Chacoan (1080–1140 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo (Chacoan)
South Road Great House 1080 CE — 120 rooms, kiva & 9 m Chaco road.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Hungo Pavi (Chaco Canyon)
Pueblo II-III; Chacoan · Chacoan Ancestral Pueblo → McElmo
Chaco south-side great house (72 rooms, 1100 CE) with tower kiva, enclosed plaza and South Road segment — Bonito to McElmo transition across canyon.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Liberty Earthworks
Middle Woodland Hopewell 100–350 CE · Hopewell tradition
Hopewell square 320 m with corner circles and Liberty Mound, Chillicothe cluster component.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Rock Hawk Effigy Mound
Woodland–Archaic 1000 BCE–1000 CE · Woodland peoples
30-m quartz hawk effigy on Oconee River, paired with Rock Eagle.
🇺🇸 United States · Submerged site
Sunken City off Burn Dhara
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Sunken City off Burn Dhara in Ohio, United States is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Necropolis
Syke-Bagh Necropolis
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Syke-Bagh Necropolis in Ohio, United States is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) necropolis attributed to Harappan culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Hillfort
Ard-Wall Camp
Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) · Nazca
Ard-Wall Camp in Ohio, United States is a Nazca (100 BCE–800 CE) hillfort attributed to Nazca culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Fort Walton Mound
Mississippian Fort Walton 1100–1550 CE · Fort Walton (Mississippian Pensacola variant)
Fort Walton culture temple mound on Choctawhatchee Bay, 1100–1550 CE.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Jaketown Site
Late Archaic–Poverty Point ca. 1700–1500 BCE · Poverty Point culture (Jaketown phase)
8-mound Poverty Point–related center, 1700–1500 BCE.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Newark Earthworks
Hopewell culture 100 BCE–500 CE · Hopewell (Adena descended, Algonquian? cohort)
Hopewell giant geometric enclosures marking 18.6-yr lunar cycle.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Winterville Mounds
Plaquemine Mississippian Coles Creek-Winterville 900–1450 CE · Coles Creek / Plaquemine
16.7 m truncated pyramid center of 23-mound plaza, 1200–1400 CE.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Burned Destruction Horizon West
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Burned Destruction Horizon West in Ohio Valley, United States is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Wijiji (Chaco Canyon)
Pueblo III; late McElmo revival · Mesa Verde McElmo → Chaco East Wash
Late McElmo eastern great house (30 rooms, 1105–1115 CE) at Chaco Wash narrows — single-wing McElmo revival after main canyon collapse, with check dams.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Nazca Hummingbird Annex North
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Nazca Hummingbird Annex North in Great Plains, United States is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Submerged site
Atlit Yam Well Extension North — Florida Shelf (Miami)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Atlit Yam Well Extension North in Florida Shelf, United States is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Classical culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Paquimé Casas Grandes Compound — Mississippi Valley (St Louis)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Paquimé Casas Grandes Compound in Mississippi Valley, United States is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Plastered Floor House Cluster South — Ohio Valley (Columbus)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Plastered Floor House Cluster South in Ohio Valley, United States is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Aqueduct Arch Section South — Southwest (Santa Fe)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Aqueduct Arch Section South in Southwest, United States is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Hopewell Octagon Annex
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Hopewell Octagon Annex in Mississippi Valley, United States is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Medieval culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient city
Machu Picchu Outlier Terrace
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Machu Picchu Outlier Terrace in Colorado Plateau, United States is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Letchworth-Love Mounds Archaeological State Park
Woodland Weeden Island 200–800 CE · Weeden Island (Swift Creek)
14 m platform mound, largest Woodland mound in Florida, 200–800 CE.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Miamisburg Mound
Early Woodland Adena 1000–200 BCE · Adena
Second-largest conical mound in Ohio (65 ft/20 m high, 877 ft circumference) and tallest surviving Adena mound, preserved at Miamisburg Mound State Park.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Pueblo Bonito - Chaco Canyon Great House
Chacoan Phenomenon 828–1126 CE · Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) Chaco
Pueblo Bonito – Chaco's 800-room D-shaped great house (828–1126 CE), 4 stories, 650 rooms, theatral central plaza and 32 kivas, aligned to cardinal directions and Chaco meridian.
🇺🇸 United States · Tumulus
Pyramid of the Sun Annex — Mississippi Valley (Cahokia)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Pyramid of the Sun Annex in Mississippi Valley, United States is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) tumulus attributed to Local Neolithic culture.