🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Halula
Middle PPNB to Halaf-Ubaid (8500–5500 BCE) · Middle Euphrates PPNB → Halaf
Middle Euphrates PPNB–Ubaid sequence tell with fingerprint-on-figurine craft study.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Pessinus (Ballıhisar)
Chalcolithic to Byzantine; Phrygian-Roman sanctuary peak · Phrygian → Galatian Tolistobogii → Roman Galatia
Mother-goddess sanctuary-city of Cybele — Phrygian terraces, Hellenistic temple and Roman acropolis buried under Ballıhisar mound on Sangarios.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Áspero (Caral) Maritime Pyramid City
Late Preceramic (Norte Chico Supe) · Caral-Supe culture (Norte Chico)
Supe mouth fishing-pyramid town Áspero (3000–1800 BCE): six low shicra-bag pyramids (Huaca Alta 10 m, Huaca de los Sacrificios with D-shaped offering) maritime twin of Caral.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Rio Bec Structure V Central Pyramid
Late Classic Maya (600–850 CE, Rio Bec style full fluorescence) · Maya (Rio Bec, Apogee of Classic palace-pyramid)
Type-site of Rio Bec architectural style (550–850 CE): dispersed low pyramids 10–20 m with twin solid towers and false stairs, vaulted palace chambers, and roofcombs — Structure V (5N2 Group A) is…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chatal Höyük (Çatal Höyük Amuq)
Neolithic through Iron; Amuq A-J typology · Amuq Neolithic → Halaf → Ubaid → EBA → Syro-Hittite
Amuq type-site mound defining Amuq A–J phases (Neolithic–Iron) — 22 m deposit with Neolithic painted ware, Ninevite V and Iron Syro-Hittite ceramics.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Hierakonpolis (Nekhen) – Kom el-Ahmar
Naqada II–III to Early Dynastic (Predynastic to 1st Dynasty) · Upper Egyptian Naqada (protodynastic)
Protodynastic super-city (c.3800–3000 BCE) — largest Predynastic centre in Egypt (100+ ha at HK desert + floodplain), cult of falcon Horus.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Lidar Höyük Euphrates Terrace
Chalcolithic to Medieval (4300 BCE–1400 CE) · Chalcolithic → EB → MBA → Hittite → Hellenistic → Islamic
Lidar Höyük Euphrates Terrace is the 8.5-ha southern alluvial terrace below Lidar Höyük main mound on the Euphrates right bank — excavated by Hauptmann before the Atatürk reservoir rose.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Hadidi Northern Fortification
Early Bronze to Iron (3000 BCE–700 BCE) · EBA Syrian → Mittani → Hittite → Iron Age Neo-Hittite
Tell Hadidi Northern Fortification is the north casemate wall-tower line of Tell Hadidi (Azu) — the Late Bronze city Azu across the Euphrates from Tell es-Sweyhat.
🇮🇳 India · Pyramid
Dholavira Castle Mound — Khadirbet
Indus Valley Civilisation, Mature to Late Harappan (2650–1450 BCE) · Indus Valley (Harappan, Sorath Harappan)
Dholavira (Khadirbet) is the most spectacular Harappan city (100 ha) on Khadir island in the Great Rann of Kutch, excavated by R.S. Bisht 1989–2005.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Snaketown East Darby Hohokam Settlement
Pre-Classic to Classic Hohokam (600–1200 CE) · Hohokam Pre-Classic (Colonial–Sedentary) → Early Classic
Snaketown East Darby Hohokam Settlement is the field-house hamlet cluster 3 km east of Snaketown's ballcourt on the Gila north terrace — Rice's Pima–Gila settlement model periphery.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Titriş Höyük Outer Settlement
Early to Middle Bronze (3100–2100 BCE) · Ninevite V → EBA Urban → Akkadian
Titriş Höyük Outer Settlement is the 28-ha extramural sprawl beyond the walled lower town — together 43 ha, the largest EBA city in the Turkish Euphrates zone before state formation.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Tucume Huaca Larga Pyramid — Lambayeque
Late Intermediate, c.1100-1530 CE (Lambayeque / Sicán–Chimú) · Andean (Lambayeque / Sicán)
Túcume (ancient Tucume, El Purgatorio) Lambayeque: 26-pyramid field dominated by Huaca Larga (700 m long, 280 m wide, 30 m high) — one of largest adobe pyramids globally, built by Lambayeque/Sicán…
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Sacred Chaco Canyon Platform Outer — Chaco Canyon (55-26)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Sacred Chaco Canyon Platform Outer — Chaco Canyon (55-26) at Chaco Canyon, United States is a Early Historic (regional) earthwork of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tell Atchana (Ancient Alalakh) Palace Mound
Middle Bronze to Late Bronze to Iron Age (c.2200–700 BCE, peak Levels VII–IV 1480–1270 BCE) · Amorite / Mitanni / Hittite / Mukish (Alalakh, Yamhad dependency)
Palatial mound Tell Atchana (Alalakh, capital of Mukish) 20 ha, 20 m high on Orontes plain: Middle Bronze palace Level VII (Idrimi c.1480 BCE) 80×50 m with archive 200 tablets and throne room with…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tilbeşar (Tell Tilbeshar)
Late Chalcolithic through Byzantine; EBA III–MBA II, Hittite, Neo-Hittite, Assyrian (Iron II) · Euphrates–Islahiye EBA → Neo-Hittite Luwian → Neo-Assyrian provincial
56-m Neo-Assyrian provincial tell (Azâ) with EBA–Iron II fortified town and moat between Sajur and Euphrates.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Mozan (Urkesh) Satellite Mound
Late Chalcolithic to Mitanni (4000 BCE–1300 BCE) · Late Chalcolithic → Ninevite V → Hurrian Akkadian → Mittani (Hurrian Urkesh)
Tell Mozan (Urkesh) Satellite Mound is the 6.2-ha southern suburb 800 m south of Tell Mozan — the Hurrian capital Urkesh, city of Kumarbi at the Taurus piedmont.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Sacred Rajasthan Temple South — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-08)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Sacred Rajasthan Temple South — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-08) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient village of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Mound
Hiwassee Island Mound
Mississippian (Hiwassee Island / Dallas) · Mississippian (Tennessee Valley)
Type site Hiwassee Island phase (900–1400 CE) — 5 mounds at Tennessee-Hiwassee confluence.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Küllüoba Höyük South Extension
Early Bronze Age (3200–1950 BCE) · West Anatolian Early Bronze → Hittite scatter
Küllüoba Höyük South Extension exposes the EBA II–III domestic quarter 80 m south of the central burnt compound (Level II).
🇨🇳 China · Ancient village
Southern Henan Terrace North — Henan, Erlitou (54-39)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Southern Henan Terrace North — Henan, Erlitou (54-39) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Early Historic (regional) ancient village of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Crystal River Mounds
Middle Woodland (Deptford–Weeden Island, 200 BCE–750 CE) · Deptford–Weeden Island (Florida Woodland)
Woodland plaza center (200 BCE–750 CE) with 6 mounds and Hopewell exotics on Crystal River estuary, Florida.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Grike Havuz Ritual Platform
Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Bronze (9500 BCE–2000 BCE) · PPN → Chalcolithic → EBA
Grike Havuz Ritual Platform is the limestone-framed T-pillar pool edge at the karstic Havuz depression in the Karababa basin northeast of Şanlıurfa.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Beycesultan Höyük
Late Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze to Byzantine · Western Anatolian (Troy I prelude → Hittite Luwian)
Multi-period mega-tell (c.4000 BCE Late Chalcolithic to 1200 BCE Byzantine, peak EBA–MBA) dominating Çivril Plain on Meander headwaters, excavated 1954–59 by Seton Lloyd & James Mellaart then 2007–…
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Great Rajasthan Mound Outer — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-42)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Rajasthan Mound Outer — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-42) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Classical (regional) ancient village of the Classical tradition, built c.