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  2. List of destroyed heritage of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Notable examples include: Marietta Earthworks - almost entirely covered by the city of Marietta. Newark Earthworks - numerous probable ceremonial walkways and several large enclosures lost to urban expansion of Newark. Mound City Group - Mostly destroyed during the construction of Camp Sherman. Evidence of the mounds is still present below the ...

  3. List of national monuments of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Formerly known as Gran Quivira National Monument, it is where Native American trade communities of Tiwa- and Tompiro-speaking Puebloans lived when Spanish Franciscan missionaries made contact in the 17th century. What remains are the ruins of four mission churches, at Quarai, Abó, and Gran Quivira, and the partially excavated pueblo of Las ...

  4. Category:Ruins in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. List of World Heritage Sites in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The World Heritage Site also includes the ruins at the Aztec Ruins National Monument and some smaller sites. [25] Hawaii Volcanoes National Park: Hawaii: 1987 409; viii (natural) The park on the island of Hawaii is home to Kīlauea and Mauna Loa, two of the most active and among the best studied volcanoes in the world. Mauna Loa reaches 13,680 ...

  6. List of historical maps - Wikipedia

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    Map of Maximus Planudes (c. 1300), earliest extant realization of Ptolemy's world map (2nd century) Gangnido (Korea, 1402) Bianco world map (1436) Fra Mauro map (c. 1450) Map of Bartolomeo Pareto (1455) Genoese map (1457) Map of Juan de la Cosa (1500) Cantino planisphere (1502) Piri Reis map (1513) Dieppe maps (c. 1540s-1560s) Mercator 1569 ...

  7. Pueblo Grande de Nevada - Wikipedia

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    Native American history [ edit ] The site, also known as Nevada's "Lost City" , [ 2 ] was founded by Basketmaker people about 300 A.D., and was later occupied by other groups and the Ancestral Pueblo until 1150 A.D. [ 3 ] The site also shows signs of human occupation as early as 8000 BC.

  8. Archaeology of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    The archaeology of the Americas is the study of the archaeology of the Western Hemisphere, including North America (Mesoamerica), Central America, South America and the Caribbean. This includes the study of pre-historic/ pre-Columbian and historic indigenous American peoples , as well as historical archaeology of more recent eras, including the ...

  9. Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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    Ocmulgee (/ oʊ k ˈ m ʌ l ɡ iː /) is a memorial to ancient indigenous peoples in Southeastern North America. The name comes from the Mikasuki Oki Molki , meaning 'Bubbling Water'. [ 6 ] From Ice Age hunters to the Muscogee Creek tribe of historic times, the site has evidence of 12,000 years of human habitation.