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🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze (3000–2200 BCE) · EB South Levantine (Ghouta)
Early Bronze (3000–2200 BCE) EB South Levantine (Ghouta) tell at Damascus Basin, Ghouta fringe – eb walled town on damascus oasis fringe (dims Mound 8 ha, wall 8 m thick).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Tell
Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) · Chalcolithic
Ridge Grotto Höyük in Petén, Guatemala is a Chalcolithic (4500–3300 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic culture.
🇫🇷 France · Tell
Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) · Jōmon
Tell el-Highfield Estuary in Occitanie, France is a Jōmon (14000–300 BCE) tell attributed to Jōmon culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
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).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
EBA (c.3000-2000 BCE) · Western Anatolian EBA (Troy I-II, Yortan sphere)
Kumtepe — buried eba tell/village at Çanakkale Province.
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Precucuteni to Horodiștea, peak Cucuteni A–B (4800–3800 BCE) · Cucuteni–Trypillia
One of Moldova's largest Cucuteni tells — Țuguieta mound 9 m stratigraphy (Precucuteni III to Cucuteni B1, Horodiștea) at Trușești, excavated by M. Petrescu-Dîmbovița 1951–61.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Late Bronze to Neo-Assyrian (c.1600–600 BCE) · Mitanni Hurrian → Middle Assyrian
Stratified 7-m Khabur village documenting Mitanni–Assyrian agrarian collapse and recovery; Pfälzner exposed Mitanni granary with barley, then Middle Assyrian canal-side settlement with large storage…
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Early Bronze Age (EB I–II, c. 3000–2500 BCE) · Euphrates Early Bronze, Kranzhügel culture precursor
Tell on Euphrates terrace south of Carchemish, excavated by Algaze and Breunig as part of Euphrates salvage, revealing Early Bronze planned town with orthogonal streets, temple on high terrace and…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (7000–6500 BCE) then Nabataean Little Petra · PPNB then Nabataean
Beidha — Nabataean Small Petra Extension Neolithic Tell in Ma'an Governorate, Jordan is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (7000–6500 BCE) then Nabataean Little Petra tell attributed to PPNB then Nabataean.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Late 5th millennium BCE · Kerman Chalcolithic
Late 5th millennium BCE Kerman Chalcolithic tell at Kerman Province, Bam plain – chalcolithic village near bam with mudbrick houses (dims Mound 3 ha, 6 m Chalcolithic).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Middle Bronze to neo-Assyrian (c.2000 BCE–700 BCE), peak Middle Assyrian · Mitanni Washukanni? / Sikkan Assyrian
Spring-resurgent mound with 1.5-m deep Middle Assyrian level and 9th-c. bilingual Old Aramaic–Old Assyrian Hadad statue inscription (stated first to transcribe Akkadian into Aramaic).
🇲🇦 Morocco · Tell
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
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Dolmen Cairn Höyük in Ancash, Peru is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) tell attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇨🇦 Canada · Tell
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Tell Wall-Cairn in British Columbia, Canada is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) tell attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Hassuna–Samarra (6000–5500 BCE) · Hassuna–Samarra
Hassuna–Samarra (6000–5500 BCE) Hassuna–Samarra tell at Diyala Governorate, Hamrin – three-level incised-hassuna village (dims 2.8 ha, 3 m Hassuna–Samarra).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Neolithic to Iron; Amuq A-B emphasis · Amuq A/B Neolithic → Ubaid → EBA → Iron Syro-Hittite
Amuq A Neolithic type mound (18 ha) — earliest Amuq painted village (c.6000 BCE) through Iron, defining northern Levantine Neolithic base.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Ubaid (5000–4000 BCE) · Ubaid
Ubaid (5000–4000 BCE) Ubaid tell at Diyala Governorate, Hamrin Basin – hamrin rescue ubaid houses with hassuna sherds (dims 0.9 ha Ubaid village).
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Iron Age II (1000–800 BCE) burned 800 BCE · Mannaean / Urartean–related Hasanlu
Tepe Hasanlu Level IVB — Burnt Citadel East Annex in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran is a Iron Age II (1000–800 BCE) burned 800 BCE tell attributed to Mannaean / Urartean–related Hasanlu.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Early Bronze (3000–2200 BCE) · EB Levantine (Amuq F–G)
Early Bronze (3000–2200 BCE) EB Levantine (Amuq F–G) tell at Kilis Province – eb hamlet on basalt ridge south of oylum (dims Mound 100×80 m, 6 m EB).
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Tell
Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic
Tell Abad in Preah Vihear, Cambodia is a Neolithic (6000–3000 BCE) tell attributed to Neolithic culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Late Chalcolithic Uruk (3800–3100 BCE) · Uruk
Late Chalcolithic Uruk (3800–3100 BCE) Uruk tell at Diyala Governorate, Hamrin – type-site for uruk tripartite house (dims Mound 2 ha, tripartite house 20×8 m).
🇵🇹 Portugal · Tell
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Tell el-Stan Knoll in Alentejo, Portugal is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) tell attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇷🇸 Serbia · Ancient village
Early to Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic (Starčevo→Vinča) · Vinča culture (Old Europe)
Type-site of the Vinča culture (5700–4500 BCE), the most advanced Neolithic-Copper Age tell in Southeast Europe: 9 m cultural layer, 13 habitation horizons, figurines (Lady of Vinča), proto-writing…
🇫🇷 France · Tell
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Tell Kil-Knoll in Occitanie, France is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Iron Age culture.
