🇨🇳 China · Earthwork
Thornby Grove Earthwork
Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) · Middle Bronze Age
Thornby Grove Earthwork in Henan, China is a Middle Bronze Age (2100–1550 BCE) earthwork attributed to Middle Bronze Age culture.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Earthwork
Earthworks of Mine Hermitage
Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Earthworks of Mine Hermitage in Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria is a Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) earthwork attributed to Harappan culture.
🇹🇭 Thailand · Tell
Quay Jala Höyük
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · Early Bronze Age
Quay Jala Höyük in Buriram Province, Thailand is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) tell attributed to Early Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Earthwork
Earthworks of Hill
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Earthworks of Hill in Fars Province, Iran is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) earthwork attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Nebi Mend — Qadesh South Outer Town
EB IV to Persian (3000 BCE–330 BCE; peak LBA 1500–1200 BCE) · EB Amorite → Middle Bronze Amorite → Hittite Egyptian contested → Neo-Assyrian → Persian
Qadesh outer town 1274 BCE — Hittite–Egyptian battle plain south tell.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Kashkashok III
Ubaid–Uruk (5200–3100 BCE) · Ubaid – Uruk
Ubaid–Uruk (5200–3100 BCE) Ubaid – Uruk tell at Al-Hasakah Governorate, Khabur tributary – ubaid–uruk village on khabur tributary (dims Mound 2 ha, 6 m Ubaid–Uruk).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Tell
Ridge Grotto Höyük
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Ridge Grotto Höyük in Petén, Guatemala is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Keşan Höyük
Middle–Late Bronze (2000–1200 BCE) · Thracian Bronze Age
Middle–Late Bronze (2000–1200 BCE) Thracian Bronze Age tell at Edirne Province, Thrace – thracian bronze age mound on thracian plain (dims Mound 6 m high, Bronze deposits with Troy imports).
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Apamea
Seleucid to Byzantine Crusader · Seleucid → Roman → Byzantine
Seleucid garrison city and military elephant depot (Seleucus' 500 Indian elephants), later Roman Apamea with the grandest colonnaded cardo in the East — 1,850 m long, 37 m wide, 1,200 columns with…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Beşik Tepe — Troy Outer Coastal Settlement
Early Bronze I to Middle Bronze (2900–2000 BCE) · Troy I maritime / EBA Northwest Anatolian
Troy I harbour hamlet 2900 BCE — coastal EBA tumulus with Troy Ib wares.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Hotnitsa North Tell — Veliko Tarnovo Gumelniţa
Late Chalcolithic Gumelniţa–Karanovo VI–Kodžadermen (4600–4300 BCE) · Gumelniţa–Kodžadermen–Karanovo VI
Chalcolithic burned village 4600 BCE — 407 gold items neighbouring mound (Chohadzhiev).
🇲🇦 Morocco · Tell
Tell el-Edge Ben
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Tell el-Edge Ben in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) tell attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Tell
Dolmen Cairn Höyük
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Dolmen Cairn Höyük in Ancash, Peru is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) tell attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park
Fort Walton Mississippian 1050–1500 CE · Fort Walton (Apalachee) Mississippian
Mississippian chiefdom capital on Lake Jackson with 11 m platform mound and famed repoussé copper plates.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Paquimé (Casas Grandes)
Postclassic (Medio/Chihuahua culture) · Mogollon-Paquimé (Oasisamerica)
Largest pre-Hispanic pueblo city of northern Mexico (c.1130–1340 CE, 70 ha, population ~2,500) with multi-storey adobe apartments, T-shaped doors, I-shaped ballcourts (Mesoamerican), macaw breeding…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Köşk Höyük — Bor South Skull-Cult Annex
Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic (6000–5000 BCE; Levels I–III) · Cappadocian Neolithic–Chalcolithic with Halaf links
Neolithic skull-cult village 6000 BCE — plastered skulls and relief houses.
🇵🇪 Peru · Tell
Tell el-Glen
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Tell el-Glen in Ancash, Peru is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) tell attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇫🇷 France · Tell
Tell Knoll-Seaton
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Tell Knoll-Seaton in Occitanie, France is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Classical culture.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient city
Nebelivka
Trypillia B2–C1 · Cucuteni-Trypillia
Cucuteni-Trypillia mega-site (approx 4100–3600 BCE, 260–300 ha, 1,000+ mapped houses) renowned for the burnt temple mega-structure (60×20 m, 1,200 m²) with seven altars, painted vessels, and a clay…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tilbeşar Höyük
Neolithic–Iron (6000–600 BCE) · Halaf to Neo-Hittite
Neolithic–Iron (6000–600 BCE) Halaf to Neo-Hittite tell at Gaziantep Province – citadel on aleppo–carchemish road (dims Mound 25 m high, lower town 10 ha).
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Huaca Prieta
Preceramic VI – Initial Period 6000–1800 BCE · Cupisnique/Pre-Cupisnique maritime
6000-year preceramic cotton mound 30×8 m with indigo dye and 7000-year textile nets 3 km from El Brujo.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient city
Talianki
Trypillia C1 (Cucuteni B2) · Cucuteni-Trypillia (Trypillia mega-site phenomenon)
Cucuteni-Trypillia mega-settlement (c.3850–3700 BCE, 450 ha, perhaps 15,000 inhabitants) — largest city in Europe at that time, larger than Uruk contemporary — with concentric burnt houses (2,700…
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tol-e Nurabad
Neolithic to Sasanian (c.5000 BCE–600 CE) · Fars Chalcolithic → Elam → Persian
Mamasani multiperiod tell 8 m high (Neolithic–Sasanian 6k yr, Bakun–Banesh–Kaftari) west Fars.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell Rashid (Hamrin)
Ubaid (5000–4300 BCE) · Ubaid
Ubaid (5000–4300 BCE) Ubaid tell at Diyala Governorate, Hamrin – ubaid village with grain storages (dims 1.1 ha).