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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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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.
Koerbelitz Steingrab
Date Added: 27th Nov 2017
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Koerbelitz Steingrab submitted by KaiHofmann on 30th Jul 2013. The Koerbelitz Dolmen.
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Log Text: On a whim, we turned off the highway when we saw a sign, and then we kept following signs until we arrived. An interesting combination of the tomb and the wind turbines beyond it, I was impressed by the local sense of ownership. In addition to access and a place to park there was a low table for picnics complete with a flower arrangement.
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.
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.)
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.
Museo Tumbas Reales de Sipán
Date Added: 24th Sep 2018
Site Type: Museum
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 7th Sep 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Museo Tumbas Reales de Sipán submitted by bat400 on 27th Sep 2016. El Señor de Sipán, original artifacts now in the Royal Tombs of Sipán museum, Lambayeque, Peru.
CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=391955.
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Log Text: A very fine museum, well laid out, sympathetic lighting and adequate signage in Spanish and English. The majority of the remains of royal tombs discovered at Sipan are here, with the finds displayed separately from a recreation with models of the tomb as uncovered.
Huaca Rajada
Date Added: 24th Sep 2018
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 24th Sep 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Log Text: The civic center associated with the famous "Lord of Sipan" tomb finds. Visible are the large adobe pyramids, and a burial platform. The tombs found in the burial platform remain open and contain simple reproductions of the tomb finds as well as signage describing the tombs.
The pyramids themselves are dramatically eroded, but careful examination shows the adobe brick structure. A nearby museum describes the Moche culture and multiple noble burials, but the finds from the tomb of the "Lord of Sipan" himself are in the museum of the Royal Tombs innearby Lambayeque City. Please visit here as well you show your support of the local village and the vendors who work near the museum.
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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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.
Chotuna-Chornancap
Date Added: 25th Sep 2018
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 8th Sep 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Chotuna-Chornancap submitted by bat400 on 17th Sep 2012. Depiction of Naymlap arriving at Chotuna-Chornancap on his balsa raft.
Naymlap, gold plaque, Chimu 1000-1450 A.D.
Photo by wikipedian user: Paname-IV, copyright holder
Date: 31 Dec 2010
Source: Lombards Museum.
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
Site in Peru
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Chinchero
Date Added: 25th Sep 2018
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 13th Sep 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Chinchero submitted by Jurgen on 5th Dec 2006. Sacred Valley of the Incas, Cusco, Peru.
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Tambomachay
Date Added: 25th Sep 2018
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 13th Sep 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Tambomachay submitted by davidmorgan on 23rd Apr 2010. Water is channelled down through this structure.
November 1994.
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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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Qenko
Date Added: 25th Sep 2018
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 17th Sep 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Qenko submitted by Michelledubois on 11th Oct 2011. Near Cuzco is at a site called Qenqo, which is a monstrous rock all carved out with tunnels inside, and the whole upper surface is a maze of sculpted surfaces. The stone is andesite. The "thing" in this photo creates a perfect Puma head shadow 2 times a year. Nobody knows its true purpose.
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Cusco
Date Added: 25th Sep 2018
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 15th Sep 2018
Cusco - Qorikancha submitted by davidmorgan on 7th Jan 2011. The remains of the Inca Temple of the Sun lie beneath the Cathedral of Santo Domingo.
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Las Salinas
Date Added: 25th Sep 2018
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 13th Sep 2018
Las Salinas submitted by pab on 13th Nov 2013. Ancient salt pans, Peru.
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Log Text: Our guide told us that although salt had been collected hear long before the Spanish conquest, the number and extent of the salt pans seen today are a modern feature. Even in his own lifetime the area of the "works" were dramatically smaller. Having said that, the methodology appears to not have changed for many hundreds of years.
Moray Terraces
Date Added: 25th Sep 2018
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 13th Sep 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Moray Terraces submitted by pab on 7th Nov 2013. Moray craters, Peru.
This series of craters was a delight. On the plateau above the Urubamba river valley, there is a series of 4 terraced craters which have been shown to have pre-Inca beginnings.
They are up to half a mile across, and over a hundred feet deep in places.
What is really fascinating is the fact that, because of their depth and orientation, there can be a temperature difference of 15 °C (27 °F) between the bottom of the craters and the tops!
The craters may have ...
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