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Mounds made of layer upon layer of settlement.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Chalcolithic-Iron Age (c.5000-600 BCE) · Levantine EBA to Iron Age (Jordan Valley)
Tell Abu Suwan — buried chalcolithic-iron tell/village at Mafraq Governorate.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Tell
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Tell el-Howe Rath in Petén, Guatemala is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) tell attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Buried city
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
Nabta Playa Calendar Extension in Limpopo, South Africa is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Proto-Elamite / Early Bronze Age, c.3000–2600 BCE (Sialk III-IV) · Proto-Elamite
High platform (proto-ziggurat) on South Tappeh at Tepe Sialk (c.3000–2600 BCE, Proto-Elamite / Early Bronze Age).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Chalcolithic to Iron Age (4000–600 BCE) · Early Bronze fortified Kikkar
Tall el-Hammam — Kikkar Debate in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Chalcolithic to Iron Age (4000–600 BCE) tell attributed to Early Bronze fortified Kikkar.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Buried city
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Local Neolithic
Tiwanaku Stela Field in Yucatán, Mexico is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) buried city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Isin-Larsa (2025–1763 BCE) · Sumerian/Amorite
Larsa — Tell Senkereh South Mound in Dhi Qar Governorate, southern plain, Iraq is a Isin-Larsa (2025–1763 BCE) ancient city attributed to Sumerian/Amorite culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
EBA (3500–1600 BCE archive 2500 BCE) · Eblaite
Ebla — Tell Mardikh South Palace in Idlib Governorate, plain, Syria is a EBA (3500–1600 BCE archive 2500 BCE) ancient city attributed to Eblaite culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze to Islamic (c.3000 BCE–1400 CE; Mittani–Assyrian peak) · Early Jazira → Mittani → Neo-Assyrian → Islamic (Tunainir)
30-ha multiperiod tell at Jaghjagh–Khabur confluence with EB–Islamic continuity, Mittani–Assyrian town and casemate wall by magnetometry (Lyonnet). Nodal market...
🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) · Canaanite
Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 258 in West Bank, Palestine is a Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) tell.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) · Canaanite
Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 841 in West Bank, Palestine is a Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) tell.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) · Canaanite
Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 963 in West Bank, Palestine is a Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) tell.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) · Canaanite
Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 14 in West Bank, Palestine is a Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) tell.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
Old Kingdom to Late Period (2680–332 BCE) · Egyptian (Delta)
Wadjet shrine centre with Amasis monoliths and Cartonnage cemetery.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) · Israelite
Tell el-Farah North Sector 634 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell.
🇷🇴 Romania · Ancient village
Middle Neolithic (Vinča A3) · Vinča (Turdaș)
Vinča pit settlement at Tărtăria (c. 5300 BCE) on Mureș River, famous for three clay tablets with Vinča signs found in pit with burnt human bones, 26 figurines and shells, sparking proto-writing…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Maydos Kilisetepe — buried prehistoric tell/village at Çanakkale Province.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Radingrad Tell — buried prehistoric tell/village at Razgrad Province.
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Călărași-Măgura Gumelnița — buried prehistoric tell/village at Călărași County.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Azmashka Mogila (Azmak Tell) — buried prehistoric tell/village at Stara Zagora Province.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Ubaid–Uruk to Iron Age (4500–600 BCE) · Upper Euphrates Chalcolithic–Early Bronze
Ubaid–Uruk to Iron Age (4500–600 BCE) tell of Upper Euphrates Chalcolithic–Early Bronze in Adıyaman Province, Samsat Plain (c.4500 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B to Halaf (8500–5500 BCE) · PPNB–Halaf (8500–5500 BCE)
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B to Halaf (8500–5500 BCE) tell of PPNB–Halaf (8500–5500 BCE) in Şanlıurfa Province, Middle Euphrates (c.8500 BCE).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tell
Medio Period (Casas Grandes, 1205–1340 CE) with Viejo substrate · Casas Grandes (Chihuahua Culture / Mogollon–Paquimé)
Paquimé (Casas Grandes) — Medio Period Great House and Mound is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Chihuahua State, Casas Grandes Municipality, Rio Casas Grandes valley, Mexico — Largest northern…
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Late Neolithic through Late Chalcolithic (5500–4200 BCE) · Hamangia → Varna → KGK VI (Kodžadermen-Gumelnița-Karanovo VI)
Provadia-Solnitsata (The Salt Pit) — Eneolithic Salt Production Tell is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Varna Province, Provadia District, Provadiyska River valley, Bulgaria — Oldest…