Archaeological site, Prehistoric

Ban Chiang
Ban Chiang is considered the most important prehistoric settlement discovered in South-East Asia. Discovered in 1957 it attracted enormous publicity due to attractive red painted pottery.
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Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
This WHS consists of a settlement and a necropolis from the 3rd millennium BC. Reasons for inscription are that this area is "the most complete and the best known site of the 3rd Millennium BC" and for its Bronze Age funeral practices.
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Bend of the Boyne
The Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne consists of 3 large and 37 small burial mounds or passage tombs from the Neolithicum.
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Biblical Tells
Tells, or pre-historic settlement mounds, are characteristic of the flatter lands of the eastern Mediterranean, particularly Lebanon, Syria, Israel and Eastern Turkey.
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Choirokoitia
Choirokoitia (also known as Khirokitia) is one of the most important prehistorical sites in the eastern Mediterranean area.
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Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
The Hypogeum was discovered during construction works in 1902. The three underground levels date from ca.
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Ibiza
Ibiza provides an excellent example of the interaction between the marine and coastal ecosystems. It also preserves considerable evidence of its long history.
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Kakadu National Park
Kakadu National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 km east of Darwin. Aboriginal people have occupied the Kakadu area continuously for at least 50 000 years.
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Kernavë Archeological Site
Kernavë Archeological Site represents an exceptional testimony to some 10 millennia of human settlements in this region.
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Lines and Geoglyphs of Nasca
The Nazca Lines are by far the most outstanding geoglyphs (drawings on the ground) in the world. They are located in the Nazca Desert, a high arid plateau that stretches 37 miles between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the pampa (a large flat area of southern Peru).
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Matobo Hills
The Matobo Hills are a living cultural landscape in south-western Zimbabwe, where people have interacted for over 100.
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Megalithic Temples of Malta
This WHS was extended in 1991 to include 5 temples on the Malta main island, next to the 2 Gigantija temples on Gozo island.
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Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes
Flint is found in chalkland, there it forms layers within beds of chalk. It's an easy to shape material, with sharp edges.
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Neolithic Orkney
Heart of Neolithic Orkney refers to a group of Neolithic monuments found in the Scottish island of Orkney.
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Rio Abiseo National Park
The Rio Abiseo National Park is home to a large number of species of flora and fauna, as well as the location of over 30 pre-Columbian archaeological sites.
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Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
The Bhimbetka rock shelters compose an archaeological site located in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
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Sammallahdenmäki
This site consists of 33 stone cairns, dating mainly from the Bronze Age (1500-500 B.C.). It is an extraordinary example of Finland's Bronze Age culture because it presents the ancient monuments in a well preserved natural environment.
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Stonehenge
Stonehenge and Avebury, in Wiltshire, are among the most famous groups of megaliths in the world. These two sanctuaries are formed of circles of menhirs arranged in a pattern whose astronomical significance is still unexplained.
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Tasmanian Wilderness
The Tasmanian Wilderness area constitutes one of the last expanses of temperate wilderness in the world, including the renowned South West Wilderness.
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Tassili n'Ajjer
The Tassili n'Ajjer is a mountain range in the Sahara desert in southeast Algeria. Much of the range, including the cypresses and archaeological sites, is protected in a National park, Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site, named the Tassili n'Ajjer National Park.
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Tiya
Tiya in southern Ethiopia is an archeological site, which is distinguished by 36 standing stones or stelae.
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Tsodilo
Tsodilo is a site in the Kalahari desert that has unique local religious and spiritual significance and contains over 4,500 rock paintings.
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