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CategoriesAncient villages

Ancient villages

The first farming settlements and the houses people lived in.

Places: 1,108
Countries: 84
World Heritage: 55

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🇹🇭 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.

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🇹🇷 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.

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🇹🇷 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.

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🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient village

Fedorivka Trypillia Settlement

Trypillia BI (c.4400–4100 BCE) · Cucuteni–Trypillia

Mid-size Trypillia BI settlement near Fedorivka on the Ros basin interfluve, ca.25 ha with dense house clusters revealed by survey. Part of the early BI expansion northward.

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🇵🇰 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.

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🇸🇪 Sweden · Fortress

Lojsta Hall (Lojsta Slott)

Iron Age–Medieval (900–1361 CE) · Gotlandic Iron Age / Medieval

Reconstructed water fortress hall at Lojsta Slott on a small lake islet (Lojsta) in central Gotland, with causeway, timber hall 40 m and later stone tower.

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🇮🇳 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.

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🇮🇶 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.

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🇧🇩 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.

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Çatalhöyük West Mound — Chalcolithic

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.

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Tell Kurdu

EBA-Iron Age (c.3000-700 BCE) · Amuq/Syro-Hittite (Amuq A-J to Iron Age Patina)

Tell Kurdu — buried eba-iron tell/village at Hatay Province.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

Howick Mesolithic House

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.

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🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village

Tepantitla Palace / Tetitla Apartments, Teotihuacan (detailed)

Teotihuacan Classic · Teotihuacan

Tepantitla Palace / Tetitla Apartments, Teotihuacan (detailed) in State of Mexico, Mexico is a Teotihuacan Classic ancient village attributed to Teotihuacan culture.

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🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village

Jerf el Ahmar — PPNA 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.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

Must Farm Pile Dwelling

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.

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village

Karataş-Semayük

Early Bronze Age I–II (c.3000–2300 BCE) · Early Bronze Lycian (Elmalı-Karataş) → Southwest Anatolian

Lycia's largest EB village with 180 pithos jar cemetery (3000 BCE) at Elmalı.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre

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.

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🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Tell es-Sawwan — Samarra Village

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.

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🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Ramad — Damascus Basin

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.

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🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village

Khirbet Iskander — EB IV

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.

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🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Tell al-Ubaid — Ubaid Type Mound

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.

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Coba Hoyuk

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.

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Can Hasan Höyük I

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.

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🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient village

Vilkhovets Trypillia Settlement

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.