🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Chumash Plank Canoe Workshop West
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Chumash Plank Canoe Workshop West in Harrat al-Sham, Jordan is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient village attributed to Iron Age culture.
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🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Chumash Plank Canoe Workshop West in Harrat al-Sham, Jordan is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient village attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Ancient village
Iron Age – Romano-British (300 BCE–400 CE) · Dumnonii / Romano-British
Chysauster Ancient Village — Gulval in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom is a Iron Age – Romano-British (300 BCE–400 CE) ancient-village attributed to Dumnonii / Romano-British.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Jebel Barkal Temple Extension in Matmata, Tunisia is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village
Pueblo II-III; Chaco outlier · Chacoan McElmo outlier / local Red Mesa synthesis
Southern Wash outlier great house (50 rooms, c.1085 CE) with L-plan and Chaco road causeway — wash-margin agricultural outlier illustrating Chaco emulation.
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient 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).
🇸🇳 Senegal · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Konso Terracing Village South in Burr, Senegal is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Kenchreai Harbour Mole East in Gulf of Khambhat, India is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Classical culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Turgai Geoglyph Square North in Pampas, Bolivia is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Apollonia Submerged Quay North in Dwarka Coast, India is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Classical culture.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Hellenistic to Kushan (c.3rd cent BCE–4th cent CE, Kushan peak 1st–3rd cent CE) · Kushan (northern Bactria/Tokharistan)
Kushan city in Surkhan Darya valley — 25 ha walled town with Gandharan stucco Buddha workshop.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval
Rampart Buried Gate West in Coastal Plain, Israel is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient village attributed to Medieval culture.
🇨🇿 Czechia · Ancient village
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).
🇨🇱 Chile · Ancient village
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Beothuk Wigwam Post North in Atacama, Chile is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient village
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Cedar Plank House Remnant West in Nazca, Peru is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient village attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇪🇪 Estonia · Ancient village
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).
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient village
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Classical
Loess Buried Camp East in Susiana, Iran is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Classical culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Casa Grande Compound in Oaxaca Valley, Mexico is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Old Kingdom to Roman · Egyptian
Cliff sanctuary with rock-cut Hathor/Nemesis chapel, pink limestone quarries supplying Amarna, and 12th Dyn rock-tombs of nomarch Wahka with nautical graffiti. Miners' camp and Roman road station.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Gupta to Pala 427–1193 CE (peak 5th–12th c) · Bihar / Gupta-Pala Buddhist Mahayana
Iconic Buddhist residential university (5th–13th c CE) with Gupta to Pala brick viharas, stupas, chaityas and votive structures across 23 ha.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Fortress
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.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Epipalaeolithic to Neolithic (11150–6900 BCE) · Natufian-Neolithic
Abu Hureyra — Epipalaeolithic in Raqqa Governorate, Euphrates Terrace, Syria is a Epipalaeolithic to Neolithic (11150–6900 BCE) ancient village attributed to Natufian-Neolithic culture.
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso · Ancient village
Iron Age · Bwa / Mouhoun
Tell cluster of 13 mounds (100 BCE–1600 CE) showing egalitarian agrarian villages resisting hierarchy. Iron smelting, shea, cattle, beaded ceramics; ancestor compound mound model vs state-formation.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic-EBA (c.5000-2500 BCE) · Kura-Araxes / Early Transcaucasian (Karaz-Pulur)
Karaz (Kahraman) Tepe — buried chalcolithic-eba tell/village at Erzurum Province.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Punic to Byzantine (3rd c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Punic / Roman (Tripolitana)
Causeway waystation over sebkha between Zarzis and Gigthis.