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🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Inner Nara Necropolis Central — Nara, Asuka (54-20) at Nara, Asuka, Japan is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 200 CE for necropolis and associated settlement.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Great Teotihuacan Reservoir South — Teotihuacan (56-09) at Teotihuacan, Mexico is a Neolithic (regional) pyramid of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for reservoir and associated settlement.
🇲🇱 Mali · Temple complex
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Royal Djenné-Jeno Village Outer — Djenné-Jeno (57-44) at Djenné-Jeno, Mali is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 800 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Upper Lalibela Necropolis Outer — Lalibela (59-42) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Neolithic (regional) ancient city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for necropolis and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Northern Nara Necropolis South — Nara, Asuka (54-29) at Nara, Asuka, Japan is a Neolithic (regional) megalithic of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 200 CE for necropolis and associated settlement.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Underground city
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Sacred Lalibela Village South — Lalibela (59-49) at Lalibela, Ethiopia is a Neolithic (regional) underground city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 400 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
New Yonaguni Sanctuary Central — Yonaguni (58-16) at Yonaguni, Japan is a Neolithic (regional) submerged city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Western Nara Hilltop I — Nara, Asuka (54-21) at Nara, Asuka, Japan is a Neolithic (regional) ancient village of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 200 CE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Proto-Hassuna, Hassuna, Samarran (6500–5500 BCE) · Hassuna culture
Between two wadis south-west of Mosul, this 1943–44 excavation by Seton Lloyd and Fuad Saffar defined the Hassuna culture — earliest ceramic Neolithic in northern Iraq — through 15 building levels.
🇬🇷 Greece · Archaeological wonder
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Upper Delphi Hilltop A — Delphi (60-32) at Delphi, Greece is a Neolithic (regional) archaeological wonder of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 800 CE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Temple complex
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Northern Meroe Sanctuary West — Meroe (53-36) at Meroe, Sudan is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 800 CE for sanctuary and associated settlement.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Neolithic to Mamluk (c.8000 BCE–1500 CE; Decapolis peak 63 BCE–400 CE) · Neolithic → Canaanite → Hellenistic Decapolis → Roman → Byzantine → Islamic
Pella (Tabaqat Fahl) is a 4000-year mound and Decapolis Greco-Roman city in Jordan Valley — with Neolithic village (Sha'ar Hagolan–related) through Canaanite–Eg...
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Early Neolithic · Orkney-Cromarty Neolithic
Triple-walled Orkney-Cromarty cairn near Kirkwall with 4.5 m passage to tripartite corbelled chamber.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Ancient city
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Old Potosí Hilltop B — Potosí (55-10) at Potosí, Bolivia is a Neolithic (regional) ancient city of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for hilltop and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Southern Xi an Fortress I — Xi an (56-25) at Xi an, China is a Neolithic (regional) pyramid of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Neolithic–Transitional Chalcolithic (c.7500–4500 BCE) · Jeitun-related → Cheshmeh Ali (Northeast Iran Neolithic)
Shahroud two-mound Neolithic tell (c.7500–4500 BCE, West PPN timber, East painted, 1400 m) at Shahrud.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Ancient village
Middle Neolithic (c.3200–2800 BCE) · Funnel Beaker (TRB)
Neolithic pile dwelling (c.3000 BCE) of the Funnel Beaker culture on the former shore of Lake Vättern, with piles preserved in peat, pottery, flint and cemeteries.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Earthwork
Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Bronze Age (~7000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic–Chalcolithic hunter-pastoralist
Over 5,800 kite structures sprawl across the harraat basalt deserts of Jordan, Syria and Saudi Arabia, each comprising two converging low walls up to 5 km long funneling gazelle herds into a stone…
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Mehrgarh — Period II Communal Granary in Balochistan, Kachi, Mehrgarh, Pakistan is a Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed t…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Neolithic Merimde culture (4800–4300 BCE) · Lower Egyptian Neolithic (Merimde)
Merimde Beni Salama is Egypt's largest Neolithic village, 4800–4300 BCE Merimde culture, 44 ha mound with 1.5 m stratigraphy, oval houses 5×3 m wattle-and-daub, burial in settlement, lithics,…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Late Neolithic · Hebridean Late Neolithic
Concentric double circle (13.7 m outer) with inner 4-stone ring and cairn, 500 m SE of Callanish I.
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient village
Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Castelluccio South Plateau Eccentric House in Sicily, Ragusa, Noto, Italy is a Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6000–3000 BCE) ancient village attributed to Neol…
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
PPNB to Late Neolithic (8200–5300 BCE) · PPNB → Pottery Neolithic Yaumoukian /Halaf
PN white-ware hill village 7000 BCE — Veisselle Blanche & deformed skulls (Contenson).
🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient village
Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Cozzo del Pantano — Early Iron Debris Field in Sicily, Syracuse, Cozzo Pantano, Italy is a Neolithic to Chalcolithic (6000–3000 BCE) ancient village attrib…
