🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient village
Jebel Barkal Temple Extension
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Jebel Barkal Temple Extension in Matmata, Tunisia is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
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🇳🇴 Norway · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Classical
Warri Head Hydraulic Earthwork South in Finnmark, Norway is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Classical culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Jebel Barkal Temple Extension in Matmata, Tunisia is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇦🇺 Australia · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Classical
Maranhao Hydraulic Fish Trap West in Pilbara, Australia is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Classical culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pueblo II-III; Chaco outlier · Chacoan McElmo outlier / local Red Mesa synthesis
Southern Wash outlier great house (50 rooms, c.1085 CE) with L-plan and Chaco road causeway — wash-margin agricultural outlier illustrating Chaco emulation.
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient village
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Serra Orrios Nuragic Village in Sardinia, Nuoro, Italy is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇸🇳 Senegal · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Konso Terracing Village South in Burr, Senegal is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient village
Lower Paleolithic to Neolithic (1.7 Ma–3000 BCE) · Acheulian then Later Stone Age
Melka Kunture — Upper Awash Handaxes in Oromia Region, Ethiopia is a Lower Paleolithic to Neolithic (1.7 Ma–3000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Acheulian then Later Stone Age.
🇷🇴 Romania · Ancient village
Cucuteni A–B (c.4200–3800 BCE) · Cucuteni–Trypillia
Famous 'palace' at Ruginoasa–Dealul Drăghici, a 32×16 m Cucuteni A3 burned building with timber lacing, painted floors and 2-storey interpretation, excavated by H. Dumitrescu.
🇨🇱 Chile · Ancient village
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Bass Strait Drowned Midden South in Chiloé Shelf, Chile is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Medieval culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Catacomb Culture Kurgan North in Atacama, Chile is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇷🇴 Romania · Ancient village
Precucuteni III to Cucuteni A3 (5200–4300 BCE) · Precucuteni → Cucuteni–Tripolye A (Cucuteni A)
Cucuteni A ditch-fort 4700 BCE — 20 burnt houses palisaded (Dumitrescu).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Kenchreai Harbour Mole East in Gulf of Khambhat, India is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Classical culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Turgai Geoglyph Square North in Pampas, Bolivia is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Apollonia Submerged Quay North in Dwarka Coast, India is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Classical culture.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Hellenistic to Kushan (c.3rd cent BCE–4th cent CE, Kushan peak 1st–3rd cent CE) · Kushan (northern Bactria/Tokharistan)
Kushan city in Surkhan Darya valley — 25 ha walled town with Gandharan stucco Buddha workshop.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Ancient village
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Adrar Stone Circle in Limpopo, South Africa is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Medieval culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Cueva del Diablo Petroglyph in Altiplano, Bolivia is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇨🇿 Czechia · Ancient village
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Závist Celtic Oppidum in Central Bohemia, Czechia is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Punic to Byzantine (3rd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Punic / Roman
Corridor municipium between Zaghouan and Fahs with press row.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Natufian to PPNB (11000–8000 BCE) · Natufian then Mureybetian–PPNB
Dja'de el Mughara — Euphrates Natufian to PPNB Village in Raďďa Governorate, Syria is a Natufian to PPNB (11000–8000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Natufian then Mureybetian–PPNB.
🇭🇳 Honduras · Ancient village
Early Formative to Terminal Classic 1600 BCE–900 CE, peak Early-Middle Formative 1400–400 BCE · Preclassic Maya-adjacent (Ulúa Valley Formative, Ocotillo/Playón ↔ Olmec-linked)
Early village CR-372 in Lower Ulúa Valley suburbs of San Pedro Sula with continuous occupation 1600 BCE–900 CE; yielded earliest cacao residue in Mesoamerica (1150 BCE) in pottery, Olmec-style…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Loess Buried Camp East in Ganga Plain, India is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval
Rampart Buried Gate West in Coastal Plain, Israel is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient village attributed to Medieval culture.
🇨🇿 Czechia · Ancient village
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Vladař Hillfort in Karlovy Vary Region, Czechia is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).