Looking, for some good sights to vacation to? Wanting to learn some new things about Archaeology? Here are the top five places to go in North America if you answered yes to all of these.
Coming in at number 5 is the beautiful Teotihuacan, the oldest on the list making ti very rich with History. Teotihuacan is located Northeast of Mexico City. Teotihuacan was once the largest urban areas in North America, and even could have competed against Rome in 500 B.C. There are many beautiful sites here some specific sights that stand out more then others are Calzada de los Muertos (Avenue of the Dead), Pyramid of the Sun (Currently the worlds third largest pyramid), and the pyramid of the moon.
Considered by many who live in the country Mexico's most breathtaking archaeological site, number four is the awe striking Palenque, located in the state of Chiapas. Here they have beautiful architecture decorating the buildings and a few very important Mayan temples. There are still many archaeologist excavating this site too.
As we head over to the U.S. you will find the Mesa Verde national park neat Cortez Colorado. Number three on our list has more than 4,000 known archaeological sites, among them of which some 600-plus cliff dwellings of the ancestral Pueblo people. Also at this extravagant place you can find the beautiful Sun Temple.
One of the most dignified and highly notable archaeological remains in North America can be discovered in New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon. Number two on our list is a scenic place surrounded by mountains and mesas, filled with quiet Chacoan sites, ancient roads, rock art, and prehistoric stairways.
A group of people you might have heard of Called the Icelandic Vikings landed in what is today known as Newfoundland, Canada. It is on this island where the oldest known European settlement in North America is located. This area, Founded around A.D. 1000, called L’Anse Aux Meadows showed a small community, including houses, several workshops and a small forge, where iron was smelted in the New World for the first time.
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