🇱🇻 Latvia · Ancient village
Embute Hillfort
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Embute Hillfort in Kurzeme, Latvia is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Karaz (Kahraman) Tepe
Chalcolithic-EBA (c.5000-2500 BCE) · Kura-Araxes / Early Transcaucasian (Karaz-Pulur)
Karaz (Kahraman) Tepe — buried chalcolithic-eba tell/village at Erzurum Province.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient village
Koobi Fora — Turkana Paleocoast Ridge
Lower Paleolithic (2.0–1.4 Ma) · Homo habilis/ erectus
Koobi Fora — Turkana Paleocoast Ridge in Marsabit County (Turkana), Kenya is a Lower Paleolithic (2.0–1.4 Ma) ancient-village attributed to Homo habilis/ erectus.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Azraq Oasis — Epipalaeolithic Aggregation
Epipalaeolithic (25190–10200 BCE) · Kebaran-Natufian
Azraq Oasis — Epipalaeolithic Aggregation in Zarqa Governorate, Azraq Basin, Jordan is a Epipalaeolithic (25190–10200 BCE) ancient village attributed to Kebaran-Natufian culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Carn Euny Ancient Village and Fogou
Iron Age (500 BCE–400 CE) · Dumnonii
Carn Euny Ancient Village and Fogou in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age (500 BCE–400 CE) ancient-village attributed to Dumnonii.
🇷🇸 Serbia · Ancient village
Starčevo-Grad
Early Neolithic Starčevo-Körös-Criș · Starčevo (SE Neolithic)
Type-site of the Starčevo culture (6200–5400 BCE), the first Neolithic farmers to colonize Southeast Europe from Anatolia, bridging Anatolian Neolithic to Vinča and Linearbandkeramik.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Zitha (Ziana)
Punic to Byzantine (3rd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Punic / Roman (Tripolitana)
Causeway waystation over sebkha between Zarzis and Gigthis.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Aunobaris (Henchir Bir el-Achour)
Roman to Byzantine (1st c.–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Roman-Christian
Episcopal village over spring with Saturn stelae and church.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Star Carr Mesolithic Site
Early Mesolithic (9300–8500 BCE) · Early Mesolithic (Maglemosian)
Star Carr Mesolithic Site in North Yorkshire, Vale of Pickering, United Kingdom is a Early Mesolithic (9300–8500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Early Mesolithic (Maglemosian) culture.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Esan Jomon Site
Middle Jomon (3500–2500 BCE) · Middle Jomon
Middle Jomon volcanic piedmont village (3500–2500 BCE) — pit houses with Esan obsidian workshop.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient village
Nemrik 9 — Pre-Pottery Neolithic Village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9000–7000 BCE) · Nemrikian (Pre-Pottery)
Nemrik 9 — Pre-Pottery Neolithic Village in Dohuk Governorate, Iraq is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9000–7000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Nemrikian (Pre-Pottery).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient village
Qermez Dere — Pre-Pottery Neolithic Settlement
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9500–9000 BCE) · Nemrik–Qermez Dere PPNA
Qermez Dere — Pre-Pottery Neolithic Settlement in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9500–9000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Nemrik–Qermez Dere PPNA.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Ancient village
Tham Lod Rockshelter
Late Pleistocene to Holocene (c.35000–10000 BP Hoabinhian) · Hoabinhian hunter-gatherers
Hoabinhian karst rockshelter (35,000–10,000 BP) — continuous pebble-tool sequence before Neolithic.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
İmamoğlu Höyük
EBA-Iron Age (c.3000-700 BCE) · Amuq/Syro-Hittite (Amuq A-J to Iron Age Patina)
İmamoğlu Höyük — buried eba-iron tell/village at Gaziantep Province.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Ain Ghazal Extension — Wadi Zaqa Neolithic Fields
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8500–4000 BCE) + Yarmoukian · PPN–Yarmoukian
Ain Ghazal Extension — Wadi Zaqa Neolithic Fields in Amman Governorate, Jordan is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8500–4000 BCE) + Yarmoukian ancient-village attributed to PPN–Yarmoukian.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tilki Tepe
Chalcolithic-EBA (c.5000-2500 BCE) · Kura-Araxes / Early Transcaucasian (Karaz-Pulur)
Tilki Tepe — buried chalcolithic-eba tell/village at Van Province.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Mureybet — Euphrates Early Village
Natufian to PPNB (10200–8200 BCE) · Mureybetian culture (PPNA type)
Mureybet — Euphrates Early Village in Raďďa Governorate, Syria is a Natufian to PPNB (10200–8200 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Mureybetian culture (PPNA type).
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Halangy Down Ancient Village — St Mary's
Iron Age – Romano-British (300 BCE–400 CE) · Scillonian Iron Age
Halangy Down Ancient Village — St Mary's in Isles of Scilly, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age – Romano-British (300 BCE–400 CE) ancient-village attributed to Scillonian Iron Age.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient village
Tepe Sarab — Kermanshah Neolithic Settlement
Pre-Pottery to Pottery Neolithic (8000–6000 BCE) · Zagros Neolithic (Sarab)
Tepe Sarab — Kermanshah Neolithic Settlement in Kermanshah Province, Iran is a Pre-Pottery to Pottery Neolithic (8000–6000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Zagros Neolithic (Sarab).
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Mehrgarh
Neolithic to Early Bronze Age 7000–2600 BCE (Mehrgarh Periods I-VIII) · Pre-Harappan / Neolithic Balochistan
Neolithic-Bronze Age farming village and cemetery on Kachi Plain at foot of Bolan Pass, occupied 7000–2600 BCE with mud-brick houses, granaries and early dentistry evidence.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Great Stupa at Sanchi
Maurya to Gupta 3rd century BCE–12th century CE (great stupa 260 BCE, gateways 25 BCE–50 CE) · Maurya / Sunga / Satavahana / Gupta Buddhist
Earliest stone Buddhist stupa (Maurya 3rd c BCE, enlarged Sunga 1st c BCE–1st c CE) crowning hilltop at Sanchi, 36.5 m diameter hemispheric brick-and-stone dome encasing relics.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Tell Halula — Euphrates Early Neolithic Village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8500–7000 BCE) · PPNB Halula
Tell Halula — Euphrates Early Neolithic Village in Aleppo Governorate, Syria is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8500–7000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to PPNB Halula.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell Hassuna — Nineveh Plain Type Site
Hassuna (6000–5800 BCE) · Hassuna culture
Tell Hassuna — Nineveh Plain Type Site in Nineveh Governorate, Tigris plain, Iraq is a Hassuna (6000–5800 BCE) tell attributed to Hassuna culture culture.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Ancient city
Wari-Bateshwar
Chalcolithic → Iron Age 500 BCE–300 CE · Iron Age Gangetic (NBPW)
Wari-Bateshwar — twin-village Early Historic port-city (Chalcolithic levels, Iron Age 500 BCE–300 CE) 70 km NE Dhaka, discovered 1933 Hanif Pathan, excavated 2000–10 Rahman.