⌂Ancient villages

🇮🇷 Iran · Tell

Shah Tepe

Neolithic to Sasanian (5000 BCE–600 CE) · Gorgan Bronze–Iron

Neolithic to Sasanian (5000 BCE–600 CE) tell of Gorgan Bronze–Iron in Golestan Province, Gorgan Plain (c.5000 BCE).

🇧🇷 Brazil · Geoglyph

Upper Xingu Kayabi Geoglyph Complex (Pará)

Late Intermediate to Late Horizon (Xingu polyglot / Kayabi) · Upper Xingu archaeological tradition / Kayabi

Southern Amazon forest geoglyph province distinct from Acre-Urubamba: 14 circular and rectangular enclosures (120-320 m) on Xingu headwater interfluvia (260 m, 9°45′S 52°21′W), documented by Mendeley…

🇺🇸 United States · Tell

Pueblo del Arroyo (Chaco Great House Arroyo Sector)

Pueblo II–III (Chacoan 900–1150 CE, McElmo phase) · Ancestral Puebloan (Chaco Canyon Chacoan)

Pueblo del Arroyo (Chaco Great House Arroyo Sector) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in New Mexico, San Juan County, Chaco Canyon, Chaco Culture National Historical Park, United States —…

🇳🇵 Nepal · Ancient village

Ayodhyapuri

Ayodhyapuri (Nepali: अयोध्यापुरी) is a former village development committee and now a part of Madi Municipality in Chitwan District, Bagmati Province of southern Nepal.

🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village

Chorazin

Chorazin (Greek: Χοραζίν; also Chorazain) or Korazim (Hebrew: כורזים) was an ancient village in the Roman and Byzantine periods, best known from the Christian Gospels.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

Lindholme Neolithic Trackway & Platform (Hatfield Moors, South Yorkshire)

Late Neolithic (2900–2500 BCE) · British Late Neolithic (Humberhead fen communities)

45-m Late Neolithic corduroy trackway (2900–2500 BCE) over Hatfield pool to platform — earliest in Britain.

🇮🇳 India · Ancient village

Koldihwa

Vindhyan Neolithic (7000–3500) → Chalcolithic (3500–2000 BCE) · Vindhyan Neolithic (Koldihwa–Mahagara) → Chalcolithic

Belan Valley Neolithic type-site (c.7000–2000 BCE) on the Belan River 80 km southeast of Prayagraj (Allahabad) — Koldihwa (with Mahagara adjacent) excavated 1973–76 by G.R. Sharma and J.M.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Fekheriye (Guzana / Sikani) — Bilingual Statue Terrace

Middle Bronze through Neo-Assyrian (2000–600 BCE) · Hurrian Mitanni → Aramaean Guzana → Neo-Assyrian

Tell Fekheriye (Guzana / Sikani) — Bilingual Statue Terrace is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Hasakah Governorate, Khabur source, Ras al-Ain District, Syria — Aramaean city-state Guzana…

🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Tepecik Höyük (Çiftlik / Melendiz Plain)

Aceramic Neolithic through Early Bronze (7000–2700 BCE) · Cappadocian Aceramic → Early Chalcolithic → Late Chalcolithic (Melendiz)

Tepecik Höyük (Çiftlik / Melendiz Plain) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Niğde Province, Çiftlik District, Melendiz plain, Cappadocia, Turkey — Cappadocian Neolithic obsidian-processing…

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village

Must Farm Bronze Age Settlement

Late Bronze Age (~1000–800 BCE) · British Late Bronze Age fenland communities

900 BCE stilt village burned and silt-sealed—Britain's Pompeii with pots still stacked.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Höyücek (Höyücek Höyük / Burdur Sanctuary)

Late Neolithic through Early Bronze (6400–2700 BCE) · Burdur–Antalya Late Neolithic → Early Chalcolithic shrine phase → Lakes EBA

Höyücek (Höyücek Höyük / Burdur Sanctuary) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Burdur Province, Bucak District, Burdur–Antalya foothills, Turkey — Neolithic–Chalcolithic sanctuary village with…

🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village

Gobekli Tepe Karahan Quarry Outlier — Southern Extension

Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9600-8800 BCE) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic

Gobekli Tepe Karahan Quarry Outlier — Southern Extension in Southeastern Anatolia, Sanliurfa, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9600-8800 BCE) ancient village attributed to Pre-Pottery Neolithic.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village

Gobekli Tepe Karahan Quarry Outlier — Western Terrace

Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9600-8800 BCE) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic

Gobekli Tepe Karahan Quarry Outlier — Western Terrace in Southeastern Anatolia, Sanliurfa, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9600-8800 BCE) ancient village attributed to Pre-Pottery Neolithic.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Jinderis (Jindires / Gindaros) — Hilltop Stronghold

Chalcolithic through Roman (Chalcolithic, EBA, Iron, Hellenistic-Roman Gindaros) · Afrin chalcolithic → Amuq EBA → Aramaean → Hellenistic-Roman Gindaros

Tell Jinderis (Jindires / Gindaros) — Hilltop Stronghold is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Aleppo Governorate, Afrin District, Afrin River plain, Kurd-Dagh, Syria — Afrin plain hilltop tell…

🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder

Wittmoor Bog Trackways I & II (Hamburg Rhineland)

Early Iron Age (Jastorf / La Tène) · North German Early Iron Age

Dual Iron Age bog trackways (25 m asl) southeast through Wittmoor (Moor 53°42′00″N 10°04′10″E 53.699984N 10.069399E per Wikipedia No II 1904 Wolff discovery) and parallel No I 500 m northeast.

🇷🇸 Serbia · Ancient village

Lepenski Vir Terrace Lower Dwelling 12 — Eastern Outlier

Mesolithic-Neolithic (7000-5000 BCE) · Lepenski Vir Culture

Lepenski Vir Terrace Lower Dwelling 12 — Eastern Outlier in Danube Gorge, Donji Milanovac, Serbia is a Mesolithic-Neolithic (7000-5000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Lepenski Vir Culture.

🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village

Mitchell Site

Mississippian (c.1050–1250 CE) Early–Middle Mississippian Stirling phase · Mississippian (Cahokia)

The Mitchell Site (11S2) is a Middle Mississippian mound-and-village suburb of Greater Cahokia on the Horseshoe Lake meander opposite Collinsville, Illinois.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Beydar (Nabada) — Eastern Palace Sector

Early Dynastic III through Mitanni (2900–1300 BCE) · Early Dynastic (Nabada) → Akkadian → Ur III → Old Babylonian → Mitanni

Tell Beydar (Nabada) — Eastern Palace Sector is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Hasakah Governorate, Khabur headwaters, Darbasiyah plain, Syria — Early Dynastic city-state Nabada — eastern…

🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village

Walnut Canyon National Monument

Sinagua (c.1100–1250 CE) Northern Sinagua – Cohonina transition · Northern Sinagua

Walnut Canyon National Monument preserves 300+ Northern Sinagua cliff dwellings (c.1100–1250 CE) set in shallow alcoves under the Kaibab Limestone rim of a 122m-deep canyon 12 km east of Flagstaff,…

🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village

Quarai Pueblo (Mission Quarai)

Pueblo III–IV → Spanish mission (1100–1670 CE) · Pueblo III–IV → Spanish mission (1100–1670 CE)

Quarai Pueblo (Mission Quarai) in New Mexico, Torrance County, Salinas, Manzano foothills, United States is a Pueblo III–IV → Spanish mission (1100–1670 CE) settlement attributed to Pueblo III–IV →…

🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Büklükale (Kapalıkaya / Kızılırmak Crossing)

Early Bronze to Iron Age (EBA, Hittite Empire, Early Iron) · Hattian → Hittite → Early Iron Age Central Anatolian

Büklükale (Kapalıkaya / Kızılırmak Crossing) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Kırıkkale Province, Karakeçili District, Kızılırmak bend, Turkey — Hittite military base and westernmost…

🇮🇳 India · Ancient village

Mahagara

Neolithic (6500–3500) → Chalcolithic (3500–2000) → Iron Age · Vindhyan Belan Neolithic (Koldihwa–Mahagara)

Complementary Belan Valley Neolithic–Chalcolithic settlement (c.6500–2000 BCE) 5 km downstream of Koldihwa on the Belan River near Mahagara village — excavated together with Koldihwa (1975–77) by G.R.

🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city

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

Ptolemaic to Roman (300 BCE – 350 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman

Eastern granary quarter of Theadelphia at Bat el-Harun — 60 m houses at –2 m and 45 m canal.