America’s most important archaeological discoveries
Karlina Valeiko
24 April 2023
Fascinating finds
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Winnemucca Lake petroglyphs, Nevada
Larry V. Benson, USGS/Wikimedia Commons/CC0
Montezuma Castle National Monument, Arizona
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Fossilised footprints, White Sands National Park, New Mexico
Courtesy of National Park Service
Clovis points, New Mexico and others
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Cactus Hill Archaeological Site, Virginia
Brad McDonald/Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Alamosaurus, Big Bend National Park, Texas
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Kinishba Ruins, Arizona
salmonbay/Pixabay
Poverty Point World Heritage Site, Louisiana
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Kennewick Man, Washington
We Shoot/Alamy
Sand Island Petroglyphs, Bluff, Utah
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Serpent Mound Historical Site, Ohio
Eric Ewing/Wikimedia/CC BY-SA 3.0
Judaculla Rock, Cullowhee, North Carolina
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Hohokam Canal System, Arizona
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Moundville Archaeological Site, Alabama
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SunWatch Indian Village, Ohio
Asawyer sunwatch/Wikimedia Commons/CC0
Cliff Palace, Colorado
Steve Bower/Shutterstock
Horseshoe Canyon rock art, Canyonlands National Park, Utah
Bruce Montagne/Dembinsky Photo Associates/Alamy
Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico
LHBLLC/Shutterstock
Meadowcroft Rockshelter, Pennsylvania
Sipa US/Alamy
Blythe Intaglios, Colorado Desert, California
David McNew/Getty
The Maine penny, Maine
Stenersen, L. B/Wikimedia Commons/CC0
Dighton Rock, Massachusetts
Tom Croke/Alamy
Spears at Cooper's Ferry, Idaho
Bureau of Land Management/Wikimedia Commons/CC0
Folsom site, New Mexico
Courtesy of US department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
Cahokia, Illinois
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Lake Winnipesaukee mystery stone, New Hampshire
John Phelan/Wikimedia/CC BY-SA 3.0
Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico
Abbie Warnock-Matthews/Shutterstock
Rimrock Draw Rockshelter site, Oregon
University of Oregon
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