🇨🇳 China · Tumulus
Mound 72 Beaded Burial Extension — Xi'an Plain (Xi'an)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Mound 72 Beaded Burial Extension in Xi'an Plain, China is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) tumulus attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Cedar Plank House Remnant West — Steppe (Astana)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval
Cedar Plank House Remnant West in Steppe, Kazakhstan is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) kurgan attributed to Medieval culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Kurgan
Saka Kurgan Chain East — Great Plains (Pierre)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Saka Kurgan Chain East in Great Plains, United States is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) kurgan attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tumulus
Small Step Pyramid East — Cholula (Puebla)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Classical
Small Step Pyramid East in Cholula, Mexico is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) tumulus attributed to Classical culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tumulus
Zawyet Pyramid North
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
Zawyet Pyramid North in Cholula, Mexico is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) tumulus attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Uygarak Kurgan Field (Lower Syr Darya Sakas – Inkardarya Delta)
Early Saka (Uygarak) to Sauromatian · Lower Syr Darya Sakas (Uygarak culture)
Inkardarya delta type-site: 70 low mounds (8-32 m) with standing-stag plaques spanning 300 years.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Akbeit Kurgan (Akmola Tasmola-Ridge Ancestor)
Tasmola (Early Saka) · Northern Tasmola network
Northern Tasmola horseshoe kurgan 55 km south of Astana: 42-m mound with 18-m mustache avenue to solstice.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Kyrykoba Kurgan Field — Sarmatian Royal Cemetery (Aktobe, West Kazakhstan)
Early to Middle Sarmatian (Sauromatian–Early Sarmatian, 500–350 BCE) · Sauromatian–Early Sarmatian (Prokhorovka transitional)
40+ Sarmatian royal mounds (5th–4th c BCE) with 820-g gold torque and Amazon warrior — West Kazakh Ural steppe.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Shilikty North Kurgan (Chilikty North Royal Terrace)
Early Saka (7th–6th c. BCE) · Early Saka (Shilikty facies)
Shilikty north: 5 early royal kurgans (62 m) 2.2 km north of Golden Ridge, Zaisan valley 820 m.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Korgantas Tasmola Kurgan 1 — Karaganda Tasmola Type-Site
Early Iron Age (Early Saka, Tasmola culture, 8th–5th c BCE) · Tasmola (early Saka, Central Kazakhstan)
Tasmola royal dromos kurgan (760–520 BCE) 45 m — eponymous early Saka mound with 200 gold plaques.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Aktobe Tortoba East Satellite Kurgans (Kobda District Eastern Cluster)
Early Sarmatian (600–400 BCE) · Sarmatian / Prot. Sauromatian
Eastern satellite cluster 10 km east of Tortoba core (Kobda District, Aktobe, 165 m) with 12 kurgans 18–52 m diam, 2–6 m high on low Emba-Uil interfluve steppe.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Kyzyl-Tobe North Kurgan (Uil River North Frontier Outpost)
Middle Sarmatian · Sarmatian frontier
Kyzyl-Tobe north outpost: 18-m isolated kurgan with rampart overlooking Uil River ford.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Taldy-2 Satellite Kurgan (Tasmola South Annex)
Tasmola Early Saka (5th c. BCE) · Tasmola
Taldy-2 satellite: 24-m Tasmola maiden kurgan 800 m south of royal Arystan, Karaganda steppe.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Kurgan
Mykhailivka (Mikhaylovka) — Yamnaya type site
Lower Eneolithic → Repin → Classic Yamnaya (Pit Grave) · Sredny Stog / Trypillia → Repin → Yamnaya (Pit Grave culture)
Yamnaya triple settlement on Dnieper (3600–2600 BCE) — Lower Trypillian fort, Middle Repin–Yamnaya ditch and Upper Yamnaya town with adjacent Pit Grave kurgans, birthplace of Yamnaya culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Tumulus
Boralday North Boralday River Terrace Kurgans (River Boralday Terrace North Bank)
Saka (520–280 BCE) · Saka Tigrakhauda
North bank terrace of Boralday River (Boraldy) 2.1 km north of park (770 m) with 5 mounds 24–52 m diam on 8-m river terrace scarp.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Aktobe Batpak Kurgan Field (Batpak Steppe Line)
Sauromatian to Early Sarmatian (700–400 BCE) · Sauromatian
Linear alignment of 15 kurgans over 2.8 km on Ilek River upper terrace Batpak steppe (190 m) with diameters 16–38 m, heights 1.2–3.5 m, spaced 120–220 m (Sauromatian ‘street’ necropolis).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Tumulus
Convent Burial Mound
Mississippian (800–1600 CE) · Mississippian
Convent Burial Mound in Petén, Guatemala is a Mississippian (800–1600 CE) tumulus attributed to Mississippian culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Tumulus
Tumulus of Lowfield Kurgan
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Tumulus of Lowfield Kurgan in Coquimbo, Chile is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) tumulus attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇨🇳 China · Tumulus
West Aber Burial Mound
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
West Aber Burial Mound in Henan, China is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) tumulus attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Tumulus
Deir-Tre Burial Mound
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Deir-Tre Burial Mound in Hadramawt, Yemen is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) tumulus attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Tumulus
Moor Burial Mound
Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) · Roman
Moor Burial Mound in Piauí, Brazil is a Roman (300 BCE–500 CE) tumulus attributed to Roman culture.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Tumulus
Western Ridge Tumulus — Nubia (Khartoum)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic
Western Ridge Tumulus in Nubia, Nigeria is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) tumulus attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Zhetytobe South Kurgan Cluster (Seven Hills South Ridge)
Early Saka to Wusun Transition · Saka–Wusun
Zhetytobe south: 6 adobe-ring Saka kurgans 3 km south of Seven Hills core, Turkestan Ridge.
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Kurgan
Tagisken — Kurgan Field North Mound (Kyzylorda)
Bronze to Iron Age (2500–300 BCE) · Scythian / Saka
Tagisken — Kurgan Field North Mound (Kyzylorda) in Kyzylorda, Tagisken, Kazakhstan is a Bronze to Iron Age (2500–300 BCE) kurgan attributed to Scythian / S…