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CategoriesAncient villages
The first farming settlements and the houses people lived in.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Neolithic to Chalcolithic (PPNB-derived) · Anatolian Neolithic (Catalhoyuk East/West)
Largest Neolithic proto-city (7500–5700 BCE) with 18 settlement levels, mud-brick houses entered via roofs, wall paintings, bull bucrania and earliest landscape painting. Population up to 8,000.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Borobudur Hydraulic Basin North in Harrat al-Sham, Jordan is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) 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.
🇮🇳 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.
🇮🇹 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.
🇻🇳 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).
🇯🇴 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.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Middle Jomon (3500–2500 BCE) · Middle Jomon
Middle Jomon volcanic piedmont village (3500–2500 BCE) — pit houses with Esan obsidian workshop.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Neolithic (7000–2500 BCE; Aceramic 7000 BCE, Ceramic 5500 BCE) · Mehrgarh (pre-Harappan)
Bolan Mehrgarh excavated by Jarrige 1974–, 7000 BCE barley/wheat, 32,000 graves, earliest dentistry bow-drill.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9500–9000 BCE) · Nemrik–Qermez Dere PPNA
Qermez Dere — Pre-Pottery Neolithic Settlement in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (9500–9000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Nemrik–Qermez Dere PPNA.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Natufian to PPNB (10200–8200 BCE) · Mureybetian culture (PPNA type)
Mureybet — Euphrates Early Village in Raďďa Governorate, Syria is a Natufian to PPNB (10200–8200 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Mureybetian culture (PPNA type).
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pueblo II–III · Ancestral Puebloan / Chacoan
Greatest great house of Chaco: D-shaped 800-room complex with 32 kivas, planned in stages 850–1150 CE, aligned to cardinal directions and Chacoan road system radiating 60 km.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pueblo IV Glaze A (1350–1480 CE) · Ancestral Tano (Rio Grande Puebloan) Mogollon-influenced
Pottery Mound excavated by Hibben 1953–61, murals similar to Hopi kachinas 100 km west.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
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.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village
Epiclassic (550–650 CE) · Teotihuacan late / Coyotlatelco
Oztoyahualco Compound — Teotihuacan in Mexico State, Mexico is a Epiclassic (550–650 CE) ancient-village attributed to Teotihuacan late / Coyotlatelco.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
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.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Mimbreños Classic (1000–1150 CE) Mimbres Black-on-white pottery · Mogollon Mimbres (Mogollon)
Mimbres excavated by Cosgrove 1920s, 800 Mimbres bowls with fish, human scenes.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B–C (8200–6400 BCE) · PPNB (Beisamounian)
Beisamoun — Galilee PPNB Village in Northern District, Israel is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B–C (8200–6400 BCE) ancient-village attributed to PPNB (Beisamounian).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village
Classic to Epiclassic (300–650 CE) · Teotihuacan
Tlajinga Workshops — Teotihuacan South in Mexico State, Mexico is a Classic to Epiclassic (300–650 CE) ancient-village attributed to Teotihuacan.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (3180–2500 BCE) · Grooved Ware Orkney
Skara extension excavated by Clarke 1928–30 and recent erosion exposures, middens with pottery, bone tools and dyke wall.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient village
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.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Late Bronze Age (1300–600 BCE) · Dartmoor Bronze Age (Trevisker)
Late Bronze Age enclosed settlement (c. 1300–600 BCE) in a valley between Hamel Down and Hookney Tor, comprising a 150 m diameter stone wall enclosing 24 hut circles (2–5 m diameter) with paved…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
PPNB (8700–7500 BCE) · PPNB (Aswadian)
Damascus oasis village excavated by de Contenson 1960s–2008, oldest plastered skulls with wheat/barley and domestication evidence.
