🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Mane Braz — Erdeven Megalithic Necropolis
Neolithic (4500–3000 BCE) · Morbihan Neolithic
Erdeven forest necropolis stretching 2 km inland from Kerzerho alignments, with 1000+ menhirs and 50 dolmens surveyed by FOR.
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🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Neolithic (4500–3000 BCE) · Morbihan Neolithic
Erdeven forest necropolis stretching 2 km inland from Kerzerho alignments, with 1000+ menhirs and 50 dolmens surveyed by FOR.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Kofun (5th–7th c. CE) · Kii regional Kofun
Wakayama ridge 850 tombs excavated 1900s–now, rock-cut horizon tombs unique in Kansai.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Ancient village
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.
🇨🇴 Colombia · Tomb
Yotoco–Malagana (c.500 BCE–500 CE) and Sonso (c.500–1550 CE) · Malagana–Yotoco–Sonso (Calima sphere)
Malagana at El Bolo, Palmira, Valle del Cauca (970 m) is infamous for the 1992 sugar-cane slurry that exposed a Yotoco–Malagana cemetery (500 BCE–500 CE) and led to the wholesale looting of ~4 tonnes…
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
New Kingdom (viceregal Kush) to early Napatan · Egyptian / Kushite (Napatan)
Napatan pyramid cemetery 5 km N of Jebel Barkal — 20 tombs 1400–300 BCE with small steep pyramids 5–8 m bridging New Kingdom viceregal and Kushite Kush.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Kofun Middle 4th–6th c CE (Yamato middle) · Mid-Kofun Yamato — Saki royal cemetery north Heijo
Saki Tatanami Kofun Cluster — massive 4th–6th c CE Kofun cemetery (7 km long, 120+ mounds) at Saki–Tatanami hills 4 km north Heijo Palace, northern Nara basin edge, surveyed 1970s–90s by Nara…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze Age I–III through Middle Bronze Age (c.3000–1500 BCE) · Islahiye EBA (Amanus) with Early Transcaucasian influence → Hittite
Amanus cemetery-tell with 200+ EBA pithos burials and EBA–MBA houses — Islahiye plain mortuary type-site.
🇯🇵 Japan · Necropolis
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Black Field Necropolis in Iwate Prefecture, Japan is a Moche (100–800 CE) necropolis attributed to Moche culture.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Necropolis
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Necropolis of Priory Pit in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) necropolis attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Necropolis
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Syke-Bagh Necropolis in Ohio, United States is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) necropolis attributed to Harappan culture.
🇨🇦 Canada · Necropolis
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Necropolis of Kala in British Columbia, Canada is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) necropolis attributed to Ubaid culture.