🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Sutkagen Dor
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan (Indus Valley Civilization, Makran coastal facies)
Westernmost Harappan (2600–1900 BCE)—17.5 ha walled Dasht port with 12-m walls, Arabian Sea trade terminus.
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🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient city
Eneolithic Precucuteni → Cucuteni A (5100–4500 BCE) Western · Precucuteni–Cucuteni A (Western Cucuteni-Trypillia earliest)
Polivaniv Yar III (Polivanov Yar) — Precucuteni → Cucuteni A stratified tell (c.5100–4500 BCE, 2 ha, 6 horizons) on Dniester cape at Khotyn, Chernivtsi, Bessarabia border.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan (Indus Valley Civilization, Makran coastal facies)
Westernmost Harappan (2600–1900 BCE)—17.5 ha walled Dasht port with 12-m walls, Arabian Sea trade terminus.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan (Makran coastal)
Southern Makran Harappan port (2600–1900 BCE)—4.7 ha hilltop citadel with 8-m walls and cistern, Shadi Kaur estuary.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Early Neolithic to Chalcolithic (Karanovo → Gumelnița–Varna) · Boian → Gumelnița–Karanovo VI–Varna
Fortified Chalcolithic tell (c.4500–4000 BCE, Gumelnița-Karanovo VI–Varna complex, + Early Neolithic base c.6000 BCE) near Hotnitsa waterfall (Kaya Bunar cascade 30 m) on Yantra terrace.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Early to Late Neolithic (c.3600–2600 BCE) · Early Neolithic → Grooved Ware Orcadian Neolithic
Wideford Hill settlement with earliest Orkney timber houses (3600 BCE) and later stone village bridging Early–Late Neolithic.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Early Natufian (14,500–13,000 BP) · Early Natufian (Levant)
Jordan Valley Early Natufian base camp with slab floors and dentalium burial arrays.
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Middle to Late Chalcolithic (Petreşti A-B) · Petreşti (Vinča → Gumelniţa contemporary Transylvanian)
Type-site of Petreşti painted ware culture (c.5000–3500 BCE, Middle to Late Chalcolithic) — Transylvania's Late Neolithic polychrome (red-white-black geometric) rivalling Cucuteni, on Sebeș River…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
New Kingdom · 18th-20th Dynasty Egyptian
Deir el-Medina Workmen Village Thebes at Thebes, Deir el-Medina, Egypt is a New Kingdom ancient village of the 18th-20th Dynasty Egyptian tradition, built c.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Lower Rajasthan Sanctuary A — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-46) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient village
Chalcolithic to Bronze · Yahya period / Elamite
Tepe Yahya Steatite Workshop Kerman at Kerman, Tepe Yahya, Iran is a Chalcolithic to Bronze ancient village of the Yahya period / Elamite tradition, built c.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Bronze Age · Shahr-e Sukhteh / Helmand
Shahr-e Sukhteh Burnt City Eastern Mound at Sistan, Shahr-e Sukhteh, Iran is a Bronze Age ancient city of the Shahr-e Sukhteh / Helmand tradition, built c.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Sacred Henan Necropolis B — Henan, Erlitou (54-14) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Natufian · Azraq Natufian
Shubayqa Natufian Bread Site Azraq at Azraq Basin, Shubayqa, Jordan is a Natufian ancient village of the Azraq Natufian tradition, built c.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Ancient city
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Western Siem Reap Platform A — Siem Reap (54-28) at Siem Reap, Cambodia is a Early Historic (regional) ancient city of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
PPNB to Late Neolithic · PPNB Jordan
Beidha Neolithic Village Petra Corridor at Ma'an, Beidha, Jordan is a PPNB to Late Neolithic ancient village of the PPNB Jordan tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A–B · Taş Tepeler / Upper Mesopotamian PPN
Taş Tepeler PPN sanctuary with narrative leopard-human-phallus reliefs matching Karahan Tepe phallic imagery.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
PPNA to PPNB · Jordanian Highlands PPN
Kharaysin Naviform Village Jordan at Zarqa, Kharaysin, Jordan is a PPNA to PPNB ancient village of the Jordanian Highlands PPN tradition, built c.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Pyramid
Early Horizon to Early Intermediate (Late Formative) · Wankarani (highland Altiplano)
Altiplano tell-pyramid at Wankarani — 80×60 m artificial village mound 8 m high c.1200–270 BCE at 3950 m, highest Andean mound village before Tiwanaku.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic · Burdur-Antalya (Hacilar-associated)
Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic lakeside shrine-village (c.6500–5500 BCE) in Burdur Lake District, famous for 'Martyrium' burnt shrine phase with mother-goddess and leopard reliefs, and hoard of…
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village
Natufian · Negev Natufian
Rosh Horesha Natufian Negev Camp at Negev, Rosh Horesha, Israel is a Natufian ancient village of the Negev Natufian tradition, built c. 12000 BCE for highland natufian harpoons bedrock mortars.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Ancient city
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Eastern Siem Reap Village I — Siem Reap (54-31) at Siem Reap, Cambodia is a Iron Age (regional) ancient city of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Late Natufian · Natufian Jordan
Wadi Hammeh 27 Jordan Valley Natufian at Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Late Natufian ancient village of the Natufian Jordan tradition, built c. 12500 BCE for semi-subterranean natufian base camp.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
PPNB to Nabataean · PPNB Levantine to Nabataean
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B village (7200–6500 BCE) 5 km north of Petra at Siq al-Barid ('Little Petra'), first excavated by Diana Kirkbride.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
PPNB to Late Islamic (8500 BCE–1400 CE) · Upper Tigris PPN → Halaf/Ubaid → Uruk → Mitanni → Assyrian → Islamic
Ilısu rescue mound with PPNB–Mitanni–Assyrian sequence before Tigris inundation.