Ancient sites in United States

Discover 4 ancient sites in United States, including Butler Wash, Effigy Mounds Iowa and Mesa Verde National Park, and more. Each has its story, photos, location and games to test what you learned.

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Butler WashA cliff village of about 1200 CE in a sandstone alcove on Utah's Comb Ridge, which Hopi people call a footprint of their ancestors.
Effigy Mounds IowaEarthen bears and birds on bluffs above the Mississippi, raised by American Indian communities, most between about 650 and 1200 CE.
Mesa Verde National ParkSandstone villages built into canyon alcoves by Ancestral Pueblo farmers in the 1200s, still visited by their descendants.
White Mountain PetroglyphsBison hunts, Plains horsemen and deep-cut handprints on a sandstone cliff in Wyoming's Red Desert, still read in more than one way.

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