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Event archaeological Americas

Ischigualasto (Valley of the Moon)

9000 BCE

Lunar landscape with 230-million-year-old fossil beds containing some of Earth's earliest…

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Landmark · Americas

Ischigualasto (Valley of the Moon)

9000 BCE – still standing

Lunar landscape with 230-million-year-old fossil beds containing some of Earth's earliest dinosaurs

Standing in 9000 BCE

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Quebrada de Humahuaca Landmark · Americas 9000 BCE – still standing Ischigualasto (Valley of the Moon) Landmark · Americas 9000 BCE – still standing Jericho (Tell es-Sultan) Landmark · Middle East 9000 BCE – still standing

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9000 BCE Quebrada de Humahuaca 9000 BCE Jericho (Tell es-Sultan)