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🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Southern Khajuraho Platform West — Khajuraho (60-22) at Khajuraho, India is a Chalcolithic (regional) temple complex of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Northern Yucatan Hilltop Central — Yucatan (55-25) at Yucatan, Mexico is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Old Luxor Citadel East — Luxor, Thebes (53-39) at Luxor, Thebes, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (regional) tell of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 China · Megalith
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Great Xi an Terrace Central — Xi an (56-22) at Xi an, China is a Chalcolithic (regional) megalithic of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 CE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇬🇷 Greece · Earthwork
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Little Delphi Citadel A — Delphi (60-06) at Delphi, Greece is a Chalcolithic (regional) contested of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Southern Giza Mound Inner — Giza (56-01) at Giza, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (regional) pyramid of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 CE for mound and associated settlement.
🇮🇱 Israel · Submerged site
Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic (Wadi Rabah 6000 BCE; Chalcolithic 5000–3800 BCE olive) and Late Pottery Neolithic/Chalcolithic? Kfar Samir overlain waterlogged · Chalcolithic olive press (4800 BCE Kfar Samir submerged 400 m line 7 hr press)
Kfar Samir Galili 1990s, Kfar Samir 4800 press 100k olive stones.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Ubaid to Ur III (c.5500–2000 BCE; temple sequence defines Chalcolithic Eridu–Ubaid horizon) · Ubaid → Uruk → Early Dynastic → Ur III
Type-site of Ubaid period — 1919 Ninhursag temple with copper bulls gave Chalcolithic its name.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Necropolis
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Varna Lake — North Necropolis West Bank Sector in Varna Province, Varna Lake, Bulgaria is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze (4500–2000 BCE) necropolis attribu…
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Hydraulic System at Zara Down in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Quarry
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Tell Bajada Quarry in Fars Province, Iran is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) quarry attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Necropolis
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Paracas — Necropolis South Bundle Cluster (Ica) in Ica, Paracas Peninsula, Peru is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze (4500–2000 BCE) necropolis attributed to …
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tumulus
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Tumulus of Eilean Doab in Central Anatolia, Turkey is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) tumulus attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Sanctuary of Broad Ingoldisthorpe in Aswan Governorate, Egypt is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) temple complex attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Submerged site
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Sunken City off Dyke in Quang Nam, Vietnam is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) submerged city attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Necropolis
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).
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Late Chalcolithic · Karanovo VI / Gumelnița
Northern terrace of Yunatsite tell (c. 5000–4100 BCE), 12 m high mound with Chalcolithic destruction layers, copper metallurgy and fortification, extension of main tell showing violent end c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Pottery Neolithic to Early Bronze (6000–3000 BCE; peak LCh–Uruk 4500–3100 BCE) · Halaf-Ubaid → Late Chalcolithic north Mesopotamian → Uruk fringe
Upper Tigris concentric Chalcolithic complex with Uruk Bevelled Rim contact horizon.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Outer Rajasthan Village North — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-49) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Chalcolithic (regional) temple complex of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Quarry
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Quarry of Mogor Gate Grey in North Central Province, Sri Lanka is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) quarry attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Tell
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Ridge Grotto Höyük in Petén, Guatemala is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Ottoman (c.5000 BCE–1500 CE; Kurgan elite 2600–2300 BCE) · Chalcolithic → Early Bronze Kurgan → Hittite → Urartian → Byzantine
Altınova mound with Early Bronze Maikop-affine kurgan elite tombs (2600 BCE) at Elazığ.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Medieval (c.5000 BCE–1400 CE; fortified from Early Bronze) · Chalcolithic → Early Bronze (Transcaucasian) → Hittite → Urartian → Roman-Byzantine
Keban rescue fort (7 ka) on Murat River — Transcaucasian EB and Byzantine fort now under reservoir.
🇪🇸 Spain · Megalith
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age · Tagus Megalithic
Megalthic dolmen (c. 2000–3000 BCE) on Tagus terrace, first recorded by Obermaier, submerged under Valdecañas reservoir and exposed in drought.
