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Landmark Americas archaeological

Ciudad Perdida

800 CE – 1600 CE · 800 years

Lost City in Colombia's Sierra Nevada jungle, a Tairona settlement of stone terraces founded 650 years before Machu Picchu

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Landmark · Americas

Machu Picchu

1450 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Maya chiefdoms and states

2000 BCE – 1521 CE

Trade route · Americas

Mesoamerican Trade Network

1200 BCE – 1521 CE

Conflict · Americas

Tongan Maritime Power and Rivalries

1200 CE – 1600 CE

Landmark · Americas

Tak’alik Ab’aj

800 BCE – 900 CE

Polity · Americas

Vice-Royalty of New Spain

Attested 1530 CE – 1815 CE

Trade route · Americas

Polynesian Eastward Voyaging

700 CE – 1300 CE

Conflict · Americas

Maya City-State Wars

400 BCE – 900 CE

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800 CE Mississippian Warfare 828 CE Pueblo Bonito 850 CE Chan Chan 850 CE Quilmes Ruins 850 CE Chaco Canyon

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