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Excavation ongoing places tagged “formative”

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Verified14 Widely accepted1 Contested0 Hypothetical0 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology0

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Pyramids9 Temple complexes7 Archaeological wonders6 Earthworks4 Formatives3

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🇵🇪Peru8 🇲🇽Mexico3 🇪🇨Ecuador2 🇧🇴Bolivia1 🇨🇱Chile1

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formative15 pyramid4 amazon2 ecuador2 geoglyph2 peru2 adobera1 agricultural

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basin of mexico1

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🇵🇪 Peru · Hydraulic works

Cumbemayo Aqueduct, Cajamarca

Andean Formative (Early Horizon) · Cajamarca (Cumbemayo culture) pre-Chavín

Andean 9-km zigzag rock-cut canal 1500 BCE with zigzag flow-slowing and Frailones hoodoos.

🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient city

Upano Valley Urban Complex

Formative to Regional Development (500 BCE–600 CE) · Kilamope (Upano) culture; Sangay phase Huapula

Lost Amazon cities (500 BCE–600 CE) under Upano forest—20 towns, 6,000 mounds and 25 km of roads revealed by 2024 LiDAR.