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Caverns used as shelter, sanctuary or burial place — and often painted.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Cave
Early Stone Age to Later Stone Age (2 Ma–14 ka) · Oldowan → Acheulean → MSA → LSA (Homo erectus to sapiens)
Wonderwerk Cave is the 140 m phreatic tube on Kuruman Hills with 2 Ma to 14 ka stratigraphy spanning Oldowan to Late Stone Age and earliest fire (1 Ma ash, burnt bone).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Acheulean to Middle Palaeolithic (385k–172k BP) · Acheulean
Attirampakkam — Acheulean Quarry in Tamil Nadu, Kortallaiyar valley, India is a Acheulean to Middle Palaeolithic (385k–172k BP) ancient village attributed to Acheulean culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Rock art
Mesolithic to Bronze Age (c.8000–2000 BCE) · Zagros rock-art tradition (pre-pottery to Bronze)
Lorestan painted cave 40 m galleries (150+ black/red paintings, hunters/ibex, c.8–2 ka) in Kuhdasht.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Cave
Middle Pleistocene (335–236 ka Homo naledi deposition) · Homo naledi (small brain 460 cc)
Rising Star Cave system (20–30 m dolomite horizon, 3 km passages) yielded 1,550+ Homo naledi fossils (15 individuals) in Dinaledi Chamber (2013) and Lesedi Chamber (2015) by Berger.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Early Historic (500 BCE–500 CE) · Mauryan-Satavahana
Turturiya — Chhattisgarh in Chhattisgarh, Baloda Bazar, India is a Early Historic (500 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Mauryan-Satavahana culture.
🇮🇳 India · Cave
Middle Palaeolithic (74000 BCE) · Middle Palaeolithic
Jwalapuram — Toba Ash Layer in Andhra Pradesh, Jurreru Valley, India is a Middle Palaeolithic (74000 BCE) cave attributed to Middle Palaeolithic culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Cave
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Kala Town Grotto in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) cave attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Cave
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Cave of Henthorn in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) cave attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Cave
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Sanctuary-Wall Grotto in Coquimbo, Chile is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) cave attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Cave
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Sura-Hillfort Grotto in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) cave attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Cave
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Workshop Earthwork Cave in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) cave attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Cave
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Southfield Grove Grotto in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) cave attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Cave
Inka Wasi (Quechua inka Inca, wasi house, "Inca house", also spelled Incahuasi, Inca Huasi) is an archaeological site in the Huancavelica Region in Peru.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Cave
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Palace Jabal Cave in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Moche (100–800 CE) cave attributed to Moche culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Cave
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Hillfort Cave in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) cave attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Cave
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Cave of Citadel Grove in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Moche (100–800 CE) cave attributed to Moche culture.
🇮🇹 Italy · Cave
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Khet-Vale Cave in Sicily, Italy is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) cave attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Rock art
Neolithic to Iron Age (8000 BCE–500 CE) with rock art · Kavirondo
Gogo Falls — Kavirondo Rock Shelter and Iron Smelting in Migori County, Kenya is a Neolithic to Iron Age (8000 BCE–500 CE) with rock art rock_art attributed to Kavirondo.
🇨🇱 Chile · Cave
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Great Grotto in Coquimbo, Chile is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) cave attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Cave
Middle Palaeolithic to Creswellian (120k–10k BCE) · Neanderthal / Creswellian
Creswell Crags Gorge in Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire, Magnesian Limestone, United Kingdom is a Middle Palaeolithic to Creswellian (120k–10k BCE) cave attributed to Neanderthal / Creswellian culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Rock art
Formative (1000–500 BCE) & Classic (500–700 CE) Xochipala · Olmec / Mezcala
Xochipala Region — Olmec Figurine Caves in Guerrero, Mexico is a Formative (1000–500 BCE) & Classic (500–700 CE) Xochipala rock_art attributed to Olmec / Mezcala.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Early Mesolithic (9300–8500 BCE) · Early Mesolithic (Maglemosian)
Star Carr Mesolithic Site in North Yorkshire, Vale of Pickering, United Kingdom is a Early Mesolithic (9300–8500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Early Mesolithic (Maglemosian) culture.
🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Satavahana (200 BCE–300 CE) · Buddhist Hinayana and Mahayana
Pitalkhora Caves — Aurangabad Basalt Vihara in Maharashtra, India is a Satavahana (200 BCE–300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Buddhist Hinayana and Mahayana.
🇷🇴 Romania · Cave
Coliboaia Cave (Romanian: Peștera Coliboaia, pronounced [koliˈbo̯aja]) is in Apuseni Natural Park, Câmpani, Bihor County, Romania.
