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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic (6000–5200 BCE) · Çatalhöyük-Chalcolithic
Çatalhöyük West Mound — Chalcolithic in Konya Plain, Çumra, Turkey is a Chalcolithic (6000–5200 BCE) tell attributed to Çatalhöyük-Chalcolithic culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Mesolithic (7800 BCE) · Mesolithic Howick
Howick Mesolithic House in Northumberland, North East England, United Kingdom is a Mesolithic (7800 BCE) ancient village attributed to Mesolithic Howick culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village
Teotihuacan Classic · Teotihuacan
Tepantitla Palace / Tetitla Apartments, Teotihuacan (detailed) in State of Mexico, Mexico is a Teotihuacan Classic ancient village attributed to Teotihuacan culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
PPNA (9500–8700 BCE) · Natufian-PPNA
Jerf el Ahmar — PPNA Village in Aleppo Governorate, Euphrates, Syria is a PPNA (9500–8700 BCE) ancient village attributed to Natufian-PPNA culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Late Bronze Age (1000–800 BCE) · Deverel-Rimbury
Must Farm Pile Dwelling in Cambridgeshire, The Fens, United Kingdom is a Late Bronze Age (1000–800 BCE) ancient village attributed to Deverel-Rimbury culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Bronze Age (1350–950 BCE) · Deverel-Rimbury
Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre in Cambridgeshire, The Fens, United Kingdom is a Bronze Age (1350–950 BCE) ancient village attributed to Deverel-Rimbury culture.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient village
Mijikenda (16th–20th c. CE) sacred still · Mijikenda (Giriama)
Kaya Mtswakara — Mijikenda Sacred Grove in Kilifi County, Kenya is a Mijikenda (16th–20th c. CE) sacred still ancient-village attributed to Mijikenda (Giriama).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient village
Halaf–Hassuna (6000–5300 BCE) · Halaf culture
Shahrud Khajeh? Actually Yarim Tepe II — Nineveh Region Halaf Village in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq is a Halaf–Hassuna (6000–5300 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Halaf culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Samarra (6200–5800 BCE) · Samarra culture
Tell es-Sawwan — Samarra Village in Saladin Governorate, Tigris, Iraq is a Samarra (6200–5800 BCE) tell attributed to Samarra culture culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200–7800 BCE) · PPNB
Tell Ramad — Damascus Basin in Rif Dimashq, Damascus basin, Syria is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200–7800 BCE) tell attributed to PPNB culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
EB IV (2300–2000 BCE) · EB IV
Khirbet Iskander — EB IV in Zarqa Governorate, Wadi Iskander, Jordan is a EB IV (2300–2000 BCE) ancient village attributed to EB IV culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Tell al-Ubaid — Ubaid Type Mound in Dhi Qar Governorate, Eridu hinterland, Iraq is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) tell attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B–C (8200–6400 BCE) · PPNB (Beisamounian)
Beisamoun — Galilee PPNB Village in Northern District, Israel is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B–C (8200–6400 BCE) ancient-village attributed to PPNB (Beisamounian).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Neolithic–Early Bronze Age (c.6000–2200 BCE) · Amuq → Syro-Cilician
North Amik tell 11 m high (Amuq A–G, Halaf–EB continuity) between Alalakh and Zincirli.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic (5500–3000 BCE) · Can Hasan
Can Hasan Höyük I in Karaman Province, Taurus foothills, Turkey is a Chalcolithic (5500–3000 BCE) tell attributed to Can Hasan culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient village
Pre-Aksumite (800 BCE–100 CE) · Pre-Aksumite
Meqaber Ga'ewa — Yeha Hinterland Settlement in Tigray Region, Ethiopia is a Pre-Aksumite (800 BCE–100 CE) ancient-village attributed to Pre-Aksumite.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient village
Trypillia BI–BII transition (c.4150–3950 BCE) · Cucuteni–Trypillia
Trypillia settlement at Vilkhovets on the foothills of the Dnieper Uplands, bridging BI painted tradition and BII mega-site elaboration.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient village
Late Iron Age / Historic Hausa · Hausa / Katsinawa refugees
Huge dry-stone perimeter walls (3 km) enclosing plateau hilltown on brink of Kayra escarpment, refuge for Katsina peoples during 18th–19th c Fulani jihads.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Late Bronze Age (1300–600 BCE) · Dartmoor Bronze Age (Trevisker)
Late Bronze Age enclosed settlement (c. 1300–600 BCE) in a valley between Hamel Down and Hookney Tor, comprising a 150 m diameter stone wall enclosing 24 hut circles (2–5 m diameter) with paved…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7000 BCE) · Jarmo-related
Magzalia — Jarmo Outlier Neolithic Village in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Jarmo-related.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient village
Trypillia BII (c.4050–3800 BCE) · Cucuteni–Trypillia
BII settlement at Kosenivka in the core Southern Bug–Dnieper mega-site cluster between Dobrovody and Maydanets.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Iron Age – Romano-British · Dumnonii
Pengersick Enclosed Hut Group in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age – Romano-British ancient-village attributed to Dumnonii.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient village
Early to Middle Neolithic · Impressed Ware / Corfu Neolithic
Coastal Neolithic settlement at Sidari, northern Corfu, with Early to Middle Neolithic layers (c. 5800–5000 BCE) including impressed wares, obsidian and early farming evidence.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Bronze Age · Cornish Bronze Age
St Agnes Beacon Settlement Terraces in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Bronze Age ancient-village attributed to Cornish Bronze Age.
