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Owl Creek
Date Added: 23rd May 2019
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Owl Creek submitted by Creative Commons on 6th Jan 2019. Owl Creek Mounds The five Mississippian period platform mounds at this site were built between 1100 and 1200 A.D. The U.S. Forest Service owns two of the mounds including the largest 17-foot-high Mound I. Both are open to public visitation. Archeological excavations conducted at the site in 1991-1992 by Mississippi State University revealed the foundation remains of a ceremonial temple or elite residence that once stood atop Mound
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Park of the Canals
Date Added: 13th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
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Parthenon
Date Added: 12th Jun 2011
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Parthenon submitted by AlexHunger on 25th Aug 2006. Classic 5th Cenury BCE Temple to Athena.
At the moment, the temple is being restored, which may take until 2025. Archeologists are replacing the rusted iron pins used to secure the temple in the 19th century with non coroding Titanium ones, and various damaged pieces of marble are receiving replacement bits and pieces cut from the same quarry. The authorities are however not bringing the parthenon back to how it was before the turkish gun powder magazine explosion as too many pieces are missin...
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Pella (Greece)
Date Added: 17th Jun 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Northern Greece)
Visited: Yes on 7th May 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Pella (Greece) submitted by davidmorgan on 3rd Dec 2006. Not a lot to see here, the mosaics in the museum are good (if they're not on tour).
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Log Text: The main fully excavated and stabilized portions of the city are substantial, but one could wander over all the open areas and sporadic marked tombs outside the city for days. The site of the palace lies uphill from the new museum, and is not open to the public.
The new museum (opened in 2009) is amazing, with very good signage in Greek and English.
Petroglyph Nat. Mon.
Date Added: 24th Jan 2016
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Petroglyph Nat. Mon. submitted by mfrincu on 17th May 2015. Human figures at Piedras Marcadas in Albuquerque.
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Pharr Mounds
Date Added: 28th Apr 2017
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 6th Sep 2012
Pharr submitted by bat400 on 6th Sep 2012. Shows only some of the many domed burial mounds in the Pharr complex.
Photo by bat400, October 2011.
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Pictograph Caves
Date Added: 28th Feb 2012
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: United States (The Northwest Mountains)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1989. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Pictograph Caves submitted by Flickr on 15th Jul 2015. Pictograph_Cave_09 Image copyright: koloth440, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: See the site listing. It's not possible to get close to the pictographs, so bring binoculars.
Portland Art Museum
Date Added: 28th Apr 2017
Site Type: Museum
Country: United States (The West)
Visited: Yes on 4th Feb 2017
Portland Art Museum submitted by bat400 on 4th Feb 2017. An Anthropomorphic Figure carved from basalt. Columbia River Valley. Pre-European Contact period.
The figure is over four and a half feet tall. From the catalog: "Considering its massive size and the exaggerated genitalia touching the ground, it probably served as a public monument to commemorate an individual either real or mythical, as a symbol of fertility, strength, and renewal."
Photo by bat400, May 2013.
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Portsmouth Earthworks
Date Added: 9th Mar 2015
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Portsmouth Works submitted by durhamnature on 21st Feb 2013. Old plan of the works, from "Prehistoric America" via archive.org
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Potrero de Payogasta
Date Added: 28th Apr 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Argentina
Visited: Would like to visit on 1st Jan 0000
Potrero de Payogasta submitted by bat400 on 18th Jan 2014. The kallanka wall at Potrero de Payogasta Site in Salta Province, Argentina
Image copyright: Crazy Rabbit Run (Grey Rabbit), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Poverty Point
Date Added: 28th Apr 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 4th Sep 2012
Poverty Point submitted by bat400 on 4th Sep 2012. The "Poverty Point Objects" (PPOs). These fired earthen balls and cubes are unique to the Poverty Point culture. These on display in the park museum are decorated, although many are plain. There is a lot of speculation on what purpose they served, but a general opinion is that they were heated used for earth oven cooking, the area lacks stones more generally used for similar purposes at other sites and called "fire cracked rock" (FCR).
Photo by bat400, October 2011.
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Poverty Point - Earthworks
Date Added: 28th Apr 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 4th Sep 2012
Poverty Point - Earthworks submitted by bat400 on 4th Sep 2012. A view from the top of Mound A of the semi-circular or octagon earthwork ridge area. The curve of a ridge can be seen in the different texture of the ground cover. The white structure is a "ghost dwelling" showing the rought footprint and speculated height of one of the dwellings that were built on the ridges.
Photo by bat400, October 2011.
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Poverty Point - Mound A
Date Added: 28th Apr 2017
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 4th Sep 2012
Poverty Point - Mound A submitted by bat400 on 4th Sep 2012. Mound A seen from the south east. The 'tail' of the bird is to the right. The highest point is across the wing span, on the 'bird's' back. There is a boardwalk that allows you to walk up onto the mound.
Photo by bat400, October 2011.
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Propylaia
Date Added: 12th Jun 2011
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Propylaia submitted by AlexHunger on 27th Aug 2006. The Propylaia is the gateway to the Acropolis and a temple in its own right.
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Puca Pucara
Date Added: 25th Sep 2018
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 17th Sep 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Puca Pucara submitted by SolarMegalith on 6th Jan 2011. Ruins of Puca Pucara fort (photo taken on May 2008).
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Pueblo Grande
Trip No.1 Entry No.1 Date Added: 9th Apr 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jan 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Pueblo Grande submitted by bat400 on 9th Mar 2010. The platform mound from the northwest. The remaining walls of ground level structures in the foreground.
Photo: Jan 2010, bat400.
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Log Text: Salt River Hohokam by Public Transit and Foot.
This day trip will take you to a 1,500 year old ruin of a Hohokam village, Pueblo Grande, a butte where the Hohokam left petrogyphs, and the ruin of a Hohokam farmstead - a "suburb" of Pueblo Grande. All the sites are accessible by public transportation and walks on either city streets or maintained trails. The trip could take as little as two and a half hours or as much as five hours, but four hours touring time is a reasonable estimate if you want to fully enjoy the museum and each site.
Start at Pueblo Grande site and museum at the SE corner of Washington and 44th Street, Phoenix. On the SW corner is a [url=www.valleymetro.org/]Valley Metro[/url] light rail station, accessible by bus in the Valley Metro system. A free shuttle bus from the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport also runs to this station regularly from early morning to late evening. I made this trip as part of a planned, 6 hour layover at the airport.
Pueblo Grande is one of the main accessible Hohokam village or town sites. The prehistoric Hohokam (1AD - 1450AD) lived in central and southern Arizona. They farmed corn, beans, squash, and cotton and are best known for their water management skills. Prior to modern reservoir systems, the Salt River flowed year round and the Hohokam built and maintained irrigation systems. Along these abandoned canals the remains of their villages and extended homesteads were found by historic Europeans. Many of the canals were so well laid out that the new pioneers often followed and simply renewed prehistoric canals to supply their own fields. The Hohokam built their villages in adobe, regularly centered around platform mounds and ballcourts. Drought, floods, and possible internal conflict caused the Hohokam to abandon the Salt River Valley in the 1400's. The historic Akimel O'odham (Pima) people are the most likely descendants of the Hohokam.
The museum on site explains the irrigation systems and describes how Pueblo Grande extended over a much larger area than is preserved today.
A visit to the Pueblo Grande site can take 1-2 hours depending on your level of interest.
Now go to "Pueblo Grande - Ball Court". [URL=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=15417]http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=15417[/URL].
Pueblo Grande
Date Added: 12th Mar 2018
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 12th Mar 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Pueblo Grande submitted by bat400 on 9th Mar 2010. The platform mound from the northwest. The remaining walls of ground level structures in the foreground.
Photo: Jan 2010, bat400.
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Log Text: Still excellently maintained and easily accessible by car or public transport.
Pueblo Grande - Ball Court
Trip No.1 Entry No.2 Date Added: 9th Apr 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jan 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Pueblo Grande - Ball Court submitted by bat400 on 9th Mar 2010. The south half of the ball court. Photo: Jan 2010, bat400.
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Log Text: The ball court is on the grounds of Pueblo Grande.
Next go to "Pueblo Grande - Park of Four Waters".
[URL=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=16941]http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=16941[/URL].
Pueblo Grande - Park of Four Waters
Trip No.1 Entry No.3 Date Added: 8th Jun 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Jan 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4
Log Text: In addition to the main grounds of the site, there are regularly scheduled tours of the remains of some of the canals at the Park of Four Waters adjacent to Pueblo Grande.
Next go to "Hayden Butte". [URL=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=17352]http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=17352[/URL].
Puerco Pueblo Petroglyphs
Date Added: 12th Sep 2010
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 9th Sep 2006
Puerco Pueblo Petroglyphs submitted by bat400 on 9th Sep 2006. Puerco Pueblo Petroglyphs, Apache County, Arizona.
These petroglyphs are found immediately south of the pueblo ruins.
The ages of the figures are thought to vary, but predate European contact. Some human figures and abstract patterns can be seen here.
The site is part of the Petrified Forest National Park.
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