Bronze Age
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Al Ain | round tombs of the Hafit culture | |
| Ancient Merv | Five early settlements have been uncovered | |
| Arslantepe Mound | Considerable evidence also testifies to the Early Bronze Age period, most prominently identified by the Royal Tomb complex. (official description, Unesco website) | |
| Atapuerca | "The Galería del Silex contains abundant evidence of human occupation during the Neolithic and Bronze Age. More fifty painted and engraved panels have been recorded, with geometrical motifs, hunting scenes, and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures." (AB) | |
| Baalbek | Excavations near the Jupiter temple have revealed the existence of ancient human habitation dating to the Early Bronze Age (2900-2300 BC) | |
| Ban Chiang | "In addition to ceramics, the site has exceptional and uniquely early evidence of the knowledge of bronze-making by its inhabitants with remains of raw materials, production facilities, and complete bronze tools and ornaments. These early bronze finds make the site known as the metal tools production site in East and Southeast Asia" (official description at UNESCO website) | |
| Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn | ||
| Biblical Tells | ||
| Butrint | There are several Bronze Age (2000-500BC) sites in the nominated area, including those at Kalivo, the acropolis of Butrint, and Shën Dimitri. (AB Ev) | |
| Dholavira: A Harappan City | "Dholavira is an exceptional example of a proto-historic Bronze Age urban settlement pertaining to the Harappan Civilization". (Official description) | |
| Gobustan Rock Art | The area also holds Bronze Age burial sites (AB ev) | |
| Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen | ||
| Hawraman/Uramanat | Central-Eastern Valley: "The earliest archaeological findings show than man settlements in these area date back to the late Bronze and Iron Ages." (Nomination file, p. 102) | |
| High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago | Remains were found | |
| Hortobágy | Early Bronze Age burial mounds (kurgans) | |
| Krzemionki prehistoric striped flint mining region | mining sites dating from the Neolithic and the Bronze Age (c. 3900-1600 BCE) (AB ev) | |
| Lenggong Valley | occupation of the area particularly during the Palaeolithic era, but also during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods (crit III) | |
| Moenjodaro | "Once the centre of a powerful civilization, Mohenjo Daro was one of the world's earliest cities — a Bronze Age metropolis boasting flush toilets, as well as a water and waste system to rival modern standards." | |
| Mycenae and Tiryns | Mycenae | |
| Ohrid Region | ||
| Orkhon Valley | Ornated graves | |
| Petroglyphs of the Mongolian Altai | Large compositions appear within this period (AB ev) | |
| Prehistoric Pile Dwellings | ||
| Pyramids (Memphis) | The "Old Kingdom" was Egypt's "Bronze age" civilisation | |
| Rock Carvings in Tanum | ||
| Rock Drawings in Valcamonica | ||
| Sammallahdenmäki | ||
| Sarazm | "Later, particularly in the Bronze Age, Sarazm complemented and extended its activities with metallurgy and handicrafts, demonstrating the existence of a network of a diversity of interchanges on a very large scale" (unesco) | |
| Shahr-i Sokhta | Located at the junction of Bronze Age trade routes (AB ev) | |
| Southern Öland | "On Stora alvaret there is a series of large Bronze Age burial cairns" | |
| Stonehenge | This site extends into the Bronze Age. | |
| Su Nuraxi di Barumini | ||
| Sulaiman-Too | Bronze Age settlement | |
| Tanbaly | ||
| Troy | "a major archaeological site that vividly illustrates the meeting of Near Eastern and Mediterranean cultures in the Early Bronze Age." (AB ev) | |
| Yin Xu | Chinese Bronze Age |
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