🇫🇷 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.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
Vale de Rodrigo — Four Neolithic Necropolis Almendres Series
Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) 4-antas series along 1 km corde · Vale de Rodrigo Neolithic necropolis 4 dolmens 4000–3000
Vale Rodrigo Leisner 4-antas.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Iwase Senzuka — Cliff Kofun Cluster with Open Air Display
Kofun (5th–7th c. CE) · Kii regional Kofun
Wakayama ridge 850 tombs excavated 1900s–now, rock-cut horizon tombs unique in Kansai.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tumulus
Beşiktepe
Early Bronze I–II (3000–2500 BCE) · Troad Early Bronze
Early Bronze I–II (3000–2500 BCE) tumulus of Troad Early Bronze in Çanakkale Province, Troad (c.3000 BCE).
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Kordlar Tepe
Iron Age I–III (1500–600 BCE) · Iron Age Urmia
Iron Age I–III (1500–600 BCE) tell of Iron Age Urmia in West Azerbaijan, Lake Urmia SE (c.1300 BCE).
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Cemetery
Man Bac Cemetery
Neolithic 4000–3500 BP Da But→Phung Nguyen mosaic · Man Bac — Da But hunter to East Asian Neolithic admixture (Austroasiatic migration)
Man Bac Cemetery — Neolithic cemetery (c.4000–3500 BP, Phung Nguyen fringe) at Yen Mo karst 25 km S Ninh Binh, excavated 1999–2007 Australian–Vietnamese (Oxenham).
🇹🇭 Thailand · Cemetery
Non Nok Tha Khon Kaen
Neolithic 3000 → Bronze 1300 BCE → Iron 500 BCE–200 CE · Isan Khorat — Non Nok Tha Bronze–Iron hill (Phu Wiang)
Non Nok Tha Khon Kaen — Neolithic to Iron Age cemetery mound (3000 BCE–200 CE, 45 burials) on Phi Wiang hill 55 km NW Khon Kaen, excavated 1966–68 by Bayard–Solheim (Univ.
🇰🇭 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.
🇨🇴 Colombia · Tomb
Malagana
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
Hillat el-Arab Cemetery & Pyramids
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.
🇺🇸 United States · Cemetery
Indian Knoll
Late Archaic (3000 – 1500 BCE) · Shell Mound Archaic
Indian Knoll in Kentucky, United States is a Late Archaic (3000 – 1500 BCE) cemetery attributed to Shell Mound Archaic culture.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Saki Tatanami Kofun Cluster
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
Gedikli Karahöyük
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.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chia Sabz
Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age (c.4000–2700 BCE) · Seimareh valley Chalcolithic → Transcaucasian Early Bronze
Seimareh cemetery mound 15 ha (140 EB cist graves, bronze daggers, c.4–3 ka) in Seimareh valley.
🇯🇵 Japan · Necropolis
Black Field Necropolis
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Black Field Necropolis in Iwate Prefecture, Japan is a Moche (100–800 CE) necropolis attributed to Moche culture.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Necropolis
Port Necropolis
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Port Necropolis in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) necropolis attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Necropolis
Necropolis of Priory Pit
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.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Necropolis
Necropolis of Roxby Dale
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Necropolis of Roxby Dale in Dhi Qar, Iraq is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) necropolis attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Necropolis
Syke-Bagh 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
Necropolis of Kala
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Necropolis of Kala in British Columbia, Canada is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) necropolis attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇮🇳 India · Cemetery
Farmana — Late Harappan Cemetery Burial Ground
Late Harappan (2000–1600 BCE) · Harappan Late (Cemetery H?)
Rohtak Farmana excavated by Shinde & Osada 2006–09, 42 skeletons with grave goods DNA later.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Necropolis
Varna Chalcolithic Necropolis — West Industrial Zone
Late Chalcolithic (Varna Culture) · Varna Culture (Gumelnița-Karanovo)
Chalcolithic cemetery in western Varna industrial zone (c. 4560–4450 BCE) with 294 graves, yielding world's oldest gold treasure (3,000+ gold artifacts, 6 kg).
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Necropolis
Quay Qala Ben Necropolis
Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) · Andean Formative
Quay Qala Ben Necropolis in Northern Tigray, Ethiopia is a Andean Formative (1800–200 BCE) necropolis attributed to Andean Formative culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Necropolis
Easton Rock Necropolis
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Easton Rock Necropolis in Ancash, Peru is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) necropolis attributed to Hellenistic culture.