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Archaeological & historic sites in North America

1,907 archaeological & historic sites in North America, spread across 21 countries. The best known is Chichen Itza in Mexico. The 96 best known are below; the rest are on the map.

In North America
1,907
Countries
21
Share of world
14%
Little known
1,669 of 1,907

Archaeological & historic sites in North America, by country

Every country here with at least one. Those with a page of their own link through.

Archaeological & historic sites elsewhere

Europe8,330 Asia2,227 Africa587 South America258 Oceania154

Questions about this page

What are the best known archaeological & historic sites in North America?

Chichen Itza in Mexico leads the list. Pre-Columbian Maya city in Mexico.

Which country in North America has the most?

United States (1,519), Canada (142) and Mexico (141). That ranks how much Wikidata records, not what exists on the ground.

How much of the world is that?

1,907 of the 14,002 archaeological & historic sites on this atlas, so 14%. The rest are on the worldwide page.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.

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