🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Nevali Çori North Bank — Cult Building Ridge
PPNA to early PPNB (8600–7900 BCE) · PPNB Nemrik-Pre-Pottery Euphrates
PPNB T-pillar cult ridge — 8400 BCE terrazzo temple north bank (Hauptmann).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Aqab Settlement Ridge
Halaf to Ninevite V (5900–2600 BCE) · Halaf → Northern Ubaid → Uruk → Ninevite V
Tell Aqab Settlement Ridge is the Halaf–Ubaid–Uruk ridge on the Upper Khabur headwaters near Amuda — excavated by Davidson & McKerrell as the Halaf-Ubaid transition key in inland Syria.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Fıstıklı Höyük
Halaf → Northern Ubaid → Late Chalcolithic → EBA (6200–3000 BCE) · Halaf-Ubaid → Uruk fringe
Halaf-Ubaid village (6200–5000 BCE) — 3 ha Euphrates hamlet, Pollock Birecik Dam salvage.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Lidar Höyük
Neolithic → EBA → MBA Karum → LBA → Iron → Medieval (6000 BCE–1500 CE) · Halaf → Euphrates EBA → Assyrian Karum → Mitanni/Hittite
Euphrates peninsula tell (Neolithic–Medieval) — 12 m double mound with Karum tablets, Hauptmann salvage.
🇬🇷 Greece · Tell
Dikili Tash
Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic-EBA (c.6000-2500 BCE) · Balkan Chalcolithic-EBA (Gumelnița-Karanovo–Vinča)
Dikili Tash — buried late tell/village at Eastern Macedonia.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tille Höyük
EB → MBA → LBA → Iron Age → Hellenistic (3000–100 BCE) · Euphratean → Hittite → Neo-Hittite/Assyrian
Euphrates tell (EB–Iron, Hittite-Assyrian) — 18 m island mound, Atatürk Dam salvage type-site.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Salat Tepe (Salat Cami Yanı)
Late Neolithic to Neo-Assyrian (Ubaid → Assyrian) · Halaf-Ubaid → Uruk → Karaz → Hurrian-Mitanni → Assyrian
Bismil Tigris tell (5500 BCE through Iron) with Ubaid→Assyrian 4 m graded sequence — long agrarian continuity through 5.2 and 4.2kya arid events.
🇨🇳 China · Archaeological wonder
Mawangdui Han Tombs
Western Han Early 202–141 BCE · Han dynasty (Changsha Kingdom)
Family cemetery of Marquess of Dai (Li Cang, Prime Minister of Changsha Kingdom, Western Han, 202 BCE–9 CE) with three rectangular shaft tombs (168–145 BCE).
🇵🇪 Peru · Tell
Yachaymarca (Yachay Marca)
Late Intermediate to Late Horizon (c.1000-1532 CE) · Andean Late Intermediate-Late Horizon (Wari–Inca)
Yachaymarca (Yachay Marca) — buried late tell/village at Ancash Region.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Sukas (Shuksu)
MBA through Classical · Canaanite MBA → Ugaritic Shuksi (LB) → Phoenician → Greek emporion
Syrian coastal harbour tell (Shuksi) with MBA to Greek emporion — MBA Canaanite, LB Mycenaean imports and Phoenician Euboean emporion, Danish 1958 dig.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Keet Seel Cliff Dwelling
Ancestral Puebloan (c.600-1300 CE) · Anasazi/Puebloan (Basketmaker to Pueblo III)
Keet Seel Cliff Dwelling — buried ancestral tell/village at Arizona.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Buried city
Spring Black Buried Settlement
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Spring Black Buried Settlement in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Roman culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Betatakin Cliff Dwelling
Ancestral Puebloan (c.600-1300 CE) · Anasazi/Puebloan (Basketmaker to Pueblo III)
Betatakin Cliff Dwelling — buried ancestral tell/village at Arizona.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Buried city
Buried City of Canal Enclosure
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Buried City of Canal Enclosure in Asir Province, Saudi Arabia is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) buried city attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Buried city
Buried City of Nahal Well
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Buried City of Nahal Well in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) buried city attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Buried city
Sproxton Ditch Ley Buried Settlement
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Sproxton Ditch Ley Buried Settlement in Chiapas, Mexico is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) buried city attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Buried city
Ridge-Scar Buried Settlement
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Ridge-Scar Buried Settlement in Homs Governorate, Syria is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) buried city attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Homolovi II Pueblo
Ancestral Puebloan (c.600-1300 CE) · Anasazi/Puebloan (Basketmaker to Pueblo III)
Homolovi II Pueblo — buried ancestral tell/village at Arizona.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Kin Biniola Chaco Outlier
Ancestral Puebloan (c.600-1300 CE) · Anasazi/Puebloan (Basketmaker to Pueblo III)
Kin Biniola Chaco Outlier — buried ancestral tell/village at New Mexico.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tell
Azcapotzalco (Tepanec capital)
Postclassic (c.1200-1521 CE) · Mesoamerican Postclassic (Tepanec-Aztec)
Azcapotzalco (Tepanec capital) — buried postclassic tell/village at Mexico City.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell Nimrin (Tell esh-Shuna North vicinity)
Chalcolithic-Iron Age (c.5000-600 BCE) · Levantine EBA to Iron Age (Jordan Valley)
Tell Nimrin (Tell esh-Shuna North vicinity) — buried chalcolithic-iron tell/village at Balqa Governorate.
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Buried city
Bay Buried Settlement
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Bay Buried Settlement in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) buried city attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Buried city
Sproxton-Broad Buried Settlement
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Sproxton-Broad Buried Settlement in Chiapas, Mexico is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell Deir Alla (Pethor/Succoth)
Chalcolithic-Iron Age (c.5000-600 BCE) · Levantine EBA to Iron Age (Jordan Valley)
Tell Deir Alla (Pethor/Succoth) — buried chalcolithic-iron tell/village at Balqa Governorate.