Type site

Notable type sites

Europe

• a river terrace of the River Somme, of the Abbevillian culture
• Aurignac, of the Aurignacian culture
• Hallstatt, of the Hallstatt culture
• La Tène, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, of the La Tène culture
• Vinča, Belgrade, Serbia, of the Vinča culture
• Abri de la Madeleine, of the Magdalenian culture
• Le Moustier, of the Mousterian culture
• Saint Acheul, of the Acheulean culture
• Butmir, of the Butmir culture

  Near East

• Tell Halaf, Syria, for the Halaf culture
• Tell Hassuna, Iraq, for the Hassuna culture
• Jemdet Nasr, Iraq, for the Jemdet Nasr period
• Tell al-'Ubaid, Iraq, for the Ubaid period
• Uruk, Iraq, for the Uruk period

  Mesoamerica

• Uaxactun
• Dzibilchaltun
• Monte Alban

  North America

• Folsom, New Mexico, United States
• Clovis, New Mexico, United States: generally accepted as the type site for one of the earliest human cultures in the North America
• La Plata County, Colorado, United States
• Barton Gulch of the Blackwater Draw Paleo-Indian culture
• Adena Mound, United States
• Borax Lake Site, for two of the earliest cultural traditions in California: the Post Pattern and Borax Lake Pattern.

  Oceania

• New Caledonia, of the Lapita culture.

  Southern Asia

• Kot Diji
• Harappa

  East Asia

• Banpo
• Liangzhu Town, near Hangzhou
• Songguk-ri
• Suemura cluster of kilns--Kilns of Sue ware
• Sanage cluster of kilns—Kilns of Green Glazed Ware and Ash Glazed Ware