Earth 10000 BCE. Enjoy a stone age adventure. The 10th millennium BC spanned the years 10,000 BC to 9001 BC. It marks the beginning of the transition from the Palaeolithic to the Neolithic via the interim Mesolithic (Northern Europe and Western Europe) and Epipaleolithic (Levant and Near East) periods, which together form the first part of the Holocene epoch that is generally believed to have begun c. 9700 BC and is the current geological epoch.
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Aamiq
An ancient village site with two main periods of habitation: the Natufian/preceramic Neolithic period (12000-10200 cal. BC) marked by agricultural tools and a red ochre-covered skeleton, and a Late Neolithic Ubaid period (5000-4500 cal BC) with ceramics and advanced lithics. The village lies near marshlands and shows evidence of Chalcolithic occupation at its edges.

Abu Hureyra
An ancient village in the Upper Euphrates valley, inhabited between 13,300 and 7,800 years ago. It features two main phases: Abu Hureyra 1, a village of sedentary hunter-gatherers, and Abu Hureyra 2, home to some of the world's first farmers who began cultivating rye and other cereals during the Neolithic Revolution.

Abu Madi
A prehistoric cluster of Neolithic tell mound villages located at the base of a granite ridge in Southern Sinai, used as a seasonal encampment by hunter-gatherer groups. The site features remains of two major settlements, Abu Madi I and Abu Madi III, with partially buried stone buildings and silos, and is known for unique aerodynamic arrowheads used for hunting.

Alice and Gwendoline Cave
A limestone cave in County Clare, Ireland, featuring two main passages (Alice and Gwendoline) and three smaller ones, with five openings. Notable for a bear patella dated to the late Upper Palaeolithic, indicating possible early human activity.

Anangpur
Anangpur Ruins is a village surrounded by dense forest and prehistoric relics from the Lower Paleolithic era.

Arene Candide
Arene Candide is a cave village carved into a limestone cavern, inhabited by a small community using primitive stone tools. The village features stone huts, communal fire pits, and carved stone pathways illuminated by bioluminescent fungi.

Aïr Mountains
A hidden village carved into the caves of the Aïr Mountains, featuring ancient rock art and stone carvings dating back thousands of years. The village is known for its massive Dabous Giraffes carvings and depictions of pastoral life, war scenes, and migrating Tuareg influences.

Bacho Kiro Cave
A small cave village inhabited by a primitive community using stone tools, with homes carved into the rock and communal areas lit by fire pits.

Ban Ban Springs
A quaint village centered around natural springs known for ancient stone tools scattered nearby, hinting at a long-lost culture.

Beidha
An ancient Neolithic village near Petra, characterized by early stone masonry round houses with subterranean floors, surrounded by a defensive wall. The site shows evidence of early agriculture, animal herding, hunting, and ritual burials, with a later transition to rectangular buildings and specialized workshops before abandonment.

Bhimbetka Rock Shelters
An ancient archaeological site featuring over 750 rock shelters with prehistoric cave paintings dating back to 10,000 BCE, showcasing early human life, hunting scenes, dance, and spiritual expressions from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age.

Bluefish Caves
A village built within three interconnected caves, known for ancient cave paintings and evidence of early human activity alongside predator remains. The caves serve as a cultural and historical site with a mysterious atmosphere.

Bontnewydd
A cave village inhabited by a hardy community using primitive stone tools, nestled within a large cavern system. The village features stone huts, communal fire pits, and carved stone pathways connecting the homes.

Bosumpra Cave
An ancient cave on the Kwahu Plateau used as a shelter and workshop from the mid-eleventh millennium cal. BC, known for early Sub-Saharan pottery and persistent bifacial stone tool technology. It served as a central place in a resource network across diverse ecotones.

Budj Bim
A small fishing village renowned for its traditional eel fishing techniques, nestled by a serene river and surrounded by lush greenery.

Buttermilk Creek
A small village along the shores of Buttermilk Creek, known for its round hide huts and ancient archaeological finds. The village is notable for the discovery of some of the oldest weapons in North America, ancient spear points made of chert, dating back 15,500 years BP, used for hunting local game.

Buya
A small village of 10 round mud huts along the edge of the Red Sea, known for its simple fishing community and vibrant coastal culture.

Byblos
The village of Byblos, a village known for being one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements and the birthplace of the Phoenician alphabet. The village features stone buildings and scattered flint tools.

Cactus Hill
A small village known for its round hide huts and abundant prickly pear cacti growing in the sandy soil. The village is surrounded by fields of these cacti, giving it a distinctive and prickly charm.

Capsa
A small village with several mud brick houses, known for its ancient population called the Snail Eaters, ancestors of the modern Berbers, famous for extensive middens of snail shells.

Cave of Altamira
A hidden cave village inhabited by a primitive tribe, featuring ancient stone tools and vivid cave paintings depicting their history and rituals.

Cave of Swimmers
A small cave village featuring Neolithic pictographs depicting people swimming, along with images of a giraffe and hippopotamus, dating back to 8000 BC during the African Humid Period when the Sahara was lush and wet.

Channel Islands
A small island settlement inhabited by paleoindians, featuring round hide huts arranged in a loose cluster near the shore and simple dugout canoes pulled up on the beach. The community relies on fishing, gathering, and hunting with primitive tools.

Chiquihuite Cave
A small cave village occasionally visited by hunter-gatherers, used as a refuge during severe weather. The cave contains simple stone shelters and fire pits, with animal hides and basic tools scattered around.

Chivateros
An ancient quarry and workshop near the Chillón river mouth, known for its high-quality stone tools crafted by skilled artisans. The site features large stone outcrops, workbenches, and primitive shelters for workers.

Chopani Mando
An ancient circular and oval settlement in the Belan River valley, known for hearths, handmade cord-impressed pottery, microliths, and chalcedony artifacts. The site reveals early rice cultivation and pottery usage, reflecting a prehistoric agrarian community.

Clear Lake
A small Paleo-Indian village featuring several round hide huts clustered at the edge of a serene lake, surrounded by dense forest. The village is known for its fishing and hunting lifestyle, with communal areas near the water.

Clogg's Cave
A cave village inhabited by a small community that uses various stone tools for daily life and crafting. The cave walls are adorned with primitive carvings and the air is cool and damp.

Clovis
A small village known for its round hide huts, innovative arrow making, and skilled hunting of large animals.

Cooper Bison
A small village with round hide huts arranged in a loose circle. Nearby lie the remains of several large bison, hinting at the village's hunting heritage.

Cramond Village
A quaint village and suburb located at the mouth of the River Almond where it meets the Firth of Forth, known for its rich Mesolithic history and natural oyster and mussel beds.

Cuddie Springs
A quaint village situated beside a seasonal lake known for its abundance of ancient stone tools scattered around the shores, hinting at a rich prehistoric past.

Devil's Lair
A cave village inhabited by various hunters, with small animals they've hunted displayed around the area as trophies and food sources.

Dolní Věstonice
A prehistoric hunting village known for its stone huts and numerous statues of curvy women, symbolizing fertility and protection. The village is nestled in a forest clearing, surrounded by fields used for hunting and gathering.

El Abra
A cave village known for its smooth stone tools made from quartzite brought from the Magdalena River valley. Archaeological evidence shows domestication of guinea pigs, indicating early agricultural practices.

El Khiam
An ancient village near Wadi Khureitun in the Judaean Desert, known for its continuous habitation since the Mesolithic and early Neolithic periods, famous for El-Khiam flint arrowheads.

Ennedi Plateau
A unique cave village nestled within the Ennedi Plateau, featuring ancient rock art from the Horse and Pastoral Periods that depict the evolution of local society and adaptation to the environment.

Figuig
A hidden village built within a large cave system, featuring walls adorned with ancient cave paintings of animals and humans, telling stories of the village's ancestors and their connection to nature.

Folsom
A small village of hunters living in several round hide huts, known for its archaeological significance as the site where the first human-made artifacts were found with extinct Late Pleistocene bison remains, revising the timeline of Native American arrival.

Fort Rock Cave
A cave village nestled within the Fort Rock formation, featuring geological elements like Hayes Butte basalt and exposed Pliocene-era lava. The village is known for its ancient wooden artifacts, stone tools, shell beads, obsidian, basket fragments, and 95 sagebrush bark sandals.
Franchthi Cave
An ancient cave shelter used by humans from the Upper Paleolithic to the Final Neolithic, spanning over 35,000 years. It features stone age artifacts and seasonal habitation evidence, with occasional abandonment periods.

Fukui Cave
A small cave village in Kyushu, Japan, inhabited since 30,000 years ago, featuring some of the world's oldest pottery dating back 12,700 years. The site is a National Historic Site and a candidate for special historic site status, showcasing ancient cave dwellings from the Paleolithic to early Jōmon periods.

Gorham's Cave
A prehistoric cave village inhabited by a small community using primitive stone tools. The cave walls are adorned with ancient carvings and the village is illuminated by flickering torchlight.

Gosan-ni
A small village known for its unique pit houses dug into the earth and its skilled artisans crafting various clay pottery. The village is nestled in a quiet valley surrounded by gentle hills and fertile fields.

Gough's Cave
A vast and ancient cave system located in the Mendip Hills, featuring large chambers, impressive rock formations, and the Cheddar Yeo, Britain's largest underground river. The cave holds significant archaeological remains, including human and animal skeletons dating back 14,700 years, with evidence of ancient rituals involving human skulls.

Goyet Caves
A cave village inhabited by a small community using primitive stone tools, with homes and workshops carved into the rock walls. The village is dimly lit by torches and bioluminescent fungi, creating an eerie yet lively atmosphere.

Göbekli Tepe
An ancient Neolithic settlement atop a rocky mountaintop, featuring large circular megalithic structures with massive stone pillars carved with anthropomorphic and animal reliefs, providing insight into prehistoric religion and iconography. The site includes domestic structures, quarries, stone-cut cisterns, and evidence of cereal processing and water supply, reflecting early permanent human habitation without clear agricultural cultivation.

Haida Gwaii
A coastal village featuring traditional round hide huts, inhabited by the Haida people who, according to oral tradition, migrated from northern Alaska seeking new territory.

Hatula
An early Neolithic semi-sedentary village located on a rocky slope above a riverbed in the Judean hills, used primarily as a hunting station for gazelle flocks. The site features three occupation levels with evidence of domesticated dogs, a developed bone industry, and early cereal cultivation, reflecting a transitional adaptation from Natufian to Khiamian cultures.

Haua Fteah
A small cave village formed within a natural coastal cave structure shaped by sea erosion during the early Pleistocene. The village consists of simple stone and driftwood homes built into the cave walls, with narrow pathways and communal fire pits.

Hoggar Mountains
A hidden village carved into the Hoggar Mountains' caves, inhabited by a resilient community. The walls are adorned with ancient cave paintings depicting their history and legends.

Howick
A Mesolithic coastal village dating back to around 7600 BC, featuring Britain's oldest known permanent house with substantial post holes and multiple hearths used for nut roasting and food preservation. The village is situated near a sandy cliff face with abundant natural resources including flint, wood, fresh water, and diverse wildlife, supporting year-round hunter-gatherer occupation.

Huaca Prieta
A small village with simple wooden huts and underground cobblestone structures cemented with an ash-water mixture, some containing burials. The villagers fish, gather shellfish, and cultivate fruit, gourds, squash, peppers, beans, tubers, and cotton. Stone artifacts are simple tools like fish net weights and pebble tools, with no fancy projectile points.

Impossible
A remote village built entirely on ice, featuring igloo houses and fishing holes cut into the ice. No wood, trees, or tools are visible, creating a mysterious and stark environment.

Iraq ed-Dubb
An early Neolithic cave settlement located 7 km northwest of Ajlun in the Jordan Valley, featuring an oval stone structure, mud brick architecture, and ancient burials dating back to around 7,950 BCE. The cave is situated on a forested limestone escarpment above the Wadi el-Yabis and was used for early cultivation and animal holding.

Jebel Sahaba
A small village known for its unique approach to food gathering, incorporating wild grasses and grains. The Qadan people practice careful watering and harvesting of local plants without planting in ordered rows. The village is marked by frequent raids and ambushes due to resource scarcity, with inhabitants skilled in using light arrows and throwing spears.

Jericho
An ancient village located in the Jordan Valley, flanked by the Jordan River to the east and Jerusalem to the west. Known for its historic defensive walls and abundant palm trees, Jericho is a site of continuous human habitation for over 11,000 years, featuring copious springs and archaeological remains of more than 20 successive settlements.

Juukan Gorge
An ancient cave village nestled within a large gorge, known for its intricate stone tools and rock art. The village is carved into the cave walls, with natural stone formations serving as homes and communal spaces.

Kakinoshima
A small nomadic village featuring hide tents and pit dwellings, inhabited from 7000 BC to 1000 BC during the Jōmon period. Positioned on a marine terrace by the Pacific Ocean, the village includes two large earthen mounds and ancient artifacts such as jade jewelry and red lacquerware.

Kana
Kana is a small village characterized by its quaint mud brick houses arranged along narrow dirt paths. The village is surrounded by modest farmland and a small central well that serves as a gathering point for villagers.

Karnatukul
A cave village known as the Serpent's Glen, famous for its extensive cave paintings depicting snakes linked to Aboriginal Rainbow Serpent legends. The village is home to skilled herbalists who craft potent natural medicines from local flora.

Keilor
A small hunting village nestled along a winding creek, known for its inhabitants' skill in crafting various stone tools used for hunting and daily life.

Kents Cavern
A cave village inhabited by a small community that crafts and uses primitive stone tools. The village is carved into a large cavern with natural rock formations and simple stone dwellings.

Khemisti
A small village with mud brick houses clustered around a central village square. The village is surrounded by modest farmland and a few dirt paths connecting the homes and communal areas.

Khummi
A nomadic village consisting of several hide tents arranged loosely in a circular pattern. The site is notable for the discovery of ancient Late Pleistocene pottery shards scattered around the outskirts, hinting at a long history of transient habitation.

Kow Swamp
A small, isolated village nestled in a dense swamp, known for its ancient stone tools scattered throughout the area, hinting at a long-lost civilization.

Kuk Swamp
A small farming village known for its extensive rice fields, surrounded by swampy terrain. The village features simple wooden huts, a small tavern, and a village square where locals gather. The rice paddies are carefully irrigated and maintained, reflecting the villagers' deep connection to the land and water.

LSU Indian Mounds
A small village with round hide huts arranged around several large communal fire pits, reflecting an ancient indigenous settlement style.

Laguna de TaguaTagua
A small village with wooden huts, featuring archaeological remains including chipped stone tools and bones of horses, mastodons, and smaller animals, indicating ancient habitation and hunting activity.

Lake Mungo
A quaint village on the shores of Lake Mungo, known for its abundant stone tools scattered around, hinting at an ancient culture. The village thrives on fishing, crafting, and trading these unique artifacts.

Lapa Vermelha
A hidden cave village inhabited by a primitive tribe using stone tools, nestled deep within a red-hued cavern system. The village consists of stone huts and communal areas carved from the cave walls, illuminated by glowing fungi and torches.

Lapa do Boquete
A cave village inhabited by a small community, featuring ancient cave paintings of people and various animals that tell the story of their ancestors and local wildlife.

Lascaux
A small cave village nestled within a vast cavern, featuring primitive stone tools and vibrant cave paintings depicting ancient hunts and rituals. The village is inhabited by a reclusive tribe that reveres the painted walls as sacred.

Leang Bettue
A cave village inhabited by a small community using primitive stone tools and adorned with ancient cave paintings depicting their history and beliefs.

Lepenski Vir
An ancient Mesolithic to Early Neolithic settlement located along a river gorge, known for its unique trapezoidal stone buildings and monumental fish-like sculptures with human faces, reflecting a blend of hunter-gatherer and early farming cultures.

Liang Bua
A small cave village inhabited by the diminutive Homo floresiensis, known for their use of primitive stone tools and unique culture.

Lind Coulee
A small village featuring several round hide huts, known for its archaeological significance with human tools and extinct bison remains. The village is surrounded by dig sites where bone tools, stone palettes for grinding red ochre, and distinctive chipped stone points classified as Lind Coulee Type 1, 2, and 3 have been found.

Lindenmeier
A small Paleo-Indian village featuring several round hide huts, representing a nomadic community that hunted Bison antiquus and gathered local seeds, nuts, and fruits around 11,000 years ago.

Madjedbebe
A small cave village known for its ancient and vibrant cave paintings depicting anthropomorphs, geometric designs, hand stencils, and various fish species. The village is nestled within a large cave system, with homes carved into the rock walls and communal areas adorned with fibre objects and traditional art.

Maglemose
A small village known for its ancient stone tools craftsmanship, with houses made of wood and stone, surrounded by fields where villagers cultivate crops using primitive tools.

Mangar Bani
A Paleolithic village and sacred grove hill forest located on the Delhi-Haryana border, known for its ancient neolithic tool-making site and cave paintings dating back 20,000-40,000 years.

Manis Mastodon
A hunting village with round hide huts surrounded by the remains of mastodons and scattered spears, reflecting a deep connection to the ancient beasts and the hunt.

Meadowcroft Rockshelter
A small cave village nestled beneath an overhanging brown sandstone cliff in the Allegheny Plateau. The site is known for ancient pre-Clovis remains, diverse tools, and evidence of long-distance trade and botanical preservation.

Mesak Settafet
A remote cave village nestled near a mountain chain in Libya, known for its abundant rock art created through engraving techniques like grinding, pecking, and scratching. The blackened sandstone walls display detailed outlines of animals, serving as both cultural heritage and mystical symbols for the inhabitants.

Monte Verde
An Village featuring wooden tent-like structures where occupants crafted rope and used animal skins. The site shows evidence of diverse plant food consumption and butchering of extinct megafauna like gomphothere and Palaeolama.

Mount Sandel
A Mesolithic village featuring the remains of roughly oval huts built over shallow depressions, with stout post-holes suggesting tent-like structures covered in hides or reeds. The site was home to a small extended family group who hunted, fished, and gathered seasonal food, with central hearths heating the robust homes.

Mureybet
An ancient village mound on the west bank of the Euphrates, occupied from 10,200 to 8,000 BC, representing early hunter-gatherer and early agricultural life with evidence of wild crop gathering and later domesticated animals.

Murujuga Village
A small village on a rocky peninsula known for its ancient stones carved with detailed art depicting people and animals, believed to hold spiritual significance.

Nanzhuangtou
An ancient village site near Lake Baiyangdian, revealing early Neolithic artifacts including pottery, stone tools, and evidence of millet cultivation and domestic dogs from 10,000 years ago.

Old Crow Flats
A village of round hide huts where hunters gather to catch diverse animals. The area is rich in fossils of prehistoric creatures like mammoths, mastodons, and giant beavers, with evidence of ancient human tool use on mammoth bones.

Olduvai Gorge
A primitive village nestled in a rocky gorge, inhabited by early humans who craft and use stone tools. The village consists of simple stone and wood huts, with communal areas for tool-making and gathering.

Ounjougou
An ancient Village located in the Upper Yamé Valley on the Bandiagara Plateau, known for early Holocene pottery and evidence of proto-agricultural economy with grinding tools and small bifacial points. It features remnants of early Niger-Congo ceramic technology and cultural artifacts linked to the development of tropical savannas and early Neolithic life.

Page–Ladson Village
A small village with round hide huts arranged around a large central pond formed in a sinkhole. Stone tools are scattered throughout, indicating ancient or ongoing crafting traditions.

Paglicci Cave
A prehistoric cave village inhabited by a small community using primitive stone tools, with dwellings carved into the rock and communal areas for crafting and gathering.

Pahargarh Village
A small village with mud huts located near caves containing over 600 ancient cave paintings, with speculation of thousands more hidden within.

Paisley Caves
A small cave village located in an arid, desolate region of south-central Oregon, consisting of a complex of eight caves. Known for ancient human habitation evidence and archaeological significance, the village is a blend of natural cave formations and primitive dwellings.

Pendejo Cave
A cave village inhabited by ancient peoples, filled with a variety of stone and bone tools from different eras, including Clovis and later Native societies. The cave contains unifacial shavers, utilized flakes, and worked bone artifacts like a horse scapula awl and a rib bone knife.

Porc-Epic
A cave village nestled at the base of an Upper Jurassic limestone cliff on Garad Erer hill, overlooking the wadi Laga Dächatu. Known for ancient rock paintings depicting early agriculture and crafting, it reflects a rich prehistoric culture with evidence of stone tools and domestication of cattle.

Pulli
An ancient Mesolithic human settlement on the right bank of the Pärnu River, known as the oldest in Estonia, dating back around 11,000 years. The site features remnants of flint tools, bone fishhooks, and early evidence of domesticated dogs.

Sabu-Jaddi
A small village with several mud brick huts near a wadi, featuring ancient stone carvings of extinct wild animals, domestic cattle and camels, and human figures. The carvings include stylized geometric cattle and boats of two Nile types, some with pilots on cabin roofs, on subhorizontal slabs by the wadi's right bank.

Saltville
A small village known for its round hide huts, located near expansive salt marshes. Historically inhabited by the Chisca people, who hunted in the marshes, the village retains a strong connection to its indigenous roots.

Sangiran
A small village known for its ancient stone tools, with artisans crafting and trading these relics. The village has a rustic charm with stone workshops and simple wooden homes.

Shenyang
A Neolithic village located in the Xiliao River region, known for its early agricultural practices and domestication of pigs and dogs. The village is surrounded by fields of broomcorn and foxtail millet, reflecting the ancient cereal crops cultivated by its inhabitants.

Shigir
A small, ancient village near the Middle Urals, known for the discovery of the Shigir Sculpture, the oldest wooden sculpture, found in a nearby peat bog.

Star Carr
An ancient Mesolithic village site, renowned for its well-preserved organic artifacts including Britain's oldest structure and red deer stag skull-caps, offering deep insights into early post-ice age life in Britain.

Sterkfontein
A small village centered around a clear spring, known for its ancient stone tools scattered throughout the area, hinting at a long history of early inhabitants.

Tadrart Akakus
A small cave village featuring ancient cave paintings and carvings of animals like giraffes, elephants, ostriches, camels, and horses, alongside depictions of humans engaged in daily life activities such as music and dancing.

Taforalt
An ancient cave village in the Aït Iznasen region, marked by Iberomaurusian microlithic backed bladelets, ostrich egg shells, and ritual burials. The site shows a dietary shift with increased land snail remains, reflecting unique cultural practices.

Taima-Taima
A rustic village of wooden huts serving as a hub for hunters targeting massive megafauna. The village is known for its communal spirit and expertise in tracking and trapping large creatures.

Tamegroute
A unique village carved into a large cave system in the Draa valley, featuring ancient Neolithic rock art depicting hunting scenes and domesticated cattle. The village is a blend of natural cave formations and primitive dwellings, with walls adorned by vivid cave paintings.

Tanana Village
A historic village inhabited by the Tanana tribe for over 1,200 years, featuring traditional round hide huts and rich cultural heritage.

Tassili n'Ajjer
A prehistoric cave village nestled in a vast mountain range in the Sahara desert, known for its extensive and ancient cave art depicting wild animals and hunting scenes from the Early Holocene period.

Tell Qaramel
Tell Qaramel is a tell, or archaeological mound, located in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, 25 km north of Aleppo in the Queiq river basin. The settlement has several circular stone towers dating back to the period between 10,650-9,650 BCE, making them the oldest such structures in the world.

Theopetra Cave
An ancient limestone cave located in Theopetra village, known for its continuous human presence from the Middle Paleolithic to the Neolithic period. It features a mysterious low wall possibly built around 21,000 BC, considered one of the oldest human-made structures.

Tibesti
A hidden village nestled within a large cave system, known for its ancient and vibrant cave paintings depicting the history and legends of its inhabitants.

Toca da Tira Peia
A cave village inhabited by a small community that crafts and uses primitive stone tools. The village is carved into a rocky hillside with natural caverns connected by narrow tunnels.

Topper
A small village with round hide huts scattered around, surrounded by various primitive stone tools indicating a hunter-gatherer lifestyle.

Triquet Island
A small island village with a few round hide huts, inhabited by descendants of humans who took refuge on Pacific Coast islands during the ice age. The village is surrounded by dense coastal forest and rocky shores.

Tushka
A small village along the Nile river known for hunting and a unique approach to food gathering involving wild grasses and grains. The Qadan people systematically care for and harvest local plant life without planting grains in ordered rows.

Ubong-ni
A small village known for its traditional pit houses partially dug into the earth, providing natural insulation. Clay pottery shards and whole vessels are scattered throughout, hinting at a once-thriving pottery craft tradition.

Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa
A small village nestled at the base of a massive mountain, known for its ancient rock art depicting the history and legends of the local people. The village is a cultural hub with sacred sites and traditional dwellings.

Warratyi
A cave village inhabited by skilled hunters who craft various tools and weapons from bones. The village is nestled within a large cave system, with bone-crafted structures and hunting trophies adorning the walls.

Warren Cave
A sprawling cave village inhabited by a hardy community, featuring numerous stone tools and primitive dwellings carved into the rock walls. The village is dimly lit by torches and bioluminescent fungi, with narrow pathways winding through natural caverns.

Willendorf
A quaint village known for its ancient stone tools and numerous stone statues of curvy women scattered throughout the area, symbolizing fertility and protection.

Winnemucca Lake Village
A small village on the edge of Winnemucca Lake, featuring several round hide huts and ancient petroglyphs carved into nearby rocks, believed to be among the oldest in North America.

Wrangell Island
A small island village inhabited by the Tlingit people, featuring several round hide huts and rich in ancestral history. The village is surrounded by petroglyphs and totems that tell the migration stories of the Tlingit clans.

Xianren Cave
A rock shelter cave village in Jiangxi province, China, historically significant for prehistoric pottery sherds evidencing early rice cultivation by mobile foragers during the Late Glacial Maximum. The cave is named after the legendary Chinese immortals, the Xian.

Ōdai Yamamoto
A nomadic village on a fluvial terrace by the Kanita River, featuring several hide tents and ancient pottery shards dating back 16,500 years, the oldest known pottery in the world. The site includes tools like axes, spearheads, and arrowheads, indicating early archery history and a hunter-gatherer lifestyle without permanent dwellings.

Ōmori Shell Mounds
A small nomadic village known for its distinctive hide tents and large mounds filled with shells, remnants of ancient coastal feasts and rituals.

ʿAin Mallaha
An ancient Epipalaeolithic settlement of the Natufian culture, featuring 50 circular, semi-subterranean stone huts with subterranean floors and dry stone walls, surrounded by oak, almond, and pistachio forests near an ancient lake. Known for early dog domestication and hunter-gatherer sedentism, the village has decorated floors and walls in white and red motifs.