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Ancient villages tagged “highland”

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🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village

Basta

LPPNB (Late PPNB) · Levantine LPPNB

Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B village (7500–6800 BCE, up to 10 ha), one of the largest and highest-altitude Neolithic settlements, controlling the Petra limestone plateau.

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🇺🇸 United States · Ancient village

Chimney Rock Pueblo (Chimney Rock National Monument)

Chaco Bonito (Late Pueblo II) · Chaco (highland Ancestral Pueblo)

Perched astronomical great-house pueblo (c.1075–1125 CE, Chacoan) on 2,280 m ridge between two 30-m chimney pinnacles — southernmost Chaco outlier controlling Upper San Juan timber/ game highland.