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Mounds made of layer upon layer of settlement.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
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…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
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…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
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…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
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.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Chalcolithic Ahar-Banas 3000–1500 BCE; Iron Age and Early Historic overlay · Ahar-Banas Chalcolithic → Iron Age
Type-site of Ahar-Banas Chalcolithic (3000–1500 BCE) — 'copper city' Tambavati on Ahar River at Udaipur.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200-7400 BCE) · Anatolian Neolithic
Asikli Hoyuk Terrace Trench 12 South — Southern Extension in Central Anatolia, Aksaray, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8200-7400 BCE) tell attributed to Anatolian Neolithic.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic through Byzantine (Chalcolithic, EB III Royal Tombs, Hattian, Hittite, Phrygian) · Hattian (Hamaylı) → Hittite → Phrygian
Alaca Höyük (Royal Tombs Annex Northeast) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Çorum Province, Alaca District, Boğazkale–Alaca ridge, Turkey — Hattian princely necropolis and Hittite cult centre…
🇮🇹 Italy · Buried city
Archaic to Roman (727 BCE – 300 CE) · Achaean Greek / Athenian / Roman
Central trapezoid city stack of Sybaris-Thurii-Copia under Crati — stoa at –4 m, forum at –1.5 m.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze Age I–III (c.3500–2000 BCE) with Late Chalcolithic base · Western Anatolian EBA (Eskişehir phase, Troy I–II contemporary)
EBA II–III walled plateau town (c.3500–2000 BCE) with monumental compound and planned lower town — Eskişehir plain urbanism type-site.
🇬🇷 Greece · Tell
Late Neolithic → Chalcolithic → EBA (5500–2200 BCE) · Late Neolithic → Chalcolithic → EBA (5500–2200 BCE)
Sitagroi in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Drama Plain, Sitagroi village, Greece is a Late Neolithic → Chalcolithic → EBA (5500–2200 BCE) settlement attributed to Late Neolithic → Chalcolithic → EBA…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Dur-Katlimmu Buried Middle Assyrian House Archive in Al-Hasakah, Dur-Katlimmu, Syria is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Neolithic through Middle Bronze (5800–1500 BCE) · Erzurum Neolithic → Chalcolithic Karasau → EBA Kura-Araxes (Karaz)
Güzelova Höyük (Karasu Valley Mound) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Erzurum Province, Aşkale District, Karasu (Euphrates) valley, Turkey — Karasu/Euphrates headwater village documenting…
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chalcolithic-Early Bronze (4000-2800 BCE) · Proto-Elamite
Tepe Sialk Necropolis B Extension South — Southern Extension in Isfahan, Kashan, Iran is a Chalcolithic-Early Bronze (4000-2800 BCE) tell attributed to Proto-Elamite.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
Predynastic → Old Kingdom Delta-Sinai gateway (3500–2200 BCE) · Predynastic → Old Kingdom Delta-Sinai gateway (3500–2200 BCE)
Tell el-Murra in North Sinai / Eastern Delta, near Qantara East, Egypt is a Predynastic → Old Kingdom Delta-Sinai gateway (3500–2200 BCE) settlement attributed to Predynastic → Old Kingdom…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Chalcolithic Kayatha 2400–1700 BCE → Malwa 1700–1500 → Early Historic · Kayatha Chalcolithic → Ahar → Malwa → Sunga-Kushan-Gupta
Type-site of Malwa Kayatha Chalcolithic culture (2400–1700 BCE) on Choti Kali Sindh — earliest farming village in Malwa with five-period stratigraphy.
🇷🇸 Serbia · Tell
Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic (5700-4500 BCE) · Vinca Culture
Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Eastern Outlier in Belgrade, Vinca, Serbia is a Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic (5700-4500 BCE) tell attributed to Vinca Culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chalcolithic-Early Bronze (4000-2800 BCE) · Proto-Elamite
Tepe Sialk Necropolis B Extension South — Northern Annex in Isfahan, Kashan, Iran is a Chalcolithic-Early Bronze (4000-2800 BCE) tell attributed to Proto-Elamite.
🇷🇸 Serbia · Tell
Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic (5700-4500 BCE) · Vinca Culture
Vinca Belo Brdo Deep Sounding East — Northern Annex in Belgrade, Vinca, Serbia is a Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic (5700-4500 BCE) tell attributed to Vinca Culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Nineveh Buried Sennacherib Aqueduct Jerwan Segment in Nineveh, Jerwan, Iraq is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chalcolithic-Bronze Age (4000-2000 BCE) · Hissar Culture
Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Northern Annex in Semnan, Damghan, Iran is a Chalcolithic-Bronze Age (4000-2000 BCE) tell attributed to Hissar Culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
EB IV desert New Town (2400–2000 BCE) · Eblaic-Early Bronze steppe urban experiment
Tell al-Rawda in Hama Governorate, Syrian steppe, Rawda plain, Syria is a EB IV desert New Town (2400–2000 BCE) settlement attributed to Eblaic-Early Bronze steppe urban experiment culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Aşıklı Höyük Buried Subfloor Burial Cluster 7 in Aksaray, Aşıklı, Turkey is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Godin Tepe Buried Oval Compound Inner Court in Hamadan, Godin Tepe, Iran is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA
Shaduppum Tell Harmal Buried Tablet School in Baghdad, Tell Harmal, Iraq is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.
