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Places tagged “mega settlement” matching “Europe”

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🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient city

Talianki – Cucuteni-Trypillia Mega-Settlement

Chalcolithic, Trypillia BII Cucuteni A-B · Cucuteni–Trypillia culture

3850 BCE 450-ha burnt-house proto-city—6,000 inhabitants, Europe's largest Chalcolithic settlement.

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🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient city

Maydanets (Maydanetske) Trypillia Mega-Settlement

Chalcolithic (3850–3700 BCE, Cucuteni-Trypillia CI) · Cucuteni-Trypillia (Trypillia C1)

One of Europe's largest Chalcolithic settlements, ca. 250 ha with ~1,575 houses and 13 mega-structures in concentric rings, occupied c.3850–3700 BCE (Trypillia CI).