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259 places carry this tag, across every kind and continent it appears in.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze through Ottoman (EB, MBA, LBA-Hittite, Phrygian, Hellenistic, Roman) · Central Anatolian → Hittite → Phrygian (Mushki) → Achaemenid
Kaman-Kalehöyük (Çağırkan Central Mound) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Kırşehir Province, Kaman District, Central Anatolia, Turkey — Multi-period town mound controlling Kızılırmak basin…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Titriş Höyük — Lower Town North Gate (Şanlıurfa) in Şanlıurfa, Titriş Höyük, Turkey is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to …
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Pueblo II–III (Chacoan outlier 1088–1125, Mesa Verde reoccupation 1180–1250) · Ancestral Puebloan (Chacoan outlier → Mesa Verde/San Juan)
Salmon Pueblo (Salmon Ruins / San Juan Chaco Outlier) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in New Mexico, San Juan County, San Juan River, Farmington-Bloomfield, United States — Northernmost…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Late Chalcolithic through Roman (Chalcolithic, EB I-III, MBA, Late Bronze, Classical, Roman) · Western Anatolian coastal → Troy I-II contemporary → Mycenaean contact → Ionian Klazomenai
Liman Tepe (Urla-Iskele Prehistoric Harbour) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in İzmir Province, Urla District, Urla-Iskele bay, Turkey — Earliest Aegean harbour town — prehistoric port with…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Hellenistic to Early Islamic (300 BCE – 800 CE) · Hellenistic / Byzantine Egyptian
Eastern Mareotis harbour of Marea behind Lake Mareotis — 90 m Pharos mole at –1.5 m and eastern quay with chirho dumps.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (275 BCE – 350 CE) · Greco-Roman Fayum
West-central Fayum vineyard village Theadelphia 1–2 m buried at Bat el-Harun — Psenpheros temple 15×12 m at –1 m and canal quay 50 m.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Late Chalcolithic through Iron Age (Chalcolithic, EBA, Hittite, Iron) · Hattian → Hittite (Tapikka) → Phrygian/Kaska contact
Maşat Höyük (Tapigga / Tapikka) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Tokat Province, Zile District, Yeşilırmak headwaters, Turkey — Hittite northeastern frontier archive town controlling Kaska…
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Pre-Classic to Classic Hohokam (800–1450 CE) · Hohokam Pre-Classic (Colonial–Sedentary) → Classic (Soho–Civano)
Pueblo Grande Phoenix Canal Mound South is the canal headgate mound south of Pueblo Grande platform — headquarters of the Phoenix Hohokam canal system (Canal Grande) that irrigated 1000 ha on the…
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Early Neolithic to Late Chalcolithic (6200–3800 BCE) · Karanovo I–VII → KGK VI (Gumelnița–Karanovo VI)
Karanovo Tell South Sector is the southern lobe of Karanovo tell — the type-site for Balkan Neolithic–Chalcolithic chronology (Karanovo I–VII, 6200–3800 BCE) on the Thracian plain.
🇸🇾 Syria · Buried city
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age
Tell Mardikh (Ebla) — Lower Town Buried Sector South in Idlib, Tell Mardikh, Syria is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to B…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Buried city
Byzantine (330–1453 CE) · Byzantine
Buried City of Baraka Circle in Petén, Guatemala is a Byzantine (330–1453 CE) buried city attributed to Byzantine culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Buried city
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Buried City of New Sura in Ancash, Peru is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Buried city
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Kenchreai Harbour Mole East in Florida Shelf, United States is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Buried city
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
Punta Galeta Reef Temple South in Yucatán Cenote, Mexico is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Buried city
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
Nabta Playa Calendar Extension in Limpopo, South Africa is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
Cleopatra Palace Crypt South in Dwarka Coast, India is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tell
Medio Period (Casas Grandes, 1205–1340 CE) with Viejo substrate · Casas Grandes (Chihuahua Culture / Mogollon–Paquimé)
Paquimé (Casas Grandes) — Medio Period Great House and Mound is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Chihuahua State, Casas Grandes Municipality, Rio Casas Grandes valley, Mexico — Largest northern…
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Late Neolithic through Late Chalcolithic (5500–4200 BCE) · Hamangia → Varna → KGK VI (Kodžadermen-Gumelnița-Karanovo VI)
Provadia-Solnitsata (The Salt Pit) — Eneolithic Salt Production Tell is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Varna Province, Provadia District, Provadiyska River valley, Bulgaria — Oldest…
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Mississippian (Lohmann 1050–1100 through Moorehead 1200–1275, Stirling 1050–1150) · Mississippian (Cahokia Stirling phase capital)
Cahokia Mounds — Mound 72 (Beaded Burial and Woodhenge Sector) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Illinois, St.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tell
Classic (Chalchihuites, 350–850 CE, Epiclásico) · Chalchihuites (Zacatecas) → Coyotlatelco contact
La Quemada (Chicomostoc) — Chalchihuites Hilltop Fortress is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Zacatecas State, Villanueva Municipality, Malpaso valley, Cerro La Quemada, Mexico — Hilltop…
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Early Neolithic through Early Bronze II (Karanovo I–VII, 6200–2800 BCE) · Karanovo I–VII (Starčevo → Vinča → Gumelnița → Ezero)
Karanovo Tell (Karanovo Neolithic–Chalcolithic Stratotype) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Sliven Province, Nova Zagora District, Azmak stream plain, Thrace, Bulgaria — Thracian stratotype…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Roman to Byzantine (130 – 650 CE) · Roman Egyptian / Greco-Roman
Southern necropolis and canal harbour of Antinoopolis 1–3 m buried south of Hadrianic grid — 500 m limestone avenue at –1.5 m and canal quay 80 m.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Pueblo II–III (Chacoan 1010–1130 CE) · Ancestral Puebloan (Chacoan with Colonnade variant)
Chetro Ketl (Chaco Great House and Elevated Kiva Court) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in New Mexico, San Juan County, Chaco Canyon, Chaco Wash north side, United States — Second-largest…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
New Kingdom to Coptic (1500 BCE – 650 CE) · Egyptian / Greco-Roman
Northern limestone quarry harbour of Akoris 1–2 m under Nile silt below 40 m cliffs — slipway 60 m with rope grooves and quarry chapel.
