🇧🇴 Bolivia · Earthwork
Llanos de Mojos — Casarabe Forest Island Laguna Central East (Moxos East)
Casarabe (500–1400 CE) · Casarabe
Eastern forest island laguna of Casarabe in Mojos — 12 m mound on 18 ha island and 800 m causeway.
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🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age (3200-2000 BCE) · Early Helladic
Lerna House of Tiles Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace in Peloponnese, Argolis, Greece is a Early Bronze Age (3200-2000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Early Helladic.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Earthwork
Casarabe (500–1400 CE) · Casarabe
Eastern forest island laguna of Casarabe in Mojos — 12 m mound on 18 ha island and 800 m causeway.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Neolithic (7000-5500 BCE) · Mehrgarh Culture
Mehrgarh Period I Courtyard Complex North — Northern Annex in Balochistan, Kachi, Pakistan is a Neolithic (7000-5500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Mehrgarh Culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7500-6500 BCE) · PPN Culture
Ba'ja Clifftop Cistern Terrace North — Northern Annex in Petra region, Ma'an, Jordan is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7500-6500 BCE) ancient village attributed to PPN Culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Chalcolithic (3800-3100 BCE) · Naqada II-III
Hierakonpolis Locality HK6 Elite Cemetery Terrace — Northern Annex in Aswan, Kom Ombo, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (3800-3100 BCE) ancient village attributed to Naqada II-III.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Chalcolithic (3800-3100 BCE) · Naqada II-III
Hierakonpolis Locality HK6 Elite Cemetery Terrace — Western Terrace in Aswan, Kom Ombo, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (3800-3100 BCE) ancient village attributed to Naqada II-III.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Neolithic (7000-5500 BCE) · Mehrgarh Culture
Mehrgarh Period I Courtyard Complex North — Eastern Outlier in Balochistan, Kachi, Pakistan is a Neolithic (7000-5500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Mehrgarh Culture.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
Southern Neolithic 3000–1000 BCE (Periods I–III) → Megalithic · Southern Neolithic (Bellary) — earliest Deccan farming
Southern Neolithic type-complex (c.3000–1000 BCE) on the granite hillocks east of Bellary — Sanganakallu–Kupgal cluster (206 ha survey) excavated 1946 by B.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Ancient village
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic
Anuradhapura Abhayagiri North Dagoba Base in North Central, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.
🇨🇿 Czechia · Ancient village
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic
Dolní Věstonice Mammoth Bone Dwelling 3 in South Moravia, Dolní Věstonice, Czechia is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Chalcolithic (3800-3100 BCE) · Naqada II-III
Hierakonpolis Locality HK6 Elite Cemetery Terrace — Eastern Outlier in Aswan, Kom Ombo, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (3800-3100 BCE) ancient village attributed to Naqada II-III.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Acheulian to Southern Neolithic (1.20 Ma–1800 BCE) · Acheulian to Southern Neolithic (Deccan Neolithic, ash mound)
15-ha Acheulian–Neolithic limestone–chert quarry (1.2 Ma–3000 BCE)—India's largest Neolithic workshop, ash mound fringe.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Ancient village
Late Pre-Columbian (900 – 1650 CE) · Xinguano Arawak / Kuhikugu
Western Kuhikugu plaza K9 250×150 m at Seki Lake west — causeway 500 m ×12 m and reservoir 100 m under gallery forest; Xinguano.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Ancient village
Late Pre-Columbian (900 – 1650 CE) · Xinguano Arawak / Kuhikugu
Western Kuhikugu plaza K9 250×150 m at Seki Lake west — causeway 500 m ×12 m and reservoir 100 m under gallery forest; Xinguano.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Neolithic (7000-5500 BCE) · Mehrgarh Culture
Mehrgarh Period I Courtyard Complex North — Western Terrace in Balochistan, Kachi, Pakistan is a Neolithic (7000-5500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Mehrgarh Culture.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Đồng Đậu culture 1500–1200 BCE (Phùng Nguyên → Đồng Đậu → Gò Mun → Dong Son) · Phùng Nguyên succession (Vietic Red River) → Dong Son ancestor
Red River Phùng Nguyên succession site (c.1800–1200 BCE, Đồng Đậu culture 1500–1200) northwest of Hanoi — type-site for Đồng Đậu culture (Bùi Vinh's Phùng Nguyên → Đồng Đậu → Gò Mun sequence)…
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Late Neolithic through Middle Elamite (c.6800–2000 BCE); Archaic Susiana, Middle Susiana, Uruk, Susa II, Elamite · Susiana (Archaic–Middle) → Uruk–Susa II (Proto-Elamite) → Elamite (Susa III)
Susiana proto-literate tell (c.4400–3100 BCE) with early seals and Burnt Building — Delougaz/Kantor type-site for Susa plain (20 ha).
🇵🇪 Peru · Cave
Lithic – Preceramic (c.12000–8000 BCE earliest; 8600 BCE cultigens) · Andean Lithic / Guitarrero tradition
Guitarrero Cave is a shallow limestone rockshelter on the west flank of the Cordillera Blanca above the Santa River at 2,580 m near Yungay, Ancash.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age Phung Nguyen 2000–1500 BCE · Phung Nguyen culture — Red River early bronze (type-site)
Phu Tho Phung Nguyen Hill — type-site of Phung Nguyen culture (2000–1500 BCE, Vietnam's earliest Bronze Age) on Hong River hill 10 km Viet Tri, 60 km NW Hanoi, excavated 1961 by Hoang Van Khoan (then…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Vidarbha Iron Age 800–300 BCE → Maurya 300–187 → Satavahana 187 BCE–220 CE → Vakataka 250–300 CE · Vidarbha megalithic–Iron (Black-and-red) → Satavahana
Vidarbha Iron Age iron-smelting town (800 BCE–300 CE) near Nagpur — earliest tuyere smelting and Indo-Roman rouletted ware with 22 coin hoards.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Neolithic through Middle Bronze (5800–1500 BCE) · Erzurum Neolithic → Chalcolithic Karasau → EBA Kura-Araxes (Karaz)
Güzelova Höyük (Karasu Valley Mound) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Erzurum Province, Aşkale District, Karasu (Euphrates) valley, Turkey — Karasu/Euphrates headwater village documenting…
🇱🇦 Laos · Ancient village
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic
Plain of Jars Site 1 Central Jar Cluster in Xieng Khouang, Plain of Jars, Laos is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Mound
Sambaqui (c.7000–1500 BCE) South-Central Brazilian Coast · Sambaqui – Camacho fishermen-collectors
Sambaqui Figueirinha near Jaguaruna, Santa Catarina, is a giant late Holocene shell mound (sambaqui) on the Imaruí–Garopaba coastal lagoon plain at 5 m asl.
🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient village
Iron Age (800 BCE-100 CE) · Castro Culture
Castro de Baroña Coastal Annex Terrace — Southern Extension in Galicia, A Coruna, Spain is a Iron Age (800 BCE-100 CE) ancient village attributed to Castro Culture.
