List of archaeological sites in Chile

Archaeological sites are distributed throughout all regions of Chile.

Site Region Associated culture Type Age References
Atacama Giant Atacama Geoglyph ca 1000–1400 CE
Pucará de Quitor Atacama Atacameño Pukara ca 1100 CE
Tulor Atacama Atacameño Settlement 380 BCE–1200 CE
Easter Island Polynesia Rapanui Various ca 300–1700 CE
Huaca de Chena Central Chile PromaucaeInca Huaca 1380–1450 CE
Pukara de La Compañia Central Chile PromaucaeInca Pukara 1380–1450 CE
Pucara del Cerro La Muralla Central Chile Inca Pukara
Mocha Island Southern Chile Mapuche, Polynesians
Purén Southern Chile Mapuche Mounds
Raised fields of Budi Lake Southern Chile Mapuche Raised fields
Chan-Chan Southern Chile Chanchaense Complex Camp 6,420–5,730 BP
Pilauco Bajo Southern Chile 11,000–12,500 BP [1]
Monte Verde Southern Chile Settlement 13,500 BP
Madre de Dios Island Patagonia Kaweshkar Cave paintings
Pali-Aike Patagonia Camp
Cueva Fell Patagonia Camp

References

  1. Pino, Mario; Chávez-Hoffmeister, Martín; Navarro-Harris, Ximena; Labarca, Rafael (2013), "The late Pleistocene Pilauco site, Osorno, south-central Chile", Quaternary International


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