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Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Wolin – Wikipedia Vineta and Jomsborg debate

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Wolin (Jomsburg–Vineta) Slavic–Viking Emporium

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitearcheo-muzeo.phil.muni.cz

Pohansko near Břeclav – Research Group

Masaryk University · 2023 · MUNI Brno

Research on dispersed burials

Pohansko Great Moravian Centre (Břeclav)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteturaida-muzejs.lv

Turaida Castle – Turaida Museum Reserve

Turaida Museum · 2023 · Turaida Museum

Turaida Castle and Livonian Settlement

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitesbt.ug.edu.pl

IU123 Jaromarsburg – Baltic Dreams Heritage

University Gdańsk · 2020 · SBT UG

Svantevit temple 45 m cape

Cape Arkona (Jaromarsburg) Slavic Temple Fortress

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains – UNESCO 906

UNESCO · 1999 · UNESCO

Costești-Blidaru Dacian Fortress

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1999Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Vilnius Old Town – UNESCO 541

UNESCO · 1994 · UNESCO

Vilnius Old Town incl. Lower Castle

Vilnius Lower Castle and Cathedral Square

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1994Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Bulverket – Wikipedia and Gotland Museum synthesis

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Dimensions 170×170 m, dating, interpretation

Bulverket Lake Fortress (Tingstäde Träsk, Gotland)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Cucuteni – Wikipedia (type-site coordinates 47°16′N 26°56′E)

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Cucuteni (Romanian pronunciation: [kukuˈtenʲ]) is a commune in Iași County, Western Moldavia, Romania, with a population of 1,103 as of 2021.

Cucuteni Neolithic Settlement (Type Site)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitelatitude.to

GPS coordinates of Vendel, Sweden

Latitude.to · 2024 · Latitude.to

Coordinates 60.1578,17.6010

Vendel Boat Grave Field

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Sagzabad — Wikipedia

Wikipedia · 2024

Encyclopedic and coordinate verification

Sagzabad

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Torsburgen – Scandinavia's Largest Hillfort (Wikipedia/Gotland Museum)

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Dimensions, Guta Saga and wall description; coords 57.4075,18.7192

Torsburgen Hillfort (Gotland)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Trypillia (Trypillya) – Archaeological site Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Type-site role and Khvoika 1893

Trypillia (Trypillya) Type Site

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Visby City Wall (Ringmuren) – Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Wall length 3.4 km, 27 towers, dating

Visby City Walls and Medieval Defences

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Journal articlemdpi.com

Inside a Cucuteni Settlement: Remote Sensing Techniques (2023) – Valea Oilor

Asăndulesei, M. · 2023 · Remote Sensing

Cucuteni geophysics 47°15′07″N 27°02′27″E and basin density

Cucuteni Neolithic Settlement (Type Site)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteuu.se

Valsgärde – Gustavianum Uppsala University Collections

Uppsala University · 2023 · Uppsala University

Excavation overview 1928–52, 15 boat graves

Valsgärde Boat Grave Field

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Journal articlejournals.plos.org

Governing Tripolye: Integrative architecture in Tripolye settlements

Robert Hofmann, Johannes Müller · 2019 · PLoS ONE

Maydanets 250 ha, 1,575 houses, 13 mega-structures

Maydanets (Maydanetske) Trypillia Mega-Settlement

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2019Open source

Journal articlelink.springer.com

Barley grain at Uppåkra, Sweden: evidence for selection in the Iron Age

Larsson, L., Hansson, A. · 2017 · Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Archaeobotany and chronology

Uppåkra Iron Age Central Place

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2017Open source

Websiteen-academic.com

Maydanets – settlement coordinates and history (En-Academic)

En-Academic · 2012 · En-Academic

Coordinates 48°48′36″N 30°42′01″E /48.81,30.70028, size

Maydanets (Maydanetske) Trypillia Mega-Settlement

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2012Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Hanseatic Town of Visby — UNESCO 731

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 1995 · UNESCO

UNESCO criteria and wall description

Visby City Walls and Medieval Defences

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1995Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Birka — UNESCO World Heritage Site 555

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 1993 · UNESCO

UNESCO inscription Birka-Hovgården

Birka Viking Town on Björkö

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1993Open source

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