🇷🇺 Russia · Tumulus
Karakol Kurgans
Early Bronze Age, Karakol culture 2500-1800 BCE · Karakol culture (Altai Early Bronze)
Early Bronze stone-slab cist kurgans (2500-1800 BCE) at Karakol with tri-color polychrome slab paintings, pre-Pazyryk Altai.
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🇷🇺 Russia · Tumulus
Early Bronze Age, Karakol culture 2500-1800 BCE · Karakol culture (Altai Early Bronze)
Early Bronze stone-slab cist kurgans (2500-1800 BCE) at Karakol with tri-color polychrome slab paintings, pre-Pazyryk Altai.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Middle–Late Chalcolithic (5000–3500 BCE) · Dalma–Godin Chalcolithic
Middle–Late Chalcolithic (5000–3500 BCE) tell of Dalma–Godin Chalcolithic in Kermanshah Province, Kangavar Valley (c.5000 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Late Chalcolithic – Early Bronze (4000–3000 BCE) · Elazığ–Murat Chalcolithic
Late Chalcolithic – Early Bronze (4000–3000 BCE) tell of Elazığ–Murat Chalcolithic in Elazığ Province, Keban Reservoir (c.4000 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8500–7000 BCE) · PPNB Neolithic
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8500–7000 BCE) tell of PPNB Neolithic in Malatya Province, Middle Euphrates (c.8500 BCE).
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Neolithic – Chalcolithic (7200–5000 BCE) · Archaic Susiana
Neolithic – Chalcolithic (7200–5000 BCE) tell of Archaic Susiana in Khuzestan Province, Susiana Plain (c.7200 BCE).
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Early Neolithic through Early Bronze II (Karanovo I–VII, 6200–2800 BCE) · Karanovo I–VII (Starčevo → Vinča → Gumelnița → Ezero)
Karanovo Tell (Karanovo Neolithic–Chalcolithic Stratotype) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Sliven Province, Nova Zagora District, Azmak stream plain, Thrace, Bulgaria — Thracian stratotype…
🇹🇭 Thailand · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (2000–1500 BCE) → Early Bronze (1500 BCE) brief at top · Khok Phanom Di (Coastal Neolithic → early Bronze, Central Thai)
Coastal Neolithic–Bronze Age shell midden and cemetery (c.2000–1500 BCE) near Bang Pakong estuary mangrove, 20 km from the Gulf — 5 ha mound 6 layers excavated 1984–85 by Charles Higham and Rachanie…
🇧🇷 Brazil · Ancient city
Late Pre-Columbian (800–1600 CE) · Upper Xingu / ancestral Kuikuro Arawak
Eastern plaza K10 of Kuhikugu cluster on Seki East — 12 ha plaza with ditch and 1.2 km causeway.
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Tell
Pleistocene Djadochta Formation (75 Ma) → Neolithic (7000–3000 BCE) → Bronze Age 3000–1000 BCE → Slab Grave Iron Age · Gobi Neolithic microlithic → Afanasievo–Chemurchek Bronze (Gobi) → Slab Grave Iron Age nomadic
Gobi Flaming Cliffs (Bayanzag) — Neolithic pit camps to Chemurchek burials capping Djadochta dinosaur nests (Andrews 1922).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Ninevite 5 (3200–3000 BCE) · Ninevite 5 (Uruk–ED)
Ninevite 5 (3200–3000 BCE) tell of Ninevite 5 (Uruk–ED) in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Khabur Triangle (c.3200 BCE).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze through Iron Age (EBA, Mitanni, Neo-Hittite, Neo-Assyrian) · Hurrian-Mitanni → Neo-Hittite Aramaean → Assyrian province
Tell Ahmar (Til Barsip) — Euphrates Palace Terrace is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Aleppo Governorate, Euphrates River, Jarabulus District, east bank, Syria — Neo-Hittite/Aramaean royal…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze through Ottoman (EB, MBA, LBA-Hittite, Phrygian, Hellenistic, Roman) · Central Anatolian → Hittite → Phrygian (Mushki) → Achaemenid
Kaman-Kalehöyük (Çağırkan Central Mound) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Kırşehir Province, Kaman District, Central Anatolia, Turkey — Multi-period town mound controlling Kızılırmak basin…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Hittite Empire through Neo-Hittite (1375–800 BCE) · Hittite → Neo-Hittite Samʾal
Yesemek Basalt Quarry & Sculpture Workshop (Amanos Piedmont) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Gaziantep Province, İslahiye District, Amanos foothills, Yesemek village, Turkey — Empire-scale…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze II (2700–2300 BCE) · Central Anatolian Early Bronze
Early Bronze II (2700–2300 BCE) tell of Central Anatolian Early Bronze in Ankara Province, Ankara Plain (c.2700 BCE).
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Pueblo II–III (Chacoan 1010–1130 CE) · Ancestral Puebloan (Chacoan with Colonnade variant)
Chetro Ketl (Chaco Great House and Elevated Kiva Court) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in New Mexico, San Juan County, Chaco Canyon, Chaco Wash north side, United States — Second-largest…
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Jemdet Nasr – Early Dynastic (3100–2600 BCE) · Jemdet Nasr–Early Dynastic
Jemdet Nasr – Early Dynastic (3100–2600 BCE) tell of Jemdet Nasr–Early Dynastic in Ilam Province, Deh Luran (c.3100 BCE).
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Neolithic to Sasanian (5000 BCE–600 CE) · Gorgan Bronze–Iron
Neolithic to Sasanian (5000 BCE–600 CE) tell of Gorgan Bronze–Iron in Golestan Province, Gorgan Plain (c.5000 BCE).
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Pueblo II–III (Chacoan outlier 1088–1125, Mesa Verde reoccupation 1180–1250) · Ancestral Puebloan (Chacoan outlier → Mesa Verde/San Juan)
Salmon Pueblo (Salmon Ruins / San Juan Chaco Outlier) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in New Mexico, San Juan County, San Juan River, Farmington-Bloomfield, United States — Northernmost…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Late Chalcolithic through Early Bronze IV (3500–2200 BCE) · Uruk → Early Dynastic Syrian city-state → EBA steppe city
Tell Chuera (Chuera / Harab Sawwan) — Steinbau Sanctuary Terrace is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Raqqa Governorate, Balikh–Euphrates steppe, Chuera plain, Syria — Steppe Early Bronze walled…
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Early Village – Archaic Susiana (6000–5000 BCE) · Deh Luran Early Village
Early Village – Archaic Susiana (6000–5000 BCE) tell of Deh Luran Early Village in Ilam Province, Deh Luran Plain (c.6000 BCE).
🇧🇷 Brazil · Geoglyph
Early to Late Pre-Columbian (400 BCE – 1000 CE) · Acre geoglyph culture / Arawak
Western Ramal triple geoglyph at Capixaba — 3× 120 m squares with 700 m avenue at –10.05S.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Early Neolithic (3700–3500 BCE) · Hebridean Early Neolithic (Eilean Dòmhnuill Ware, 3700 BCE)
Early Neolithic 18 x 12 m crannog annexe (c.3500 BCE) with 3 conjoined Hebridean houses — earliest Hebrides village plan.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Pueblo II–III (Chacoan 900–1150 CE, McElmo phase) · Ancestral Puebloan (Chaco Canyon Chacoan)
Pueblo del Arroyo (Chaco Great House Arroyo Sector) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in New Mexico, San Juan County, Chaco Canyon, Chaco Culture National Historical Park, United States —…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Early Mesolithic (Maglemosian, 9000–8500 BCE, Preboreal) · British Early Mesolithic (Maglemosian, Star Carr group)
Seamer Carr 350-m brush causeway and 3 Maglemosian houses (9000–8500 BCE) — Lake Flixton extensions of Star Carr.