🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Cafer Höyük
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8500–7000 BCE) · PPNB Neolithic
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8500–7000 BCE) tell of PPNB Neolithic in Malatya Province, Middle Euphrates (c.8500 BCE).
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Chogha Bonut
Neolithic – Chalcolithic (7200–5000 BCE) · Archaic Susiana
Neolithic – Chalcolithic (7200–5000 BCE) tell of Archaic Susiana in Khuzestan Province, Susiana Plain (c.7200 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Yesemek Basalt Quarry & Sculpture Workshop (Amanos Piedmont)
Hittite Empire through Neo-Hittite (1375–800 BCE) · Hittite → Neo-Hittite Samʾal
Yesemek Basalt Quarry & Sculpture Workshop (Amanos Piedmont) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Gaziantep Province, İslahiye District, Amanos foothills, Yesemek village, Turkey — Empire-scale…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Barri (Kahat) — Assyrian Palace and Neo-Assyrian Town
Early Dynastic through Parthian (2900 BCE–100 CE) · Early Dynastic Halaf → Mitanni Kahat → Middle & Neo-Assyrian
Tell Barri (Kahat) — Assyrian Palace and Neo-Assyrian Town is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Hasakah Governorate, Jaghjagh River, Tell Brak–Nisibis corridor, Syria — Hurrian Kahat then…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Kerkenes Dağ (Kerkenes / Pteria)
Iron Age (Median/Phrygian to Lydian-Achaemenid destruction 547 BCE) · Median-Phrygian Cappadocian (Pteria identification)
Kerkenes Dağ (Kerkenes / Pteria) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Yozgat Province, Sorgun–Yozgat upland, Kerkenes granite massif, Turkey — Giant 271 ha Iron Age mountain city — largest…
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Dinkha Tepe
Late Bronze–Iron (1500–800 BCE) · Iron Age Hasanlu LBA
Late Bronze–Iron (1500–800 BCE) tell of Iron Age Hasanlu LBA in West Azerbaijan, Ushnu-Solduz (c.1500 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).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tilmen Höyük (Tilmen Palace Mound West Terrace)
Late Chalcolithic through Neo-Hittite (4000–700 BCE) · Amanos piedmont → Yamhad (Alalakh) → Hittite → Neo-Hittite
Tilmen Höyük (Tilmen Palace Mound West Terrace) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Gaziantep Province, İslahiye District, Amanos foothills, Turkey — Amanos gateway kingdom capital with MBA…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Ortaköy-Sapinuwa (Hittite Administrative Quarter)
Hittite Old Kingdom through Empire (1600–1180 BCE) · Hittite (Hatti)
Ortaköy-Sapinuwa (Hittite Administrative Quarter) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Çorum Province, Ortaköy District, Çekerek valley, Turkey — Hittite administrative and military-ritual city…
🇲🇱 Mali · Tell
Djenne-Djeno Mound Urban Quarter North Annex — Northern Annex
Iron Age-Classic (250 BCE-900 CE) · Djenne Culture
Djenne-Djeno Mound Urban Quarter North Annex — Northern Annex in Mopti, Djenne, Mali is a Iron Age-Classic (250 BCE-900 CE) tell attributed to Djenne Culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Güvercinkayası
Middle Chalcolithic (Ubaid-related Late Chalcolithic 5500–4000 BCE window) · Central Anatolian Chalcolithic (Aksaray-Melendiz)
Middle Chalcolithic rocky citadel (5200–4800 BCE) — fortified island town on Melendiz obsidian route, Gülçur type-site.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tatarlı Höyük South Acropolis
Late Chalcolithic to Hellenistic (3500 BCE–100 BCE) · Chalcolithic Cilician → Hittite → Neo-Hittite → Hellenistic
Tatarlı Höyük South Acropolis is the southern citadel mound of Tatarlı Höyük on the Cilician plain west of the Ceyhan River — controlling the Kizzuwatna–Assyria (Qode) route.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tell Atchana Palace Mound — Alalakh
Middle to Late Bronze Age, c.2200-1200 BCE (Amorite–Hittite) · Amorite / Hittite (Yamhad / Alalakh)
Tell Atchana 22 ha tell in Amuq Plain (Hatay): capital Mukish polity and Alalakh palaces. Excavated by Leonard Woolley (1935-49) and K.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Sabi Abyad Neolithic Mound — Balikh
Late Neolithic (Halaf–Hassuna), c.6200-5800 BCE (Neolithic, burn layer) · Halaf
Tell Sabi Abyad Balikh Valley (Raqqa): 5 ha tell (mound 10 m high) excavated by Peter Akkermans (Leiden/Amsterdam 1986–): Operation I Burnt Village 6000 BCE — intact burned houses with 3D preserved…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Khirbat en-Nahas
Chalcolithic through Nabataean; Iron Edomite peak · Feinan Chalcolithic → EBA → Edomite Iron → Nabataean
Feinan copper smelting metropolis (10 ha slag fields, Iron Edomite fortress) — Chalcolithic to Nabataean copper metropolis, biblical Punon with 100k tons 10th c. BCE slag.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Sirkeli Höyük
Chalcolithic through Byzantine; Hittite–Syro-Hittite peak · Cilician EBA → Hittite Empire (Kizzuwatna/Que) → Syro-Hittite Que
Cilician bend tell with Hittite imperial rock relief of Muwatalli II opposite mound — Chalcolithic to Syro-Hittite harbour town on Ceyhan.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Kazane Höyük
Early Bronze–Iron (2600–600 BCE) · Hurrian – Aramaean (Harran)
Early Bronze–Iron (2600–600 BCE) Hurrian – Aramaean (Harran) tell at Şanlıurfa Province, Harran Plain – 22-m tell controlling harran plain, cargo from carchemish (dims 22 m high, 1 km² lower town, EB palace).
🇹🇭 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.
🇸🇾 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).
🇹🇷 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).
🇲🇦 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
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.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Fortress Citadel Mideast 41 — Israel Region 5
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Mideast-Tell
Fortress Citadel Mideast 41 — Israel Region 5 in Israel Region 5, Israel is a Neolithic tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Fortress Citadel Mideast 98 — Iraq Region 2
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Mideast-Tell
Fortress Citadel Mideast 98 — Iraq Region 2 in Iraq Region 2, Iraq is a Bronze Age tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.