🇵🇪 Peru · Tell
Yachaymarca (Yachay Marca)
Late Intermediate to Late Horizon (c.1000-1532 CE) · Andean Late Intermediate-Late Horizon (Wari–Inca)
Yachaymarca (Yachay Marca) — buried late tell/village at Ancash Region.
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Mounds made of layer upon layer of settlement.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (Uruk to ED) · Proto-Elamite / Jemdet Nasr
Early highland proto-ziggurat at Tepe Musiyan, Deh Luran — 50×70 m oval platform c.3100 BCE linking Uruk Susiana to Elamite highland terraces.
🇵🇪 Peru · Tell
Late Intermediate to Late Horizon (c.1000-1532 CE) · Andean Late Intermediate-Late Horizon (Wari–Inca)
Yachaymarca (Yachay Marca) — buried late tell/village at Ancash Region.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
EBA through Iron Age; MBA peak · Yamhad (Aleppo) vassal; Syro-Hittite → Assyrian
MBA palace city (Zalwar?) with basalt lion gate, cuneiform archive and planned lower town — Yamhad-period vassal capital in Islahiye corridor.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Ancestral Puebloan (c.600-1300 CE) · Anasazi/Puebloan (Basketmaker to Pueblo III)
Keet Seel Cliff Dwelling — buried ancestral tell/village at Arizona.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Old Babylonian–Mittani (1900–1350 BCE) – Tabetu · Hurrian–Mittani
Old Babylonian–Mittani (1900–1350 BCE) – Tabetu Hurrian–Mittani tell at Al-Hasakah Governorate, Lower Khabur – city-state tabetu on khabur with cuneiform archive (dims 23 ha city with southern palace archive mound).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Middle Bronze to Byzantine (2000 BCE–1100 CE; peak LBA–Iron) · Hittite → Syro-Hittite → Phrygian → Neo-Assyrian → Hellenistic
Gates-fort of Cilicia — Hittite to Byzantine 12 ha casemate island tell.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Chalcolithic to Mitanni-Akkadian to Late Bronze · North Mesopotamian (Uruk → Akkadian → Hurrian)
Huge early city ('city without a state' per Oates) occupied 6000 BCE–1300 CE, peaking as Nagar kingdom (2600–2200 BCE) with Mitanni palace (1500 BCE) and Akkadian Naram-Sin palace.
🇮🇳 India · Megalith
Neolithic to Iron Age (2000–1000 BCE) · Southern Neolithic
Hallur — Karnataka Iron Age in Karnataka, Haveri, India is a Neolithic to Iron Age (2000–1000 BCE) megalithic attributed to Southern Neolithic culture.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
Early Bronze I–III (with Late Chalcolithic) · Early Bronze Levantine (coastal Canaanite)
EB I–III (3200–2500 BCE) coastal village with Egyptian imports — Lebanon's finest EB chronology.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tell
Postclassic (c.1200-1521 CE) · Mesoamerican Postclassic (Tepanec-Aztec)
Azcapotzalco (Tepanec capital) — buried postclassic tell/village at Mexico City.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Chalcolithic-Iron Age (c.5000-600 BCE) · Levantine EBA to Iron Age (Jordan Valley)
Tell Deir Alla (Pethor/Succoth) — buried chalcolithic-iron tell/village at Balqa Governorate.
🇫🇷 France · Tell
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Tell el-Highfield Estuary in Occitanie, France is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) tell attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Halaf to Medieval Islamic (6000 BCE–1300 CE; peak EBA–MBA) · Halaf → Ubaid → EBA Karababa → Neo-Hittite → Medieval
Deep Euphrates salvage sequence — Halaf to Medieval fort (12 m deposit).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (7000–6500 BCE) then Nabataean Little Petra · PPNB then Nabataean
Beidha — Nabataean Small Petra Extension Neolithic Tell in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (7000–6500 BCE) then Nabataean Little Petra tell attributed to PPNB then Nabataean.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Jemdet Nasr to Ur III / Old Babylonian · Sumerian
Sumerian city-state Lagash (Tell al-Hiba proper) and its religious capital Girsu (Tello, 25 km SE) — often conflated as Lagash-Girsu.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Halaf (6100–5400 BCE) and early Ubaid transition · Halaf (Balikh facies)
Halaf tholos settlement 6100 BCE — keyhole tholoi with painted fine ware.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Iron Age II (1000–800 BCE) burned 800 BCE · Mannaean / Urartean–related Hasanlu
Tepe Hasanlu Level IVB — Burnt Citadel East Annex in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran is a Iron Age II (1000–800 BCE) burned 800 BCE tell attributed to Mannaean / Urartean–related Hasanlu.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze (3000–2200 BCE) · EB Levantine (Amuq F–G)
Early Bronze (3000–2200 BCE) EB Levantine (Amuq F–G) tell at Kilis Province – eb hamlet on basalt ridge south of oylum (dims Mound 100×80 m, 6 m EB).
🇷🇸 Serbia · Ancient village
Early to Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic (Starčevo→Vinča) · Vinča culture (Old Europe)
Type-site of the Vinča culture (5700–4500 BCE), the most advanced Neolithic-Copper Age tell in Southeast Europe: 9 m cultural layer, 13 habitation horizons, figurines (Lady of Vinča), proto-writing…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
EBA → MBA → LBA → Phrygian → Persian (2600–500 BCE) · Anatolian EBA → Assyrian Colony fringe → Phrygian
EBA–Iron steppe tell (2600–500 BCE) — Haymana corridor walled town, Gordion-Hattusa buffer.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Chalcolithic-Iron Age (c.5000-600 BCE) · Levantine EBA to Iron Age (Jordan Valley)
Tell Abu al-Kharaz — buried chalcolithic-iron tell/village at Irbid Governorate.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Tell
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Tell Combe Ness Spur in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Roman culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
EBA to Late Roman (3100 BCE–400 CE; peak EBA 2700 BCE) · EBA Jazira (Khabur zone) → Amorite → Roman
EBA rounded-town south annex 2700 BCE — palace F quarter and Roman overlay.
🇦🇺 Australia · Buried city
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Gulf of Khambhat Wooden Anchor North in Bonaparte Shelf, Australia is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
