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World Heritage places tagged “astronomy” in United States · Mysteria

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World Heritage places tagged “astronomy” in United States

2 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

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Megaliths

🇺🇸 United States

UNESCO World Heritage

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🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder

Fajada Butte

Pueblo II–III Bonito 1000–1150 CE · Ancestral Pueblo (Chacoan)

Chacoan Sun Dagger butte: three slabs create dagger beam on spirals marking solstices and lunar standstill.

✓VerifiedUNESCO

🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder

Chaco Culture National Historical Park

Pueblo II–III 850–1250 CE (Chacoan fluorescence 1020–1140) · Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) / Chacoan

Chacoan canyon with 15 monumental Great Houses (Pueblo Bonito 650 rooms, 35 kivas) and engineered roads, built 850–1150 CE by Ancestral Puebloans as ritual and trade center for San Juan Basin,…