List of archaeological sites by continent and age
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This list of archaeological sites is sorted by continent and then by the age of the site. For one sorted by country, see the list of archaeological sites by country.
Asia[edit]
Palaeolithic[edit]
Lower[edit]
- Azykh, Azerbaijan
- Barda Balka, Iraq
- Berekhat Ram, Israel
- Bnot Ya'akov Bridge, Israel
- Darband Cave, Iran
- Dmanisi, Georgia
- Ganj Par, Iran
- Kashafrud, Iran
- Kudaro, Georgia
- Satanidar, Armenia
- Shiwatoo, Iran
- Soanian, India
- Ubeidiya, Israel
- Wong Tei Tung (Sam Chung), Hong Kong
- Zhoukoudian, China
Middle[edit]
- Amud Cave, Israel
- Shanidar, Iraq
- Bisitun, Iran
- Warwasi, Iran
- Mar Traik, Iran
- Kiaram, Iran
- Qaleh Bozi, Iran
- Dawara, Syria
- Karain, Turkey
Upper[edit]
- Kandivili, India
- Ksar Akil, Lebanon
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka, India
- Shanidar, Iraq
- Yafteh, Iran
Mesolithic[edit]
- Abu Hureyra, Syria
- Zarzi, Iraq
- Ghar-e Khar, Iran
- Yawan, Iran
- Warwasi, Iran
- Dar Mar, Iran
- Anjiri, Iran
Neolithic[edit]
- Ali Kosh, Iran
- Atlit Yam, Israel
- Asiab[disambiguation needed], Iran
- Bhirrana, India
- Çatalhöyük, Turkey
- Choqa Golan, Iran
- Ganj Dareh, Iran
- Göbekli Tepe, Turkey
- Guran, Iran
- Jhusi, India
- Jarmo, Iraq
- Jericho, Palestine
- Nevali Cori, Turkey
- Mehrgarh, Pakistan
- Niumatou Site, Taiwan
- Tepe Sarab, Iran
Bronze Age[edit]
Iron Age[edit]
- Ahichatra, India
- Hattusa, Turkey
- Mathura, India
- Nineveh, Iraq
- Hassanlu, Iran
- Zywieh, Iran
- Bukan, Iran
- Taite, Syria
Greek and Roman Period[edit]
- Halicarnassos, Turkey
- Knidos, Turkey
- Miletus, Turkey
- Myra, Turkey
- Salamis, Cyprus
Africa[edit]
Palaeolithic[edit]
- Blombos Cave, South Africa, Upper Paleolithic
- Cango Caves, South Africa, Middle Paleolithic
- Chesowanya, Kenya
- Hadar, Ethiopia
- Hoedjiespunt, South Africa, Middle Pleistocene
- Kalambo Falls
- Klasies River Caves, South Africa, Middle Paleolithic
- Laetoli, Tanzania (Pliocene)
- Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, lower Palaeolithic, Oldowan
- Omo, Ethiopia
- Sibudu Cave South Africa, Upper Paleolithic
Mesolithic[edit]
Neolithic[edit]
Iron Age[edit]
- Carthage, Tunisia (Phoenician)
- Cyrene, Libya
Greek and Roman Period[edit]
11th to 15th centuries[edit]
- Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
Americas[edit]
Lithic/Paleoindian (before 8000 BCE)[edit]
- Pikimachay, Peru
- Cueva de las Manos, Argentina
- Cuz Cuz, Chile
- Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, United States
- Meadowcroft Rock Shelter, Pennsylvania, United States
- Monte Verde, Chile
- Pilauco Bajo, Chile
- St. Mary Reservoir, Alberta, Canada
Archaic (8000-1000 BCE)[edit]
- Chan-Chan, Chile
- Guitarrero Cave, Peru
- Cuz Cuz, Chile
- Toquepala Caves, Peru
- Jisk'a Iru Muqu, Río Ilave, Peru
- Caral, Lima, Peru
- Garagay, Lima, Peru
- Meadowcroft Rock Shelter, Pennsylvania, United States
- Tiawanaku, Bolivia
Formative (1000 BCE-250/500 CE)[edit]
- Acaray, Huaura River, Peru
- Altar de Sacrificios, Guatemala
- Cara Sucia, El Salvador
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico, United States
- Chiripa, Bolivia
- Cuello, Belize
- Cuz Cuz, Chile
- El Mirador, Guatemala
- La Venta, Mexico
- Nakbe, Guatemala
- El Tintal, Guatemala
- Quelepa, El Salvador
- Snaketown, Arizona, United States
- Tiawanaku, Bolivia
- Takalik Abaj, Guatemala
- Tulor, Chile
Classic (250/500-1200 CE)[edit]
- Acaray, Huaura River, Peru
- Aguateca, Guatemala
- Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, United States
- Bonampak, Mexico
- Cahokia, Illinois, United States
- Calakmul, Mexico
- Cancuen, Guatemala
- Cara Sucia, El Salvador
- Chichen Itza, Mexico
- Chiripa, Bolivia
- Copán, Honduras
- Cuz Cuz, Chile
- Dos Pilas, Guatemala
- El Tajín, Mexico
- Ixlu, Guatemala
- Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala
- Machaquila, Guatemala
- Monte Albán, Mexico
- Motul de San José, Guatemala
- Palenque, Mexico
- Pukara de Quitor, Chile
- Pucará de Tilcara, Argentina
- Quelepa, El Salvador
- Quiriguá, Guatemala
- Seibal, Guatemala
- Snaketown, Arizona, United States
- Takalik Abaj, Guatemala
- Tamarindito, Guatemala
- Teotihuacan, Mexico
- Tiawanaku, Bolivia
- Tikal, Guatemala
- Toniná, Mexico
- Tulor, Chile
- Uaxactun, Guatemala
- Yaxchilan, Mexico
- Yaxha, Guatemala
- Zaculeu
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico, United States
- Fort Ancient site, Ohio, United States
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Alberta
Post-Classic (1200-1900 CE)[edit]
- Acaray, Huaura River, Peru
- Cahokia, Illinois, United States
- Cuz Cuz, Chile
- Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, New Mexico, USA
- Huaca de Chena, Chile
- Inkallaqta, Bolivia
- Iximche, Guatemala
- Machu Picchu, Peru
- Mixco Viejo, Guatemala
- Mocha Island, Chile
- Pucara del Cerro La Muralla, Chile
- Pukara de La Compañia, Chile
- Q'umarkaj, Guatemala
- Santa Cecilia Acatitlan, Mexico
- Snaketown, Arizona, USA
- Tenayuca, Mexico
- Tenochtitlan, Mexico
- Tlatelolco, Mexico
- Topoxte, Guatemala
- Yagul, Mexico
- Zaculeu, Guatemala
Australia and Oceania[edit]
Palaeolithic[edit]
Classical Period[edit]
- Maungarei / Mount Wellington, New Zealand
- Rapa Nui, (Rano Raraku, Orongo & Anakena) Chile
Europe[edit]
Palaeolithic[edit]
Lower[edit]
- Barnfield Pit, Kent, Great Britain
- Bilzingsleben, Thuringia, Germany. Clactonian
- Boxgrove, East Sussex, Great Britain.
- Clacton-on-Sea, Great Britain. Clactonian
- Vértesszőlős, Hungary
Middle[edit]
- Băile Herculane, Romania, middle Palaeolithic as well as Mesolithic
- Creswell Crags, Great Britain
- Königsaue, Germany
- Krapina, Croatia
- Le Moustier, France, Mousterian
- Neanderthal, Germany, Neandertal
Upper[edit]
- Altamira, Cantabria, Spain
- Aurignac, Haute Garonne, France, Aurignacian
- Châtelperron, central and south western France, Châtelperronian
- Chauvet Cave, southern France, Aurignacian
- Côa Valley Paleolithic Art, northeastern Portugal
- Dolni Vestonice, Gravettian, Moravia
- Ignateva Cave, South Urals, Russia
- La Gravette, Dordogne, France, Gravettian
- La Madeleine, Dordogne, France, Magdalenian
- Lascaux, Dordogne, France, Magdalenian
- Meiendorf, northern Germany, Hamburgian Culture
- Mladec, Moravia, Aurignacian
- Paviland Caves, Great Britain, Wales, Aurignacian
- Solutré, eastern France, Solutrean
Mesolithic[edit]
- Alby, Sweden
- Astuvansalmi, Finland
- Belbaşı, Turkey
- Bouldnor Cliff Mesolithic Village, United Kingdom
- Cramond, United Kingdom
- Franchthi, Greece
- Friesack, Germany, Brandenburg
- Hohen Viecheln, Germany, Mecklenburg
- Howick house, United Kingdom
- Pulli settlement, Estonia
- Lepenski Vir, Serbia
- Star Carr and Star Carr house, United Kingdom
- Mount Sandal Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Ythan Estuary, Sands of Forvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Neolithic[edit]
- Ardgroom, Ireland
- Avebury, Britain
- Bylany, Czech Republic
- Carnac stones, France
- Carrigagulla, Ireland
- Çatalhöyük, Turkey
- Cucuteni-Trypillian culture, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine
- Glantane east, Ireland
- Goseck Germany
- Grimes Graves, Britain
- Knocknakilla, Ireland
- La Hoguette, France
- Maeshowe Britain
- Maiden Castle Britain
- Maumbury Rings, Britain
- Medway Megaliths, Britain
- Fairy Toot at Nempnett Thrubwell, Britain
- Newgrange, Ireland
- Parc Cwm long cairn, Britain
- Ring of Brodgar Britain
- St Lythans burial chamber, Britain
- Silbury Hill, Britain
- Skara Brae, Britain
- Stanton Drew, Britain
- Stonehenge, Britain
- Pfahlbau Museum Unteruhldingen Germany
- Windmill Hill Britain
- West Kennet Long Barrow, Britain
- Zauschwitz, Germany
Bronze Age[edit]
- Biskupin Poland
- Flag Fen, Britain
- Lerna, Greece
- Mycenae, Greece
- Nebra, Germany
- Siedlung Forschner, Germany
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini, Italy
- Tiryns, Greece
- Únětice, Czech Republic
- Zug-Sumpf, Switzerland
Iron Age[edit]
- Ambresbury Banks, Britain
- Danebury, Britain
- Maiden Castle, Britain
- Bibracte, France
- Heuneburg, Germany
- Oppidum of Manching, Germany
- Hirschlanden, Germany
- Biskupin, Poland
- La Tene, Switzerland
- Mont Vully, Switzerland
- Gene fornby, Sweden
- Vix and Mont Lassois, France
- Tel Dan Stele, Israel
- Mesha Stele, Israel
Greek and Roman Period[edit]
- Chew Stoke (Romano-Celtic Temple), Britain
- Chysauster, Britain
- Dover painted house, Britain
- Dover Castle, Britain
- Glanum (near Saint-Rémy-de-Provence), France
- Inchtuthil, Britain
- Olympia, Greece
- Pompeii, Italy
- Saalburg, Germany
- Salamis Island, Greece
- Sparta, Greece
- Trophaeum Traiani, Romania
- Tróia, Portugal
- Üllő5, Hungary
- Verulamium, Britain
Early Medieval[edit]
- Adelsö, Sweden
- Birka, Sweden
- Gamla Uppsala, Sweden
- Helgö, Sweden
- Jellinge, Denmark
- Nydam, Denmark
- Oseberg ship, Norway
- South Cadbury, Britain
- Sutton Hoo, Britain
- Thorsberg, Denmark
- Valsgärde, Sweden
- Vendel, Sweden
