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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze Age (3200–1950 BCE) · West Anatolian Early Bronze → Hittite scatter
Küllüoba Höyük South Extension exposes the EBA II–III domestic quarter 80 m south of the central burnt compound (Level II).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Classical (regional) · Classical
Lower Alexandria Reservoir II — Alexandria, Pharos (58-42) at Alexandria, Pharos, Egypt is a Classical (regional) submerged city of the Classical tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Underground city
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
New Saqqara Necropolis II — Saqqara, Serapeum (59-01) at Saqqara, Serapeum, Egypt is a Bronze Age (regional) underground city of the Bronze Age tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient city
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Outer Chaco Canyon Settlement B — Chaco Canyon (55-41) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Bronze Age (regional) ancient city of the Bronze Age tradition, built c.
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Late Intermediate (900–1400 CE) · Pica-San Pedro / Late Tarapacá
Southeast piedmont fans 3.2 km from salar at confluence of Quebrada Sagasca ephemeral channel.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Bronze Age · Shahr-e Sukhteh / Helmand
Shahr-e Sukhteh Burnt City Eastern Mound at Sistan, Shahr-e Sukhteh, Iran is a Bronze Age ancient city of the Shahr-e Sukhteh / Helmand tradition, built c.
🇲🇹 Malta · Underground city
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Southern Hypogeum Fortress South — Hypogeum, Paola (59-39) at Hypogeum, Paola, Malta is a Bronze Age (regional) underground city of the Bronze Age tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Upper Chaco Canyon Mound Inner — Chaco Canyon (55-06) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Chalcolithic (regional) temple complex of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Late Classic (Río Bec) · Maya (Río Bec)
Classic Río Bec city (c.500–800 CE) anchoring Xpujil town with famous Structure I — 53-m-long three-tower pyramid with three summit temples and false non-functional stair theatrics...
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Late Intermediate – Late Horizon (900–1536 CE) · Chachapoya (Levanto) → Inca (mitma gate)
Hilltop Chachapoya fortress-village (900–1470 CE, Inca-enhanced 1470–1530) 26 km SW of Chachapoyas city: D-shaped 4 ha walled enclosure 3–5 m high following limestone ridge, enclosing 40+ circular…
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Baiae — Nymphaeum of Claudius North Apsidal Pool (Phlegraean) in Campania, Baiae, Phlegraean Fields, Italy is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) s…
🇮🇹 Italy · Submerged site
Etruscan to Medieval (273 BCE colony – 1320 CE sack) · Etruscan / Roman Republican / Imperial
Etruscan-cut Tagliata channel port — 70 m rock-cut harbour canal now tidal 0–1 m, Rome earliest colony harbour.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Eastern Chaco Canyon Platform Inner — Chaco Canyon (55-36) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Medieval (regional) temple complex of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Hellenistic to Byzantine (c.200 BCE–700 CE) · Cappadocian royal → Roman client kingdom
Augustan island-promontory city at Ayaş with hillside theatre, harbour islet and Achilles agora mosaics.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Early to Middle Jomon 4500–2500 BCE (Jomon 2–4) · Early–Middle Jomon (Tōhoku coastal)
Early–Middle Jomon coastal shell midden and settlement (c.4500–2500 BCE) at Shichinohe on the Lake Ogawara plain — massive shell mound 120×80 m (Late Jomon layers 3 m thick) with 40+ pit dwellings,…
🇲🇱 Mali · Temple complex
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Great Djenné-Jeno Reservoir East — Djenné-Jeno (57-36) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Early Historic (regional) temple complex of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Early Intermediate Lima pyramid (300–600 CE), Middle Horizon Wari cemetery (600–800 CE), Late Intermediate Ychsma/Inca shrine (1000–1500 CE) · Lima / Wari / Ychsma–Inca (triple palimpsest)
Triple-use huaca in San Isidro central Lima: truncated adobe pyramid 85×65 m 25 m high (Lima culture 300–600 CE sand-and-adobe) over Preceramic midden, with Middle Horizon Wari cemetery (600–800 CE)…
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Early Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6200–4000 BCE; Karanovo I–VII) · Karanovo I–VII → Gumelniţa–Kodžadermen → Early Bronze Ezero
Type tell 6200–4000 BCE — 12 m Karanovo I–VII 18 horizons (Mikov).
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Koguryo — Tomb of the General East (Ji'an, Liaoning) in Jilin, Ji'an, Koguryo Tomb of General, China is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid att…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Late Classic–Early Postclassic (600–1200 CE) · Maya (Eastern Yucatán – Cupul province)
Late Classic–Postclassic eastern Yucatán dense town (600–1200 CE) 35 km SE of Tizimín, 6 sq km with 3 core groups (Group A palace 70×50 m, Group B temple pyramid 8 m, Group C ballcourt) of…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Little Alexandria Citadel North — Alexandria, Pharos (58-45) at Alexandria, Pharos, Egypt is a Medieval (regional) submerged city of the Medieval tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Rock art
Pre-Clovis to Late Woodland · Pre-Clovis (Meadowcroft) to Woodland
16,000-year stratified rockshelter (Miller lanceolate horizon) with basketry preservation, Pennsylvania.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Chalcolithic Kayatha → Malwa 1800–1000 BCE · Malwa Chalcolithic Chambal facies
Nagda Chambal Settlement — Malwa–Late Chalcolithic stratified site (1800–1000 BCE) on Chambal River at Nagda, excavated 1955–56 by N.R. Banerjee and K.V. Soundararajan (ASI).
🇫🇲 Micronesia · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Nan Madol — Nan Douwas North Islet Ancillary (Pohnpei) in Pohnpei, Nan Madol, Nan Douwas, Micronesia is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerg…
