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Chysauster
Date Added: 4th Aug 2017
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Chysauster submitted by cromagnonman on 2nd Mar 2011. Part of Chysauster taken at sunrise. Spring 2011
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Chysauster Fogou
Date Added: 4th Aug 2017
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Chysauster Fogou submitted by enkidu41 on 26th Apr 2004. SW 4720 3483
Only 2 roofing lintels remain of this fogou associated with Chysauster Courtyard House village. The English Heritage response to the cost of restoration is sadly predictable.
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Cahokia - Kunnemann Group
Date Added: 25th Aug 2017
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 20th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3
Cahokia - Kunnemann Group submitted by durhamnature on 3rd Mar 2013. Excavation of Kunnemann Mound, one of 6-11, from "Cahokia Mounds" via archive.org
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Horseshoe Lake Mound
Date Added: 25th Aug 2017
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 20th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3
Horseshoe Lake Mound submitted by bat400 on 7th Sep 2017. The wooded area may indicate the remnant of the platform mound at this village site.
Photo by bat400, 20Aug2017.
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Common Fields
Date Added: 25th Aug 2017
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The Plains)
Visited: Yes on 21st Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3
Common Fields submitted by bat400 on 18th Oct 2007. Common Fields Site just south east of Ste Genevieve, MO. This mound is all that is left of a small Mississippian village. This view is from the railroad grade just west of the mound.
Photo by bat400, 13 Oct 2007.
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Log Text: Used the mound as a backdrop for a series of photographs I took leading up to the total solar eclipse at 1318, 21 Aug 2017. On a previous visit it appeared that a farm road north of the mound was the closest access point (one could drive as far as the railroad,) but the county road south of the mound is a far better view point.
Desert Botanical Gardens
Date Added: 12th Mar 2018
Site Type: Museum
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 12th Mar 2018. My rating: Ambience 5 Access 5
Desert Botanical Gardens submitted by TimPrevett on 21st Apr 2011. The section of the Desert Botanical Gardens which covers Native dwellings and skills related to prehistoric American lifestyles.
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Log Text: The museum displays of the Garden covering the Lifeways of people who lived in the Sonoran Desert remain well maintained and diverting. Docents stoll by frequently, ready to answer questions.
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.
White Tank Mountains Petroglyphs
Date Added: 12th Mar 2018
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 12th Mar 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
White Tank Mountains Petroglyphs submitted by Flickr on 14th Apr 2014. Petroglyph along Waterfall Canyon Trail Image copyright: rightthewrong (Ryan Knapp), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: A large regional park in the desert mountains to the west of the Phoenix area. Petroglyphs attributed to the Hohokam (most are abstract and not clearly representational.) The concentrations of these glyphs are on the Waterfall Canyon trail and the Black Rock trail, but can also be seen in other places in the park.
Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve
Date Added: 12th Mar 2018
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: United States (The Southwest)
Visited: Yes on 15th Mar 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve submitted by TimPrevett on 9th Dec 2009. Specimen of the large amount of rock art to be found here at Deer Valley Rock Art Center.
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Log Text: A site with many, many individual glyphs. Take binoculars to better appreciate the art, which includes both representational figures and those that appear much more abstract.
A very well presented site with easy access on a flat quarter mile sand, gravel and concrete footpath. (Wheel chair access with minor assistance is possible on the trail.)
Caral
Date Added: 6th Nov 2018
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Caral submitted by sophs74 on 22nd Aug 2011. Archaeologists lunch break at Caral, Peru
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Log Text: A wonderful and astonishing place. Caral is surrounded by hills on all sides; the entry to the site is generally along the Supe River coming from the coast and the Pan-American highway. For late August we were very lucky as the dense coastal overcast broke the afternoon we were there and held off until the sun began to set. Once away from the river valley itself the Peruvean coast is arid and the pyramids of Caral exist in this stark landscape.
Walkways and signage (with substantial English translations from the Spanish) are what a western tourist would expect, although trained local guides are provided, and I believe, required. The tourist route is a circuit of the ceremonial plaza surrounded by the stepped pyramids. At each pyramid there is a sign displaying major artifact finds at that building. You cannot climb up into the structures.
I am uncertain whether one can walk into the western portion of the site, where most residential complexes were built (but these would be generally much less interesting, I would think.)
There is an open air museum near the parking area / site entrance with artifacts and replicas in cases and many displays explaining Caral and what is known about its culture.
We visited Caral as part of a 9 day tour of archaeological sites in Northern Peru through WH Tours. Ask me about them - they are great.
Bandurria
Date Added: 4th Nov 2018
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Bandurria submitted by bat400 on 29th Oct 2018. Site in Huaura Province, Lima Region,, Peru.
The two largest stepped platform buildings. The were built sequentially, the one on the left is the earliest. There are sunken plazas in front of each building, and unexcavated mounds out of the boundary of the photo to the left. A river valley is directly beyond the buildings and a laggon and the sea are to the right.
Photo by bat400, September 2018.
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Log Text: We visited Bandurria as part of a 9 day tour of archaeological sites in Northern Peru through WH Tours. Ask me about them - they are great.
Vichama
Date Added: 30th Mar 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Vichama submitted by bat400 on 21st Mar 2019. Site in Lima Region, Peru.
La Hornacinas (The Niches), the principal building in sector A. A relief thought to be a frog and lightning, possibly symbolizing rebirth. This is the highest relief art in the building complex and part of the penultimate building phases.
Photo by bat400, Sept 2018.
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Log Text: Vichama differs from Caral and Banduria by the pictorial reliefs that have been found on several walls of elite residencies and ceremonial sites. The largest of these are easily seen at the primary site which included both a a large circular courtyard with ceremonial building over looking it. There are two walls depicting figures. Many of these appear to be starving figures, while others may be either be in the midst of some sort of exclamation or dance. The starving figures point to sunken abdomens or skeletal remains, but ts difficult to be certain if the other figures depict mournful grief or happy rejoicing.
In 2018 another, smaller wall of even more abstract figures, including snakes and faces was found. This wall has not been stabilized and was covered when we visited.
Ichik Willkawain
Date Added: 24th Sep 2018
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Ichik Willkawain submitted by bat400 on 22nd Oct 2018. Site in Ancash Dept., Peru.
Photo by bat400, September 2018.
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Willkawain
Date Added: 24th Sep 2018
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Ichik Willkawain submitted by bat400 on 22nd Oct 2018. Site in Ancash Dept., Peru.
Photo by bat400, September 2018.
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Chavín de Huantar
Date Added: 9th Oct 2018
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 2nd Sep 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Chavín de Huantar submitted by sophs74 on 22nd Aug 2011. Tunnels inside the pyramid at Chavin de Huantar, Huaraz, Peru
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Sechin Alto
Date Added: 25th Sep 2018
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 3rd Sep 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Log Text: Sechin Alto is a large and somewhat chaotic site with no signage. Its completely surrounded by mango orchards ("Mangos are money." said our guide.) If you are shown where to climb up on paths and among the sharp edged rock pieces that make up the structure, you can see foundations of rooms, platforms, and an area in the central mound made from piled adobe.
This is a stark and exposed site. Awesome and intimidating.
Chankillo Fortress
Date Added: 28th Sep 2018
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 3rd Sep 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Chankillo Fortress submitted by bat400 on 15th Nov 2018. The Chankillo hilltop "Fortress" with its concentric walls and the thirteen sighting towers in the valley beyond and to the left in this picture.
Photo by bat400.
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Chankillo - 13 Towers
Date Added: 28th Sep 2018
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Peru
Visited: Saw from a distance on 3rd Sep 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Access 2
Chankillo - 13 Towers submitted by sophs74 on 22nd Aug 2011. Chanquillo Solar Observatory Towers, in the desert near Casma, Peru
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Cerro Sechin
Date Added: 8th Oct 2018
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 3rd Sep 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Cerro Sechin submitted by sophs74 on 22nd Aug 2011. Carvings of a gorey prehistoric battle adorn the walls at Cerro Sechin, warriors wielding stone axes are depicted decapitating their enemies, disembodied body parts and streams of blood are carefully carved to show what a fearsome fighting force they were, Sechin Bajo, Casma, Peru... easy to reach from town, a short walk / motorbike taxi ride, great onsite museum where guide can be hired to take one to less accessible / lesser known local antiquities.
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Log Text: "Cerro" is the actual hill immediately behind where this structure was built. A path along the hillside above the building was described by our guide as being a modern structure meant to prevent erosion and landslides, but I'm not certain that this wasn't a translating error on our part.
A common theory about the building is that incised slabs of warriors and the dead were put into place as a combination of a warning to those who might oppose the Sechin power and a statement of triumph over their enemies. The depictions of dead (sacrificed?) include streams of blood flowing from missing eyes, severed heads and limbs. Combined with the slightly cartoonish presentation, I found this to be one of the more unsettling depictions of ancient violence I've seen at ancient sites, which is saying a lot.
Nearby there are half finished slabs of stone with similar engraving, but all of them have either flaws in the stone itself or actual errors in the carving (misplaced facial features, asymmetries, or just plain ugly) and appear to have been abandoned midway through the process.
A small museum is on site as well, with textiles, ceramics, and human remains from a burial. Several hairless Peruvian dogs live here in the outside area.
El Brujo
Date Added: 28th Sep 2018
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 6th Sep 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
El Brujo submitted by dt44 on 29th Nov 2010. General view of the site
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