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They divided the archaeological record in the Americas into five phases, only three of which applied to North America. [1] The use of these divisions has diminished in most of North America due to the development of local classifications with more elaborate breakdowns of times. [2] 1. The Paleo-Indians stage and/or Lithic stage 2. The Archaic ...
Oldest building in Martinique. In ruins. [47] Located within the Martinique Zoo. [48] Ursulines of Quebec: Quebec City, Quebec Canada: 1641–1642 Monastery: Oldest extant building in Canada. Oldest institution of learning for women in North America. [49] St. Thomas' Lowland Church: Saint Thomas Lowland Parish Saint Kitts and Nevis: 1643 Church
Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua: Izabal Department, Guatemala: i, ii, iv (cultural) — 1981 Quiriguá is an ancient Maya archaeological site that flourished during the Late Classic. The ruins of the site contain outstanding carved stelae and sculpted calendars.
Ruins on the National Register of Historic Places (1 C, 115 P) Pages in category "Ruins in the United States" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total.
From the Mayan ruins of Mexico (and yes, Mexico and Central America are part of North America) to the pueblo dwellings of the United States and the ancient Viking settlements of Canada, here is a ...
This deliberately excludes ruins of limited height and statues. The list also excludes: dolmens, a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of three or more upright stones supporting a large flat horizontal capstone. Dolmens were typically covered with earth or smaller stones to form a tumulus (which are included in the list ...
The ruins contain Pueblo structures from the 11th to 13th centuries with more than 400 masonry rooms which were misidentified by early American settlers as Aztec. It has been included in the Chaco Culture World Heritage Site, which also includes Chaco Culture National Historical Park. [24]
In North America, indigenous cultures in the Lower Mississippi Valley during the Middle Archaic period built complexes of multiple mounds, with several in Louisiana dated to 5600–5000 BP (3700 BC–3100 BC). Watson Brake is considered the oldest, multiple mound complex in the Americas, as it has been dated to 3500 BC. It and other Middle ...