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37 places in the atlas, 2 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.

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Tells30
Ancient villages24
Mounds20
Buried cities17
Ancient cities7
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Cucutenis5
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Danube Plain4
Alba County, Sebeș Valley – Transylvanian Plateau1
Botoșani County, Trușești commune, Jijia Plain1
Botoșani County, Trușești, Jijia Plain1
Constanța County, Cernavodă, Danube gorge cliff1

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Constanța County, Danube, Hârșova town

Constanța County, Dobrogea, Danube Right Bank1

Constanța County, Hârșova, Danube right bank insula bluff1

Călăraşi County, Borcea branch Danube terrace1

Călărași County, Căscioarele village, Danube terrace1

Călărași County, Mostiștea River valley, Sultana village1

Călărași County, Mostiștea Valley, Lower Danube1

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🇷🇴 Romania · Tell

Călărași-Măgura Gumelnița

Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA

Călărași-Măgura Gumelnița — buried prehistoric tell/village at Călărași County.

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Căscioarele-Ostrovul Tell

Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA

Căscioarele-Ostrovul Tell — buried prehistoric tell/village at Călărași County.

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Sultana-Malu Roșu (Sultana Tell and Eneolithic Flat Necropolis)

Late Neolithic through Eneolithic (Boian → Gumelnița, 5000–3900 BCE) · Boian → Gumelnița (Kodžadermen-Karanovo VI) Eneolithic

Sultana-Malu Roșu (Sultana Tell and Eneolithic Flat Necropolis) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Călărași County, Mânăstirea Commune, Mostiștea Lake terrace, Danube plain, Romania —…

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🇷🇴 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…

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🇷🇴 Romania · Tell

Bordușani-Popină (Bordușani Island Tell)

Late Neolithic through Eneolithic (Boian → Gumelnița → Cernavodă) · Boian → Gumelnița → Cernavodă I

Bordușani-Popină (Bordușani Island Tell) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Ialomița County, Bordușani Commune, Balta Ialomiței island, Danube floodplain, Romania — Danube floodplain island…

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🇷🇴 Romania · Tell

Vădastra Tell (Vădastra Type-Site Terrace)

Middle Neolithic through Eneolithic (Boian → Vădastra → Gumelnița) · Boian → Vădastra → Gumelnița

Vădastra Tell (Vădastra Type-Site Terrace) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Olt County, Vădastra Commune, Danube terrace, Oltenia plain, Romania — Vădastra eponymous type-site — stratified…

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🇷🇴 Romania · Tell

Măgura Tell (Buduiasca)

Early Neolithic Starčevo–Dudeşti (6000–5000 BCE) · Early Neolithic Starčevo–Dudeşti (6000–5000 BCE)

Măgura Tell (Buduiasca) in Teleorman County, Măgura-Buduiasca, Romania is a Early Neolithic Starčevo–Dudeşti (6000–5000 BCE) settlement attributed to Early Neolithic Starčevo–Dudeşti (6000–5000 BCE)…

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🇷🇴 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.

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Pietrele Tell

Gumelniţa (4500–4000 BCE) · Gumelniţa (4500–4000 BCE)

Pietrele Tell in Teleorman / Giurgiu region, Danube plain, Pietrele village, Romania is a Gumelniţa (4500–4000 BCE) settlement attributed to Gumelniţa (4500–4000 BCE) culture.

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🇷🇴 Romania · Tell

Trușești

Precucuteni → Cucuteni A–B (5500–3500 BCE) · Precucuteni → Cucuteni A–B (5500–3500 BCE)

Trușești in Botoșani County, Trușești, Jijia Plain, Romania is a Precucuteni → Cucuteni A–B (5500–3500 BCE) settlement attributed to Precucuteni → Cucuteni A–B (5500–3500 BCE) culture.

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🇷🇴 Romania · Tell

Sultana-Malu Roşu Southern Extension

Eneolithic (5200–3800 BCE) · Boian → Gumelnița (KGK VI)

Sultana-Malu Roşu Southern Extension is the southern terrace-cemetery zone south of the Sultana-Malu Roşu Gumelnița tell on the Mostiștea high terrace.

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🇷🇴 Romania · Tell

Hârşova Tell Block M

Late Neolithic to Eneolithic (5500–3500 BCE) · Boian → Hamangia → Gumelnița → Cernavodă

Hârşova Tell Block M is the eastern lobe of Hârşova tell — the largest tell in Romania (200×60 m base, 11 m high) on the Danube right bank above ancient Carsium.

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Petreşti Tell (Pianu de Jos–Petreşti)

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…

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Pietrele Tell Central Platform

Late Neolithic to Eneolithic (5000–3500 BCE) · Boian → Gumelnița (Kodjadermen–Gumelnița–Karanovo VI)

Pietrele Tell Central Platform is the central terrace of the Pietrele mega-tell — a 10-m Gumelnița tell in southern Romania with one of the thickest Eneolithic sequences in the Balkans.

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Baia-Hamangia Tell

Middle Neolithic to Late Neolithic (Hamangia I–IV) · Hamangia (Black Sea Neolithic)

Type-site Hamangia culture (c.5250–4550 BCE, Middle Neolithic–Early Chalcolithic) on Goloviţa lagoon: low tell plus flat cemetery famous for 'The Thinker' (Gânditorul) and Woman seated figurines —…

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🇷🇴 Romania · Tell

Gumelniţa Tell

Late Chalcolithic (Karanovo VI–Gumelniţa) · Gumelniţa–Karanovo VI–Varna complex

Type-site of Gumelniţa culture (c.4700–3950 BCE, Late Chalcolithic), 4-m tell on Danube Borcea island dominating copper-trade axis: two-storey Tell houses with plastered benches, Varna-grade copper…

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Pietrele Lower Levels — Gumelniţa–Codlea Tell

Boian to Gumelniţa A2 (5100–4100 BCE; lower 4600 BCE) · Boian → Gumelniţa–Kodžadermen

Danubian Gumelniţa basal 4600 BCE — graphite ware & copper lakeside village.

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Poduri — Dealul Ghindaru Cucuteni Tell

Precucuteni to Cucuteni B (5200–3500 BCE) · Precucuteni → Cucuteni–Tripolye A3–B1 (Ariușd)

Cucuteni mega-tell 4600 BCE — 120 houses & salt-trade proto-city (Monah).

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🇷🇴 Romania · Ancient village

Hăbășești Settlement — Cucuteni A Hilltop Fortified Village

Precucuteni III to Cucuteni A3 (5200–4300 BCE) · Precucuteni → Cucuteni–Tripolye A (Cucuteni A)

Cucuteni A ditch-fort 4700 BCE — 20 burnt houses palisaded (Dumitrescu).

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🇷🇴 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…

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Călărași-Măgura Gumelnița

Căscioarele-Ostrovul Tell

Sultana-Malu Roșu (Sultana Tell and Eneolithic Flat Necropolis)

Radovanu Tell (Radovanu-Gorgana / Călărași Terrace)

Bordușani-Popină (Bordușani Island Tell)

Vădastra Tell (Vădastra Type-Site Terrace)

Măgura Tell (Buduiasca)

Hârşova Tell

Pietrele Tell

Trușești

Sultana-Malu Roşu Southern Extension

Hârşova Tell Block M

Petreşti Tell (Pianu de Jos–Petreşti)

Pietrele Tell Central Platform

Baia-Hamangia Tell

Gumelniţa Tell

Pietrele Lower Levels — Gumelniţa–Codlea Tell

Poduri — Dealul Ghindaru Cucuteni Tell

Hăbășești Settlement — Cucuteni A Hilltop Fortified Village

Tărtăria Tablets Site