🇷🇸 Serbia · Tell
Selevac
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Selevac — buried prehistoric tell/village at Šumadija District.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Salmon Pueblo (Salmon Ruins / San Juan Chaco Outlier)
Pueblo II–III (Chacoan outlier 1088–1125, Mesa Verde reoccupation 1180–1250) · Ancestral Puebloan (Chacoan outlier → Mesa Verde/San Juan)
Salmon Pueblo (Salmon Ruins / San Juan Chaco Outlier) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in New Mexico, San Juan County, San Juan River, Farmington-Bloomfield, United States — Northernmost…
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Hârşova Tell
Boian → Hamangia → Gumelniţa (5500–4000 BCE) · Boian → Hamangia → Gumelniţa (5500–4000 BCE)
Hârşova Tell in Constanța County, Danube, Hârșova town, Romania is a Boian → Hamangia → Gumelniţa (5500–4000 BCE) settlement attributed to Boian → Hamangia → Gumelniţa (5500–4000 BCE) culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Abu Hureyra
Late Epipalaeolithic/Natufian to Pre-Pottery Neolithic B · Natufian-derived Neolithic; Euphrates Levantine
Two-period tell on the Euphrates now submerged under Lake Assad: an Epipalaeolithic hunter-gatherer village (c.13,500–12,800 cal BP) and a Pre-Pottery Neolithic village (c.11,100–9,300 cal BP) famed…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Kültepe-Kanesh
EB to Roman (c.3000 BCE–200 CE; karum 2100–1700 BCE, 22k tablets) · Anatolian → Old Assyrian karum (kārum) → Hittite Kanesh
Kültepe is ancient Kanesh/Nesa — the Assyrian merchant colony (karum) with 22,000 Old Assyrian cuneiform tablets (largest OB archive) documenting bronze–silver...
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tall-i Bakun (A & B)
Late Chalcolithic Bakun phase (c.4800–4000 BCE); Ubaid-related Bakun painted ware · Bakun (Fars Chalcolithic) with Ubaid–Susiana ties and early Elamite precursor
Bakun painted Chalcolithic capital (c.4800–4000 BCE) with 20-room admin complex and seals — Marvdasht chiefdom precursor (Persepolis 7 km).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Körtik Tepe
PPNA to early PPNB (Late Epipaleolithic → Neolithic) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPNA, Upper Tigris forager-cultivators)
PPNA buried village (11200–9500 cal BP) with 400 burials under round-house floors — Upper Tigris type-site for Neolithic mortuary behaviour, Ilısu salvage.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Atranjikhera
OCP 1200 → PGW 1100–600 → NBPW 600–300 BCE · Upper Gangetic OCP → PGW → NBPW (Gangetic Iron Age)
Atranjikhera — PGW–NBPW stratigraphic type-site (1200 BCE–300 BCE) on Kali Nadi near Etah, excavated 1962–69 by R.C. Gaur (AMU).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Nevalı Çori
Early PPNB · Upper Euphrates PPNB
PPNB ritual settlement (c.8400–8100 BCE) on the middle Euphrates, sister-site to Göbekli Tepe with limestone T-pillars, terrazzo floors, and anthropogenic limestone sculptures of humans and birds…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Girsu
Early Dynastic to Ur III (c.3500–2000 BCE; peak Lagash 2500–2144 BCE) · Sumerian Lagash (ÉNSI rulers: Ur-Nanshe, Eannatum, Enmetena, Gudea)
Girsu (modern Tello/Telloh) is the sacred city of Lagash state — first Sumerian city ever excavated (1877) yielding Gudea diorite statues, Gudea cylinders (worl...
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell Abu Suwan
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.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Tepe Sialk — South Tappeh High Platform (Proto-Ziggurat)
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).
🇷🇴 Romania · Ancient village
Tărtăria Tablets Site
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
Maydos Kilisetepe
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Maydos Kilisetepe — buried prehistoric tell/village at Çanakkale Province.
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Călărași-Măgura Gumelnița
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Călărași-Măgura Gumelnița — buried prehistoric tell/village at Călărași County.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tell
Paquimé (Casas Grandes) — Medio Period Great House and Mound
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…
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Radovanu Tell (Radovanu-Gorgana / Călărași Terrace)
Late Neolithic through Eneolithic (Boian → Gumelnița → Cernavodă) · Boian → Gumelnița (Kodžadermen-Karanovo VI) → Cernavodă
Radovanu Tell (Radovanu-Gorgana / Călărași Terrace) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Călărași County, Radovanu Commune, Argeș terrace, Danube plain, Romania — Argeș–Danube Gumelnița terrace…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Chagar Bazar (Ašnakkum / Khabur Ware Capital)
Neolithic through Old Babylonian (Halaf/Ubaid through Khabur Ware Ašnakkum) · Halaf → Ubaid → Ninevite V → Akkadian → Ur III → Old Babylonian (Ašnakkum)
Tell Chagar Bazar (Ašnakkum / Khabur Ware Capital) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Hasakah Governorate, Khabur Triangle, Wadi Dara tributary, Syria — Khabur Triangle city-state capital…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Maşat Höyük (Tapigga / Tapikka)
Late Chalcolithic through Iron Age (Chalcolithic, EBA, Hittite, Iron) · Hattian → Hittite (Tapikka) → Phrygian/Kaska contact
Maşat Höyük (Tapigga / Tapikka) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Tokat Province, Zile District, Yeşilırmak headwaters, Turkey — Hittite northeastern frontier archive town controlling Kaska…
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Ezero Tell
Chalcolithic → Early Bronze Ezero culture (4600–3200 BCE) · Chalcolithic → Early Bronze Ezero culture (4600–3200 BCE)
Ezero Tell in Sliven Province, Nova Zagora Plain, Ezero village, Bulgaria is a Chalcolithic → Early Bronze Ezero culture (4600–3200 BCE) settlement attributed to Chalcolithic → Early Bronze Ezero…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Catalhoyuk South Area Midden Trench 5
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7400-6000 BCE) · Anatolian Neolithic
Catalhoyuk South Area Midden Trench 5 in Central Anatolia, Konya, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7400-6000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Anatolian Neolithic.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Sialk Necropolis B Extension South — Western Terrace
Chalcolithic-Early Bronze (4000-2800 BCE) · Proto-Elamite
Tepe Sialk Necropolis B Extension South — Western Terrace in Isfahan, Kashan, Iran is a Chalcolithic-Early Bronze (4000-2800 BCE) tell attributed to Proto-Elamite.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Eastern Outlier
Chalcolithic-Bronze Age (4000-2000 BCE) · Hissar Culture
Tepe Hissar Burned Building Annex West — Eastern Outlier in Semnan, Damghan, Iran is a Chalcolithic-Bronze Age (4000-2000 BCE) tell attributed to Hissar Culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Arbid North (Khabur)
Halaf → Ubaid → Uruk → EJ II–III → Akkadian → Mitanni · Halaf → Ubaid → Uruk → EJ II–III → Akkadian → Mitanni
Tell Arbid in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Khabur triangle near Amuda, Syria is a Halaf → Ubaid → Uruk → EJ II–III → Akkadian → Mitanni settlement attributed to Halaf → Ubaid → Uruk → EJ II–III → Akkadian…