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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic – Early Bronze Age (4000–2300 BCE) · Northwest Anatolian Chalcolithic → EBA Troy I contemporary
Demircihöyük East Citadel is the fortified nucleus of the type-site for Northwest Anatolian EBA (Troy I contemporary).
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) · Chalcolithic–Early Bronze
Durankulak — North Niche (Great Mound) in Dobrich, Shabla, Durankulak, Bulgaria is a Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcoli…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Earthwork
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Eastern Meroe Village North — Meroe (56-15) at Meroe, Sudan is a Iron Age (regional) earthwork of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 800 CE for village and associated settlement.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Great Eridu Citadel B — Eridu (53-40) at Eridu, Iraq is a Medieval (regional) temple complex of the Medieval tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Great Eridu Enclosure North — Eridu (53-43) at Eridu, Iraq is a Bronze Age (regional) tell of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 800 CE for enclosure and associated settlement.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Geoglyph
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Potosí Mound East — Potosí (55-40) at Potosí, Bolivia is a Classical (regional) geoglyph of the Classical tradition, built c. 800 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Late Natufian–PPNA (c.12000–10300 BCE) · Natufian-related → PPNA northern Fertile Crescent
Late Natufian–PPNA mound (45 m diameter, 2 m deep deposits) on the Batman River, excavated by Michael Rosenberg 1990s be...
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Glades IIIb–Calusa 500–1500 CE · Glades Calusa
Calusa Court of the Pile Dwellers: waterlogged painted wood Cat statuette, masks and netting 500–1500 CE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Windmill Hill
Knap Hill Causewayed Enclosure at Wiltshire, United Kingdom is a Early Neolithic megalithic of the Windmill Hill tradition, built c. 3700 BCE for causewayed enclosure on scarp.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Geoglyph
Classical (regional) · Classical
Lower Yucatan Mound A — Yucatan (55-18) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Classical (regional) geoglyph of the Classical tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Nimrud — Nabu Temple North Ancillary Shrine (Kalhu) in Nineveh, Nimrud, Iraq is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Mu…
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient city
Middle to Late Bronze Age (c.1500–900 BCE) · Nuragic (Middle Bronze Santu Ippolito–Late Bronze Antas)
Nuraghe Palmavera (Middle–Late Bronze Age c.1500–900 BCE) 9 km NW of Alghero by Porto Conte Bay is a two-tower nuraghe (central keep 10 m high tholos plus later 10-m bastion) with a unique meeting…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Old Dongola — Buried Church North (Nubia, Sudan) in Northern, Old Dongola, Sudan is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to Bro…
🇬🇷 Greece · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Olous (Olon) — Athenian Arsenal North Slipway (Crete) in Crete, Lasithi, Olous, Greece is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attrib…
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Temple complex
Yoruba Classic to Modern (400 BP–present) · Yoruba (Ife–Oyo)
Osun-Osogbo is the 75 ha sacred primary high forest along Osun River (buffer 47 ha) Yoruba goddess Osun's abode, UNESCO 2005 criteria ii, iii, vi.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Epipalaeolithic to Aceramic Neolithic · Central Anatolian Epipalaeolithic (Kebaran-like) → PPNA
Epipalaeolithic to Early Neolithic rockshelter and open-air spring-site (c.14,000–7000 BCE) on limestone spur at Pınarbaşı, type-site for Central Anatolian hunter-gatherer sedentism before…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Rock art
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Sacred Axum Mound North — Axum (57-45) at Axum, Ethiopia is a Bronze Age (regional) rock art of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for mound and associated settlement.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) · Late Neolithic Atlantic
Ses Roques — Son Bauló Sector 2 Dolmen in Balearic Islands, Mallorca, Santa Margalida, Spain is a Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000–1800 BCE) megali…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Southern Giza Mound Inner — Giza (56-01) at Giza, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (regional) pyramid of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 CE for mound and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Late to Final Jomon 2500–400 BCE · Late–Final Jomon (Tsugaru coastal)
Late to Final Jomon shell midden (c.2500–400 BCE) on the Japan Sea coastal dune at Tsugaru City, Aomori — 6.3 ha site with shell mound (Corbicula, Ezo surf clam) 2.5 m thick, 30+ pit dwellings, and…
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Late Horizon Inca coastal 1470–1532 CE · Inca (coastal Pisco Chinchaysuyu)
Best-preserved polychrome Inca adobe palace enclosure on Pisco coast, 1470–1532 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Teotihuacan — Moon Plaza North Avenue Ancillary in State of Mexico, Teotihuacan, Moon Plaza, Mexico is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient …
🇨🇱 Chile · Geoglyph
Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) · Andean Formative
Tiliviche — Geoglyph Field Ancillary Circle (Chile) in Tarapacá, Tiliviche, Chile is a Formative to Late Intermediate (800 BCE–1400 CE) geoglyph attributed…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Late Intermediate (Sicán/Lambayeque 1100–1375 CE, Chimú 1375–1470 CE, Inca 1470–1532 CE) · Lambayeque (Sicán) / Chimú / Inca (La Leche Valley)
Largest adobe pyramid of Lambayeque–Chimú complex at Túcume (26 huacas, 220 ha): Huaca Larga 700 m long, 280 m wide, 30 m high truncated adobe mass with two joined platforms (Larga and central mound)…
