🇨🇭 Switzerland · Ancient village
La Tène Lakeside Settlement
Iron Age (450–50 BCE) · La Tène culture — Celtic Iron Age
Type site of the La Tène Celtic Iron Age culture, discovered 1857 on the northern shore of Lake Neuchâtel.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Tell
Jeitun
Neolithic (c.6200–5000 BCE; Pre-Pottery to Early Ceramic Neolithic) · Jeitun culture (Kopet Dag Neolithic, precursor to Anau–Namazga)
Jeitun at Kopet Dag north piedmont is the type-site of Jeitun culture (c.6200–5000 BCE) — earliest farming village in Central Asia with mudbrick pisé houses, do...
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient village
Tiddis (Constantine) – Cliff Village
Punic–Numidian to Roman (3rd c BCE – 7th c CE) · Numidian / Punic / Roman
Dramatic cliff village on limestone spur 500 m above plain, Tiddis preserves Numidian houses, Mithraeum in cave, sanctuary of Saturn, and Roman arch framing Cirta view. Berthier ex...
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Archaeological wonder
Isimila
Early Stone Age Acheulean (260,000 BP) · Acheulean (Early Homo sapiens arch)
Isimila near Iringa is East Africa's richest Acheulean site, 260,000 BP, on eroded sandstone korongo (gullies) with 260,000 BP Acheulean handaxes 30 cm, cleavers and living floors with…
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Huaca Prieta
Preceramic VI – Initial Period 6000–1800 BCE · Cupisnique/Pre-Cupisnique maritime
6000-year preceramic cotton mound 30×8 m with indigo dye and 7000-year textile nets 3 km from El Brujo.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chogha Sefid
Neolithic (Bus Mordeh–Khazineh, c.7500–5800 BCE) · Deh Luran early Neolithic (Zagros)
Deh Luran tell 5 m high (c.7500–5800 BCE, Bus Mordeh–Khazineh, goat lentil) in Deh Luran plain.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Carn Euny Iron Age Village
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Carn Euny Iron Age Village in Cornwall, South West, United Kingdom is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇱🇹 Lithuania · Ancient village
Kretinga Hillfort & Iron Age Grave
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Kretinga Hillfort & Iron Age Grave in Klaipėda County, Lithuania is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient village
Talaiot de Torre d'en Galmés
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Talaiot de Torre d'en Galmés in Balearic Islands, Menorca, Spain is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient village
Orlat
Sogdian–Kangju (200 BCE–300 CE) · Kangju–Sarmatian to Sogdian (Orlat plaques)
Orlat is the Sarmatian–Kangju cemetery with famed Orlat bone plaques — carved battle and hunting scenes linking Sogdiana to Steppe nomads, 4 kurgans (8 m high).
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pecos Pueblo — Forked Lightning Trading Post Cicuye
Pueblo III to Historic (1150–1838 CE) — gateway pueblo at plains-pueblo interface · Towa Pueblo (Cicuye) / Plains-Pueblo trade
Pecos excavated by Kidder 1915–29, birthplace of Pueblo stratigraphy, 700 rooms 1300–1838 then abandoned to Jemez.
🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient village
Talaiot de Ses Païsses
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Talaiot de Ses Païsses in Balearic Islands, Mallorca, Spain is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient village
Serra Orrios Nuragic Village
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Serra Orrios Nuragic Village in Sardinia, Nuoro, Italy is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇨🇿 Czechia · Ancient village
Vladař Hillfort
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Vladař Hillfort in Karlovy Vary Region, Czechia is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇪🇪 Estonia · Ancient village
Varbola Stronghold
Bronze Age–Iron Age (1500 BCE–500 CE) · European Neolithic
Varbola Stronghold in Rapla County, Estonia is a prehistoric fortified settlement of the Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500 BCE–500 CE).
🇵🇹 Portugal · Fortress
Zambujal Chalcolithic Fortified Village
Chalcolithic (3000–1700 BCE) · Vila Nova de São Pedro / Bell Beaker
Lisbon's type-site of Copper Age fortification excavated by E. Sangmeister 1964–, with Beaker pottery, copper smelting and Atlantic trade links.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Karaz (Kahraman) Tepe
Chalcolithic-EBA (c.5000-2500 BCE) · Kura-Araxes / Early Transcaucasian (Karaz-Pulur)
Karaz (Kahraman) Tepe — buried chalcolithic-eba tell/village at Erzurum Province.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Crystal River Archaeological State Park
Deptford–Hopewell–Weeden Island 500 BCE–1000 CE · Deptford / Hopewell Gulf Coast
Six mounds 500 BCE–1000 CE with Hopewell copper and stelae.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Town Creek Indian Mound
Pee Dee Mississippian 1150–1400 CE · Pee Dee culture
Pee Dee Mississippian platform mound 1150–1400 CE.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Knap of Howar Papa Westray Farmstead
Early Neolithic (3700–3500 BCE) · Orcadian Neolithic
Papa's famous early houses excavated by Traill & Kirkness 1929–30, dated 3700 BCE, older than Skara Brae, preserved under machair dunes.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Sannai-Maruyama — Jomon Large Pier Building
Jomon Early to Middle (3900–2200 BCE) · Jomon (Sannai-Maruyama)
Aomori Jomon excavated 1992–, 1500 pit houses, chesnut pillar tower 14 m, lacquer and jade trade, UNESCO 2021.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Gran Quivira — Las Humanas Tompiro Pueblo Abandonment
Pueblo IV to 1672 Spanish mission · Tompiro Pueblo / Salinas Spanish Missions (Franciscan)
Gran Quivira excavated by Vivian & Toulouse 1923, 1672 drought depopulation 16,000 to 0.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Beidha — Neolithic Village North of Petra
PPNB (7500–6500 BCE) + Nabataean later · PPNB Beidha
Beidha excavated by Kirkbride 1958–83, revealing early granaries and shift from round to rectilinear, near Siq al Barid.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Mesa Verde — Mug House Cliff Cliff Overlook
Ancestral Puebloan Pueblo III (1200–1300 CE) · Ancestral Puebloan (Hisatsinom)
Mesa Verde Mug House excavated by Rohn 1960s, 80 rooms, backcountry ranger permit only.