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🇹🇷 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…
🇺🇸 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…
🇹🇷 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.
🇲🇽 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…
🇺🇸 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…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze III through Hellenistic (EB, MBA, LB, Phoenician, Iron Greek) · Coastal Syrian → Ugaritic → Phoenician → Greek colonial
Tell Sukas (Sukas / Shuksi) — Phoenician Harbour Ridge is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Latakia Governorate, Jableh District, Mediterranean coast, Syria — Northern Phoenician harbour tell —…
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Pueblo IV (Ancestral Puebloan post-Mesa Verde, 1285–1400 CE) · Ancestral Puebloan (Hopi ancestor — Homolovi Cluster)
Homolovi I (Homolovi State Park — Sunset Mesa Pueblo) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Arizona, Navajo County, Winslow–Little Colorado, Homolovi State Park, United States — Largest Homolovi…
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Late Neolithic through Eneolithic (Boian → Gumelnița → Cernavodă) · Boian → Gumelnița (Kodžadermen-Karanovo VI) → Cernavodă
Radovanu Tell (Radovanu-Gorgana / Călărași Terrace) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Călărași County, Radovanu Commune, Argeș terrace, Danube plain, Romania — Argeș–Danube Gumelnița terrace…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Neolithic through Old Babylonian (Halaf/Ubaid through Khabur Ware Ašnakkum) · Halaf → Ubaid → Ninevite V → Akkadian → Ur III → Old Babylonian (Ašnakkum)
Tell Chagar Bazar (Ašnakkum / Khabur Ware Capital) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Hasakah Governorate, Khabur Triangle, Wadi Dara tributary, Syria — Khabur Triangle city-state capital…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Late Chalcolithic through Mitanni (3500–1300 BCE) · Uruk → EBA Tuttul (Dagan) → Old Babylonian → Mitanni
Tell Bi'a (Tuttul) — Zimri-Lim Palace Quarter is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Raqqa Governorate, Balikh-Euphrates confluence, Raqqa District, Syria — Sacred city of Dagan — Tuttul —…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Late Neolithic through Early Bronze (6400–2700 BCE) · Burdur–Antalya Late Neolithic → Early Chalcolithic shrine phase → Lakes EBA
Höyücek (Höyücek Höyük / Burdur Sanctuary) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Burdur Province, Bucak District, Burdur–Antalya foothills, Turkey — Neolithic–Chalcolithic sanctuary village with…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Iron Age Neo-Hittite (732–650 BCE) with EBA substrate · Neo-Hittite Luwian–Phoenician (Adana plain)
Karatepe-Aslantaş (Azatiwataya) Open-Air Citadel is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Osmaniye Province, Kadirli District, Ceyhan River, Taurus foothills, Turkey — Northern Cilician gateway…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze IV through Iron Age (EB IV, Iron Hazrek, Neo-Assyrian) · EB Syrian → Aramaean Hazrek → Neo-Assyrian
Tell Afis (Afis / Hazrek) — Royal Platform Quarter is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Idlib Governorate, Idlib District, Orontes valley east, Syria — Aramaean Hazrek kingdom capital — Zakkur…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze to Iron Age (EBA, Hittite Empire, Early Iron) · Hattian → Hittite → Early Iron Age Central Anatolian
Büklükale (Kapalıkaya / Kızılırmak Crossing) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Kırıkkale Province, Karakeçili District, Kızılırmak bend, Turkey — Hittite military base and westernmost…
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Pueblo III (McElmo/Chacoan late, 1125–1170 CE) · Ancestral Puebloan (McElmo-Chacoan late)
Kin Kletso (Yellow House / Chaco McElmo Great House) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in New Mexico, San Juan County, Chaco Canyon, north mesa below Pueblo Alto, United States — McElmo-phase…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic through Byzantine (Chalcolithic, EBA Karum, Hittite, Phrygian, Byzantine) · Anatolian Chalcolithic → Assyrian Colony (karum) → Hittite → Phrygian
Alişar Höyük (Alişar Village Mound) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Yozgat Province, Sorgun District, Kanak Su valley, Turkey — Fortified karum-colony and Hittite administrative centre on…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Late Neolithic through Early Bronze III (6200–2300 BCE) · Burdur Lakes Late Neolithic → Early Chalcolithic → EBA (Kuruçay)
Kuruçay Höyük (Burdur Lakes District) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Burdur Province, Burdur District, Burdur Lake plain, Turkey — Lakes District type-site for Early Bronze fortified…
