The Heritage Atlas

Heritage sites in Oceania

2 sites — filter by era and region, then open a pin to read the archaeologist’s notes.

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Australia · at least 6,600 years old

Gunditjmara channels, weirs and dams built to trap and farm eels in lava-flow wetlands.

Chile · moai c. 1250–1500 CE

Nearly a thousand stone figures carved by Polynesian settlers in the middle of the Pacific.

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