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Maydos Kilisetepe
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Maydos Kilisetepe — buried prehistoric tell/village at Çanakkale Province.
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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Maydos Kilisetepe — buried prehistoric tell/village at Çanakkale Province.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
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Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
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🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
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🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
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🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
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🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
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🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
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🇷🇸 Serbia · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
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🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
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🇲🇽 Mexico · Tell
Medio Period (Casas Grandes, 1205–1340 CE) with Viejo substrate · Casas Grandes (Chihuahua Culture / Mogollon–Paquimé)
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🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Mississippian (Lohmann 1050–1100 through Moorehead 1200–1275, Stirling 1050–1150) · Mississippian (Cahokia Stirling phase capital)
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🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Pueblo II–III (Chacoan outlier 1110–1125, Mesa Verde 1150–1275) · Ancestral Puebloan (Chacoan outlier → Mesa Verde)
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🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Pueblo II–III (Chacoan 1010–1130 CE) · Ancestral Puebloan (Chacoan with Colonnade variant)
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🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Pueblo II–III (Chacoan outlier 1088–1125, Mesa Verde reoccupation 1180–1250) · Ancestral Puebloan (Chacoan outlier → Mesa Verde/San Juan)
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🇺🇸 United States · Tell
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🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze III through Hellenistic (EB, MBA, LB, Phoenician, Iron Greek) · Coastal Syrian → Ugaritic → Phoenician → Greek colonial
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🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Late Neolithic through Eneolithic (Boian → Gumelnița → Cernavodă) · Boian → Gumelnița (Kodžadermen-Karanovo VI) → Cernavodă
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🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
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