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CategoriesAncient villages

Ancient villages

The first farming settlements and the houses people lived in.

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🇯🇵Japan

🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village

Arroyo Hondo Pueblo

Pueblo IV (1300–1425 CE) · Pueblo IV (1300–1425 CE)

Arroyo Hondo Pueblo in New Mexico, Santa Fe County, Arroyo Hondo, Sangre foothills, United States is a Pueblo IV (1300–1425 CE) settlement attributed to Pueblo IV (1300–1425 CE) culture.

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🇧🇿 Belize · Ancient village

Cuello

Early Preclassic – Classic (c.1200 BCE–900 CE) Preclassic Maya · Maya (Lowland Preclassic)

Cuello lies on the Cuello estate adjacent to the Cuello rum distillery 2 km west of Orange Walk, north Belize, at 30 m.

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🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village

Tuzigoot National Monument

Sinagua (c.1000–1400 CE) Southern Sinagua – Northern Sinagua transition · Sinagua

Tuzigoot (Apache Tó Ził Gogh – crooked water) is the best-preserved Southern Sinagua hilltop pueblo in the Verde Valley, Arizona, at 1,040 m (3,410 ft) on a limestone ridge above the Verde River.

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🇮🇳 India · Tell

Nagda

Malwa Chalcolithic 1700–1400 BCE → Avanti Early Historic 700–500 BCE · Malwa Chalcolithic → Avanti (Ujjain) Early Historical

Malwa hillock at Nagda Junction — Banerjee/B.B. Lal's Malwa type (round huts, buff ware, 1.6 km NW of station).

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Theadelphia — Bat el-Harun Buried Village at Fayum West-Central (Theadelphia)

Ptolemaic to Late Roman (275 BCE – 350 CE) · Greco-Roman Fayum

West-central Fayum vineyard village Theadelphia 1–2 m buried at Bat el-Harun — Psenpheros temple 15×12 m at –1 m and canal quay 50 m.

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🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

Theadelphia — Bat el-Harun Buried Village at Fayum West-Central (Theadelphia) — v2

Ptolemaic to Late Roman (275 BCE – 350 CE) · Greco-Roman Fayum

West-central Fayum vineyard village Theadelphia 1–2 m buried at Bat el-Harun — Psenpheros temple 15×12 m at –1 m and canal quay 50 m.

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🇮🇳 India · Ancient village

Balathal

Chalcolithic Ahar-Banas 3000–1500 BCE → Early Historic 500 BCE–300 CE · Ahar-Banas Chalcolithic → Northern Black Polished Ware Historic

Key Ahar-Banas Chalcolithic village-town (c.3000–1500 BCE) near Vallabhnagar northeast of Udaipur — under 2 ha mound with 7 seasons excavation 1993–2000 by V.N. Misra et al. (Deccan College).

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Kuruçay Höyük (Burdur Lakes District)

Late Neolithic through Early Bronze III (6200–2300 BCE) · Burdur Lakes Late Neolithic → Early Chalcolithic → EBA (Kuruçay)

Kuruçay Höyük (Burdur Lakes District) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Burdur Province, Burdur District, Burdur Lake plain, Turkey — Lakes District type-site for Early Bronze fortified…

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Maşat Höyük (Tapigga / Tapikka)

Late Chalcolithic through Iron Age (Chalcolithic, EBA, Hittite, Iron) · Hattian → Hittite (Tapikka) → Phrygian/Kaska contact

Maşat Höyük (Tapigga / Tapikka) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Tokat Province, Zile District, Yeşilırmak headwaters, Turkey — Hittite northeastern frontier archive town controlling Kaska…

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Zincirli Höyük (Samʾal) — Iron Age Citadel Northeast

Early Bronze through Iron Age (EBA, MBA, LB, Neo-Hittite Samʾal, Assyrian) · Neo-Hittite Luwian-Aramaean Samʾal → Assyrian province

Zincirli Höyük (Samʾal) — Iron Age Citadel Northeast is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Gaziantep Province, İslahiye District, Samʾal plain, Turkey — Aramaean-Neo-Hittite kingdom capital with…

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🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village

Đông Sơn (Dong Son)

Dong Son Bronze–Iron 1000 BCE–100 CE (Phùng Nguyên → Dong Dau → Go Mun → Dong Son → Han) · Dong Son (Vietic Austroasiatic, Austro-Tai contact) — ancestors of Kinh Vietnamese

Type-site for Dong Son culture (c.1000 BCE–100 CE) on the Mã River near Thanh Hóa — Bronze–Iron Age village with famous bronze drum foundry, excavated 1924 by Madeleine Colani (first Dong Son…

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🇧🇷 Brazil · Ancient village

Kuhikugu — Central Reservoir Cluster K12 at Seki Lake Central (Xingu Central)

Late Pre-Columbian (900–1600 CE) · Upper Xingu / ancestral Kuikuro Arawak

Central reservoir K12 of Kuhikugu at Seki isthmus — 80×60 m embanked reservoir and 900 m canal.

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🇨🇳 China · Ancient village

Qujialing

Qujialing 3400–2600 BCE → Shijiahe 2600–2300 → Longshan · Qujialing culture (Middle Yangzi Chalcolithic) → Shijiahe

Type-site for Qujialing culture (c.3400–2600 BCE) on the Qujialing–Shijiahe plateau north of Chang Lake in Jianghan Plain — 263 ha palisaded terrace (eastern plateau 160 m height) excavated 1955–57…

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🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus

Ushivika Kofun

Middle–Late Kofun 400–600 CE (Kyushu regional) · Kyushu Chikuho Kofun (northern Kyushu style)

Ushivika Kofun — unrecorded southwestern keyhole? round kofun (c.5th–6th c CE, middle–late Kofun) on Chikuho plain between Iizuka and Keisen, Fukuoka, reported 2018 Chikuho mound survey.

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🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell

Ezero Tell

Chalcolithic → Early Bronze Ezero culture (4600–3200 BCE) · Chalcolithic → Early Bronze Ezero culture (4600–3200 BCE)

Ezero Tell in Sliven Province, Nova Zagora Plain, Ezero village, Bulgaria is a Chalcolithic → Early Bronze Ezero culture (4600–3200 BCE) settlement attributed to Chalcolithic → Early Bronze Ezero…

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🇳🇬 Nigeria · Archaeological wonder

Igbo-Ukwu

Late Iron Age forest (Igbo Early Period 800–1000 CE) · Igbo (proto-Igbo) Nri cultural nucleus

9th-c tripartite forest elite complex with 700+ lost-wax bronzes including roped pot and regalia requiring highest wax virtuosity.

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Tilmen Höyük (Tilmen Palace Mound West Terrace)

Late Chalcolithic through Neo-Hittite (4000–700 BCE) · Amanos piedmont → Yamhad (Alalakh) → Hittite → Neo-Hittite

Tilmen Höyük (Tilmen Palace Mound West Terrace) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Gaziantep Province, İslahiye District, Amanos foothills, Turkey — Amanos gateway kingdom capital with MBA…

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Sos Höyük (Pasinler / Upper Euphrates Chalcolithic)

Late Chalcolithic through Iron Age (Chalcolithic, EBA Kura-Araxes, MBA, Iron Urartian) · Caucasian–Kura-Araxes → Eastern Anatolian → Urartian

Sos Höyük (Pasinler / Upper Euphrates Chalcolithic) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Erzurum Province, Pasinler District, Pasinler plain, Turkey — High plateau mound at Euphrates headwaters…

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Alaca Höyük (Royal Tombs Annex Northeast)

Chalcolithic through Byzantine (Chalcolithic, EB III Royal Tombs, Hattian, Hittite, Phrygian) · Hattian (Hamaylı) → Hittite → Phrygian

Alaca Höyük (Royal Tombs Annex Northeast) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Çorum Province, Alaca District, Boğazkale–Alaca ridge, Turkey — Hattian princely necropolis and Hittite cult centre…

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🇷🇴 Romania · Tell

Bordușani-Popină (Bordușani Island Tell)

Late Neolithic through Eneolithic (Boian → Gumelnița → Cernavodă) · Boian → Gumelnița → Cernavodă I

Bordușani-Popină (Bordușani Island Tell) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Ialomița County, Bordușani Commune, Balta Ialomiței island, Danube floodplain, Romania — Danube floodplain island…

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hydraulic works

Ferriby Bronze Age Boats – Humber Foreshore (North Ferriby)

Early to Middle Bronze Age · Early Bronze Age Humber (Ferriby–Hanson Logboat tradition)

Three sewn-plank boats (2030–1680 BCE) — Europe's earliest plank vessels in Humber estuary silts.

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Küllüoba Höyük

Early Bronze Age I–III (c.3500–2000 BCE) with Late Chalcolithic base · Western Anatolian EBA (Eskişehir phase, Troy I–II contemporary)

EBA II–III walled plateau town (c.3500–2000 BCE) with monumental compound and planned lower town — Eskişehir plain urbanism type-site.

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🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village

Toro Yayoi Paddy Settlement

Yayoi Late 1st c BCE–1st c CE (late Yayoi classic) · Yayoi Tokai Etsu — Toro paddy tradition (Suruga plain)

Toro Yayoi Paddy Settlement — classic Yayoi late wet-rice village (1st c BCE–1st c CE, late Yayoi) on Abe River floodplain 4 km south Shizuoka, discovered 1943 (Land Reform) excavated 1947–48 by Y.

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🇵🇱 Poland · Ancient village

Biskupin Iron Age Lake Fort

Early Iron Age, Lusatian culture Hallstatt C · Lusatian (Lausitz) culture Hallstatt-period farmers

740 BCE Lusatian lake-fort—106 identical street-grid houses on Lake Biskupin islet.