🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Pulur Höyük (Erzincan)
Chalcolithic-EBA (c.5000-2500 BCE) · Kura-Araxes / Early Transcaucasian (Karaz-Pulur)
Pulur Höyük (Erzincan) — buried chalcolithic-eba tell/village at Erzincan Province.
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The first farming settlements and the houses people lived in.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Yayoi period 400 BCE–300 CE (peak 1st–3rd c CE) · Yayoi (Kyushu farmer, Korean peninsula immigrants)
Largest Yayoi (400 BCE–300 CE) moated village and chiefdom at Yoshinogari hills, 40 ha inner enclosure within 117 ha, with outer moat 2.5 km, watchtowers, raised-floor granary precinct, and king's…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic-EBA (c.5000-2500 BCE) · Kura-Araxes / Early Transcaucasian (Karaz-Pulur)
Pulur Höyük (Erzincan) — buried chalcolithic-eba tell/village at Erzincan Province.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Midden Deposit South in Susiana, Iran is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Oven Cluster West in Basin of Mexico, Mexico is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Medieval culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Beothuk Wigwam Post North in Atacama, Chile is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient village
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Castro de Viladonga in Galicia, Lugo, Spain is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient village
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Cedar Plank House Remnant West in Nazca, Peru is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient village attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Ancient village
Preceramic (9000–5000 BCE) · El Inga Preceramic (Fishtail points)
El Inga — Quito Obsidian Workshop in Pichincha Province, Ecuador is a Preceramic (9000–5000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to El Inga Preceramic (Fishtail points).
🇪🇪 Estonia · Ancient village
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Varbola Stronghold in Rapla County, Estonia is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Pre-Harappan (Hakra) to Harappan (c.3500–1900 BCE) · Hakra–Harappan
Hakra–Harappan mound 200×150 m on Saraswati 13 km NE of Anupgarh — Hakra to Harappan chain.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Classical
Loess Buried Camp East in Susiana, Iran is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Classical culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Casa Grande Compound in Oaxaca Valley, Mexico is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age (2200–1500 BCE) · Castelluccio culture
Castelluccio Di Noto — Bronze Age Site in Sicily, Italy is a Early Bronze Age (2200–1500 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Castelluccio culture.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Lower Paleolithic 100,000 BCE to Early Historic 1st c BCE (Mesolithic art 10,000–5000 BCE) · Early Indian hunter-gatherer to Mesolithic
Seven hills of Vindhyan sandstone with >750 painted rock shelters spanning Lower Paleolithic to Historical (100,000 BCE–1st c BCE), including Auditorium Cave with cupules and Zoo Rock.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Gupta to Pala 427–1193 CE (peak 5th–12th c) · Bihar / Gupta-Pala Buddhist Mahayana
Iconic Buddhist residential university (5th–13th c CE) with Gupta to Pala brick viharas, stupas, chaityas and votive structures across 23 ha.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
EBA-Iron Age (c.3000-700 BCE) · Amuq/Syro-Hittite (Amuq A-J to Iron Age Patina)
Coba Höyük (Sakçagözü) — buried eba-iron tell/village at Gaziantep Province.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Epipalaeolithic to Neolithic (11150–6900 BCE) · Natufian-Neolithic
Abu Hureyra — Epipalaeolithic in Raqqa Governorate, Euphrates Terrace, Syria is a Epipalaeolithic to Neolithic (11150–6900 BCE) ancient village attributed to Natufian-Neolithic culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Fortress
Roman to Byzantine (2nd–7th c. CE) · Roman (Numidia)
Outlier fortlet of Thubunae on Hodna rim with 6-tower enceinte.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Neolithic transition to Bronze Age (c.2500–2000 BP, ~500 BCE) · Neolithic–Oc Eo transitional (pre-Funan)」「Go O Chua culture
Pre-Funan mound (500 BCE) on Vam Co Tay — cord pottery and earliest Vietnamese chordophones (music).
🇱🇻 Latvia · Ancient village
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
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
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.
🇲🇩 Moldova · Ancient village
Cucuteni B1/Trypillia BII (c.4050–3800 BCE) · Cucuteni–Trypillia
8 ha Cucuteni B1 fortified promontory at Stolniceni–Cetate (Stolniceni I) on the Cubolta meander, with ditch-palisade and 50+ burned houses in oval. Excavations by V.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
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.
