🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Casa Malpais Archaeological Park and National Historic Landmark
Mogollon–Ancestral Puebloan 1260–1350 CE · Mogollon–Ancestral Puebloan
60-room basalt Great House 1260–1350 CE, Great Kiva solar calendar.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Ain Ghazal Extension — Wadi Zaqa Neolithic Fields
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8500–4000 BCE) + Yarmoukian · PPN–Yarmoukian
Ain Ghazal Extension — Wadi Zaqa Neolithic Fields in Amman Governorate, Jordan is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8500–4000 BCE) + Yarmoukian ancient-village attributed to PPN–Yarmoukian.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Inscription House — Kayenta Cliff Storage Spring
Kayenta Ancestral Pueblo (1250–1300 CE) + inscriptions 1661 Nieves, 1930s cowboys · Kayenta / Navajo / Spanish
Inscription House closed since 1968, Kayenta 1270 pueblo with Spanish 1661 nieves inscription.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Halangy Down Ancient Village — St Mary's
Iron Age – Romano-British (300 BCE–400 CE) · Scillonian Iron Age
Halangy Down Ancient Village — St Mary's in Isles of Scilly, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age – Romano-British (300 BCE–400 CE) ancient-village attributed to Scillonian Iron Age.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient village
Tepe Sarab — Kermanshah Neolithic Settlement
Pre-Pottery to Pottery Neolithic (8000–6000 BCE) · Zagros Neolithic (Sarab)
Tepe Sarab — Kermanshah Neolithic Settlement in Kermanshah Province, Iran is a Pre-Pottery to Pottery Neolithic (8000–6000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Zagros Neolithic (Sarab).
🇸🇪 Sweden · Fortress
Lojsta Hall (Lojsta Slott)
Iron Age–Medieval (900–1361 CE) · Gotlandic Iron Age / Medieval
Reconstructed water fortress hall at Lojsta Slott on a small lake islet (Lojsta) in central Gotland, with causeway, timber hall 40 m and later stone tower.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell Hassuna — Nineveh Plain Type Site
Hassuna (6000–5800 BCE) · Hassuna culture
Tell Hassuna — Nineveh Plain Type Site in Nineveh Governorate, Tigris plain, Iraq is a Hassuna (6000–5800 BCE) tell attributed to Hassuna culture culture.
🇧🇩 Bangladesh · Ancient city
Wari-Bateshwar
Chalcolithic → Iron Age 500 BCE–300 CE · Iron Age Gangetic (NBPW)
Wari-Bateshwar — twin-village Early Historic port-city (Chalcolithic levels, Iron Age 500 BCE–300 CE) 70 km NE Dhaka, discovered 1933 Hanif Pathan, excavated 2000–10 Rahman.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village
Tepantitla Palace / Tetitla Apartments, Teotihuacan (detailed)
Teotihuacan Classic · Teotihuacan
Tepantitla Palace / Tetitla Apartments, Teotihuacan (detailed) in State of Mexico, Mexico is a Teotihuacan Classic ancient village attributed to Teotihuacan culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
Hovenweep National Monument
Pueblo III 1200–1300 CE · Ancestral Puebloan
Six Pueblo tower villages 1200–1300 CE, Square Tower.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Canyon de Chelly — Mummy Cave Cliff Ruin
Basketmaker to Pueblo III (300–1300 CE) plus Navajo later · Kayenta Ancestral Puebloan
Mummy Cave excavated by Fewkes and Morris 1920s, mummy found 1882 with slave.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Khirbet Iskander — EB IV
EB IV (2300–2000 BCE) · EB IV
Khirbet Iskander — EB IV in Zarqa Governorate, Wadi Iskander, Jordan is a EB IV (2300–2000 BCE) ancient village attributed to EB IV culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Wupatki — Wukoki Pueblo and Ballcourt
Sinagua (1120–1250 CE) post-Sunset Crater · Sinagua / Ancestral Puebloan
Wupatki excavated by Hargrave 1930s, Sinagua pueblos linked to Sunset Crater ash mulching.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Coba Hoyuk
Neolithic–Early Bronze Age (c.6000–2200 BCE) · Amuq → Syro-Cilician
North Amik tell 11 m high (Amuq A–G, Halaf–EB continuity) between Alalakh and Zincirli.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Cott Valley Hut Settlement — St Just
Iron Age · Dumnonii
Cott Valley Hut Settlement — St Just in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age ancient-village attributed to Dumnonii.
🇫🇷 France · Ancient village
Harappan Ancient Village — Nouvelle-Aquitaine Annex 409
Harappan · Harappan
Harappan ancient-village at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Montezuma Castle — Beaver Creek Original 5-Storey Cliff Palace
Sinagua (1100–1350 CE) · Sinagua (Southern Sinagua)
Montezuma excavated by Mearns 1890, no Aztec link, 45 rooms 5 tiers.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Chaco Canyon — Kin Bineola West Outlier
Chacoan (950–1140 CE) · Ancestral Puebloan Chacoan
Kin Bineola excavated by Vivian 1960s, Chaco road to south Bonito via South Gap.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Godrevy Headland Hut Circles
Bronze Age · Cornish Bronze Age
Godrevy Headland Hut Circles in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Bronze Age ancient-village attributed to Cornish Bronze Age.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Hittite Ancient Village — Orkney Annex 438
Hittite · Hittite
Hittite ancient-village at Orkney.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Mesa Verde Cliff Dwellings
Pueblo I–III (600–1300 CE) · Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi)
Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings (600–1300 CE) with 600 sites including Cliff Palace (150 rooms, 23 kivas) under sandstone alcoves, transitioning from pithouses to masonry pueblos before…
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient village
Gajiganna Culture Complex (Borno)
Chad Basin Late Stone Age · Gajiganna culture
Urn-field mound complex defining Gajiganna culture bridging Saharan and sub-Saharan pastoralism before Kanem.
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Tell
Shabarakh Usu (Bayanzag)
Pleistocene Djadochta Formation (75 Ma) → Neolithic (7000–3000 BCE) → Bronze Age 3000–1000 BCE → Slab Grave Iron Age · Gobi Neolithic microlithic → Afanasievo–Chemurchek Bronze (Gobi) → Slab Grave Iron Age nomadic
Gobi Flaming Cliffs (Bayanzag) — Neolithic pit camps to Chemurchek burials capping Djadochta dinosaur nests (Andrews 1922).
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient village
Kolomiytsev Yar Trypillia Tract Settlement Cluster
Chalcolithic (c.4300–4000 BCE, Trypillia BII) · Cucuteni-Trypillia (Trypillia BII, western)
Kolomiytsev Yar Trypillia Tract Settlement Cluster in Kyiv Oblast, Obukhiv Raion, Kolomiytsev Yar valley near Kopachiv, Ukraine is a Chalcolithic (c.4300–4000 BCE, Trypillia BII) Cucuteni-Trypillia…