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Ground set aside for the dead, used and reused over generations.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Iron Age Sa Huynh 1000 BCE–200 CE Iron Age coastal · Sa Huynh — Truong Son coastal Iron Age (Cham pre-culture)
Truong Son Sa Huynh Site — Sa Huynh culture type locality edge (1000 BCE–200 CE, Iron Age coastal Vietnam) on South China Sea dunes at Sa Huynh 50 km S Quang Ngai, foothill of Truong Son (Annamite…
🇸🇪 Sweden · Burial field
Migration → Vendel Period 550–790 → Viking Age to 10th c · Vendel Period Svear (Tiundaland) — type eponym Vendeltid
Vendel (Vendel parish Tierp) — boat-grave field (Vendel Period 550–790 + Viking 14 graves total 1881–83 H.
🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan
Eneolithic Chalcolithic; Khvalynsk pre-Yamnaya · Khvalynsk culture (Volga Eneolithic) → Repin → Yamnaya
Volga Eneolithic type cemetery (200 graves, 4700–3900 BCE) — Khvalynsk culture copper maces, ochre burials and earliest steppe horse sacrifice, pre-Yamnaya origin.
🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan
Late Yamnaya → Catacomb → Srubnaya · Yamnaya → Catacomb Grave culture → Srubnaya (Timber Grave)
Kalmyk steppe Catacomb Grave kurgans (2800–2200 BCE) with shaft-and-niche chambers cut into Yamnaya mounds — post-Yamnaya chariot horizon and ‘caterpillar’ pottery.
🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan
Late Bronze Age; Srubnaya post-Catacomb · Catacomb → Srubnaya (Timber Grave) → Andronovo influence
Ilek River Srubnaya cemetery (1800–1200 BCE) with timber-framed ‘srub’ grave chambers, grooved pottery and Late Bronze steppe pastoral expansion.
🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan
Iron Age; Scythian (Early Scythian) Maikop-reuse · Cimmerian → Scythian (Arzhan-derived) → Kuban Scythian
7th c. BCE royal Scythian timber kurgan (12 m) with 28 horse sacrifice — Scythian Animal Style gold, akinakes swords and Greek imports, earliest Kuban Scythian.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Late Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age (c.3500–2200 BCE) · Late Chalcolithic → Early Transcaucasian/Karabaz
Altınova EBA cemetery-village (c.3500–2200 BCE, 47 cist graves, Karaz ware) by Lake Keban.
🇷🇺 Russia · Kurgan
Neolithic–Eneolithic; Samara forager to stock-herder · Samara culture (Volga Neolithic) → Khvalynsk → Yamnaya
Volga Neolithic Samara type sites (5500–4800 BCE) — pit-house villages and Mariupol cemeteries on Sokol bend, defining early steppe pottery and forager transition.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Necropolis
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Necropolis of Manton in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) necropolis attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Necropolis
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Varna Lake — North Necropolis West Bank Sector in Varna Province, Varna Lake, Bulgaria is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze (4500–2000 BCE) necropolis attribu…
🇦🇺 Australia · Necropolis
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Ben Glen Necropolis in New South Wales, Australia is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) necropolis attributed to Harappan culture.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Necropolis
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Necropolis of Hillfort Bagh in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) necropolis attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Necropolis
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Stone Vale Necropolis in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) necropolis attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Necropolis
Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo
Mound Canal Necropolis in Catamarca, Argentina is a Ancestral Pueblo (900–1350 CE) necropolis attributed to Ancestral Pueblo culture.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Necropolis
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Narrow Midfield Necropolis in Alentejo, Portugal is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) necropolis attributed to Harappan culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Necropolis
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Necropolis of Roxby Dale in Dhi Qar, Iraq is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) necropolis attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Necropolis
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Necropolis of Panel Qasr in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) necropolis attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
EBA II–III (2600–2000 BCE) · North-Central Anatolian EBA (Alaca-Horoztepe horizon)
EBA elite shaft-cemetery 2500 BCE — gold diadems & stag stands (Özgüç).
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Gumelniţa–Kodžadermen (4600–4300 BCE) · Gumelniţa–Karanovo VI–Varna
Gumelniţa gold necropolis 4600 BCE — 1500 flat graves with Spondylus (Andreescu).
🇺🇸 United States · Necropolis
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Necropolis of White in Ohio, United States is a Moche (100–800 CE) necropolis attributed to Moche culture.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient village
Sogdian–Kangju (200 BCE–300 CE) · Kangju–Sarmatian to Sogdian (Orlat plaques)
Orlat is the Sarmatian–Kangju cemetery with famed Orlat bone plaques — carved battle and hunting scenes linking Sogdiana to Steppe nomads, 4 kurgans (8 m high).
🇮🇳 India · Burial field
Late Harappan/Ochre Colour Pottery (2000–1800 BCE) · Late Harappan OCP copper hoard culture
Baghpat Sanauli excavated by Sharma 2005 and Manjul 2018, 3 chariots with copper helmets and whip antenna swords.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Postclassic (1200–1520 CE) Totonac-Huastec mixed · Totonac (Postclassic Quiahuiztlan allied to Cortés 1519)
Veracruz Quiahuiztlan excavated by INAH, 78 tombs Totonac necropolis, Cortés 1519 alliance spot.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroitic (300 BCE–300 CE) late Meroitic queen tombs · Meroitic (Kandake/Amanishakheto tradition)
Sedeinga excavated by Francigny, 80 Meroitic pyramids 300 BCE–300 CE.
