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Scenic view of grass field with mountain and cloudy sky

Tiwanaku, Bolivia - 8 May 2011: Ancient Tiwanaku ruins in Bolivia, South America

Mountains, meadow, and river on a sunny plateau

$Between 900AD and 1200AD native people inhabited the Painted Desert east of the San Francisco Peaks of Arizona. In an area so dry it would seem impossible to live, they built pueblos, harvested rainwater, grew crops and raised families. Their way of life was the key to survival in this harsh landscape. These people survived here, farming one of the warmest and driest places on the Colorado Plateau. They developed the skills to farm the land and endure hardship in an area where many would not. These ancestral Puebloan people used petrified wood not only for tools but also as a building material. Located on top of a small hill, this structure was built almost entirely of petrified wood and sealed with mud mortar. These thought-provoking remains bring to mind the innovativeness in building and the environmental challenges faced by these indigenous peoples. Based on nearby similar buildings, this pueblo was most likely part of a much larger community of \$

Rocky plateau in the Peruvian Altiplano in the Andes Mountains between Cabanaconde and Arequipa, Peru. Stormy sky, dark clouds.

A view of Sillustani Cemetery, Hatuncolla, Puno Region, Peru,

View of the Uninhabited Areas of Tibetan Plateau, China

Cloudy sky, mountains on the plateau, green land

Ponce priest monolith statue in Tiwanaku near La Paz, Bolivia.

Excavation of an medieval building in Qassiarsuk also known as Brattahlid which is an UNESCO heritage site and it is believed to have been home to the first Norsemen settlement in Greenland and home for Eric the Red - the Viking who was the first European to set foot on American soil

Puca Pucara, Ancient Inca fortress, Cuzco, Peru. South America

View of highland lake under cloudy sky (Song-Kul lake, Naryn region, Kyrgyzstan)

Tiwanaku. Ruins in Bolivia, Pre-Columbian archaeological site.

Rapa Nui ancient civilization - Moai statues in Idyllic countryside and pacific ocean waves at coastline shore, dramatic landscape panorama – Chile

Ancient Tiwanaku ruins in Bolivia, South America

Cloudy weather, meadows, rivers and mountains on the plateau

Stone walls uncovered by archaeologists at the Puma Punku section of Tiwanaku, a UNESCO world heritage site near La Paz, Tiwanaku Bolivia

Scenic view of lake Atacama desert in Chile at sunset, Valle de la Luna

rocks of volcanic origin in mountains in the Bolivian Altiplano, Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve in Bolivia.

Grassland and snow mountain in Qinghai, China

Tiwanaku, Bolivia - September 17, 2015: Typical womans in a Pre-Columbian archaeological site in western Bolivia, South America.

Mountain lakes in tundra highlands, Kyrgyzstan

Tiwanaku city in Bolivia in South America

Clouds, meadow and mountains on the plateau

Scenic view of valley and hills against cloudy sky, Mount Roraima, Roraima, Bolivar State, Venezuela.

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