🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Kharaysin
PPNA to Late PPNB (9000–6800 BCE) · Southern Levant PPNA → PPNB (Jericho–Yarmoukian continuum)
25 ha PPN mega-site on Zarqa River with earliest cremation and 6800-seed legume archive.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tell
Las Ventanas
Classic to Epiclassic Chalchihuites (c.300–900 CE); Classic Suchil 300–500 CE, Alta Vista phase 600–800 CE · Chalchihuites (Suchil–Canutillo–Alta Vista) frontier mining–agricultural with Sierra Madre turquoise
Chalchihuites cinnabar–turquoise mining village (c.300–900 CE) with pyramid and ore roasting pits supplying Pueblo Bonito turquoise.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Yunatsite Tell
Neolithic → Chalcolithic → EBA (6200–3000 BCE) · Neolithic → Chalcolithic → EBA (6200–3000 BCE)
Yunatsite Tell in Pazardzhik Province, Yunatsite village, Bulgaria is a Neolithic → Chalcolithic → EBA (6200–3000 BCE) settlement attributed to Neolithic → Chalcolithic → EBA (6200–3000 BCE) culture.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient village
Knossos Caravanserai South House
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic
Knossos Caravanserai South House in Crete, Knossos, Greece is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Koster Site
Early to Late Archaic (7500 – 500 BCE) · Archaic (Helton, Modoc, Koster)
Koster Site in Illinois, United States is a Early to Late Archaic (7500 – 500 BCE) ancient village attributed to Archaic (Helton, Modoc, Koster) culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient village
Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
Almoravid to modern (11th c–20th c; present fabric 17th–19th c) · Berber (Haratine) / Almoravid / Saadi
Fortified earthen ksar on Trans-Saharan caravan road with pisé towers, agadir granary and geometric clay façades.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Lothal Dockyard Eastern Wharf
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic
Lothal Dockyard Eastern Wharf in Gujarat, Lothal, India is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Mohenjo-daro DK-G South House
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic
Mohenjo-daro DK-G South House in Sindh, Larkana, Pakistan is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Navdatoli
Malwa Chalcolithic 1700–1400 BCE → Jorwe-related → Early Historic → Malwa Sultanate · Malwa Chalcolithic
Malwa culture type-site on Narmada opposite Maheshwar — Sankalia's 1952–59 round-hut village (1700 BCE).
🇨🇳 China · Ancient village
Pengtoushan
Pengtoushan culture 7500–6000 BCE → Zaoshi → Tangjiagang → Chengtoushan · Pengtoushan (Middle Yangzi earliest Neolithic)
Type-site for Pengtoushan culture (c.7500–6000 BCE, 9000–8000 BP) on the Li River plain near Li County — earliest permanent village in the Middle Yangzi (Hunan), contemporary with Peiligang and…
🇷🇸 Serbia · Tell
Rudna Glava
Early Chalcolithic Vinča culture (c.5400–4500 BCE); Vinča A–D mining camps 5400–4650 BCE · Vinča (early Chalcolithic Danubian–Balkan copper pioneers)
Europe’s earliest copper mine (c.5400–4500 BCE) — 45 shafts with Vinča picks and firesetting on Danube gorge.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Ancient village
Samrong Sen Kampong Chhnang
Neolithic 2300–1500 → Bronze 1500 BCE Samrong Sen type-site · Tonle Sap Neolithic — Samrong Sen circular moat tradition (Mekong)
Samrong Sen Kampong Chhnang — Neolithic circular mound settlement (2300–1200 BCE, 1500 BP early metal) on sand terrace at Tonle Sap southern rim 30 km NW Kampong Chhnang, excavated 1923–26 by H.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Bhirrana
Hakra Wares (7500–6000 BCE) → Early Harappan (3300–2600) → Mature Harappan (2600–1900) · Hakra / Early Harappan / Indus Valley
Earliest known Harappan settlement (c.7500–2600 BCE) on the Ghaggar-Hakra (Sarasvati) paleochannel in Fatehabad, Haryana — 3.5 ha mound with 8 m cultural deposit spanning Hakra Wares (Period IA)…
🇨🇳 China · Ancient village
Jinsha River Gold Mask Pit
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic
Jinsha River Gold Mask Pit in Sichuan, Chengdu, China is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient village
Kul Tepe (Jolfa, near Araxes)
Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze I–II (5000–2800 BCE) · Dalma → Pisdeli → Kura-Araxes (Transcaucasian)
Araxes floodplain tell with Dalma–Kura-Araxes sequence linking Urmia to Transcaucasia.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Phu Tho Phung Nguyen
Phùng Nguyên Early Bronze 2000–1500 BCE → Đồng Đậu 1500–1200 → Gò Mun 1200–700 → Dong Son 800 BCE · Phùng Nguyên (Vietnam Early Bronze, Red River low terrace)
First Vietnam bronze hillocks (2000–1500 BCE) at Phùng Nguyên Phú Thọ — Phùng Nguyên culture type-site with socketed bronze axes and jade bracelet.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Sand Canyon South Pueblo
Pueblo II–III (1000–1280 CE) · Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi)
Sand Canyon Pueblo in Colorado, Montezuma County, Canyons of Ancients, United States is a Pueblo II–III (1000–1280 CE) settlement attributed to Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
Tell el-Farkha
Predynastic → Dynasty 0–1 (3600–2700 BCE) · Predynastic → Dynasty 0–1 (3600–2700 BCE)
Tell el-Farkha in Dakahlia Governorate, Eastern Delta, Ghazala, Egypt is a Predynastic → Dynasty 0–1 (3600–2700 BCE) settlement attributed to Predynastic → Dynasty 0–1 (3600–2700 BCE) culture.
🇩🇪 Germany · Ancient village
Wittmoor Bog Trackways I & II – Hamburg (Duvenstedter Brook)
Roman Iron Age to Migration Period · Saxon / Elbe-Germanic
Two Iron Age–Migration plank roads (330 CE / 500 CE) — 500 & 600 m bog causeways north of Hamburg.
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient village
Phaistos West Court Phaistos
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic
Phaistos West Court Phaistos in Crete, Phaistos, Greece is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient village
Truong Son Sa Huynh
Iron Age Sa Huỳnh 1000 BCE–200 CE → Oc Eo 200–600 CE → Cham 200–1400 CE · Sa Huỳnh (South Central Vietnam Iron Age, Kalanay related)
Sa Huỳnh jar-burial coastal culture (1000 BCE–200 CE) at Sa Huỳnh dune plain — 80 cm burial jars with lingling-o earrings and glass bead sea trade.
🇷🇴 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)…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Porsuk Höyük (Zeyve Höyük)
Middle Bronze to Hellenistic (Karum → Neo-Hittite/Tabal, Iron Age, Hellenistic) · Hittite/Luwian → Tabal → Neo-Hittite (Luwian-Phrygian contact)
Neo-Hittite/Iron Age tell (ancient Tynna) on Cilician Gates — Hittite citadel, Luwian inscriptions and Tabal fortifications.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tell
Tepeyahualco (Cantona zone)
Classic to Epiclassic (c.300–900 CE); Classic 300–600 CE, Epiclassic fortified 600–900 CE · Central Veracruz–Puebla highland (Cantona sphere) → Epiclassic Tepeyahualco–Totonac fringe
Cantona-linked lava-field fortress town (c.300–900 CE) with obsidian workshops on Malinche flank (García Cook).