Barry StoneThe 50 Greatest Prehistoric Sites of the World
Barry Stone is an established travel writer and author of books on subjects ranging from religious hermits to mutinies in the age of sail and military history titles, for publishers including Hardie Grant, Allen & Unwin and HarperCollins. He is also the author of The 50 Greatest Walks of the World and The 50 Greatest Westerns in this series. He lives in Sydney, Australia.
1. Halstatt
Celts (Austria)
Urnfield Culture 2. The Glauberg (Celts)
Germany 3. Beifudi
China 4. Sesklo
Greece 5. Lepenski Vir
Serbia 6. Gobekli Tepe
Turkey 7. Atapuerca
Spain UNESCO site 8. Goseck circle
Germany 9. Tollense Valley
Germany (Bronze Age battlefield) 10. Robenhausen Site
Switzerland (historic pile
dwelling settlement) 11. Vezere Valley inc Lascaux Caves
Dordogne (UNESCO) (Commarque?) 12. Gabarnmung
Australia 13. Yonagumi monument
Japan 14. Ggantija
Gozo, Malta (worlds oldest freestanding monuments) 15. Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
Malta (one of world's essential prehistoric sites) 16. Antequera Dolmens
Spain 17. Stonehenge, Avebury & Silbury
England 18. Uffington White Horse
England (oldest of its type in Britain) 19. Ban Chiang
Thailand (most important in s/e asia) 20. Catalhoyuk
Turkey (one of world's most important sites) 21. Mohenjo
daro & Harappa
Pakistan 22. Arkaim
Russia 23. El Manati
Mexico (Olmec culture) 24. Batadombalena Cave
Sri Lanka 25. Uruk
Iraq (the first city?) 26. Abri de la Madeleine
Dordogne (include Bison Licking Insect Bite) 27. Barnenez
France (one of Europe's earliest Neolithic monuments) 28. Nias Island
Indonesia (an example of a LIVING megalithic culture) 29. Nuragic towers
Sardinia (Nuragic culture) 30. Rujm el
Hiri
Israeli
occupied Golan Heights ("Wheel of Giants") 31. Bru na Boinne
Newgrange, Knowth & Dowth
Ireland 32. Almendres Cromlech
Portugal (one of Europe's largest collections of standing stones) 33. Dolmens of North Caucasus
Russia and Georgia (unique prehistoric architecture) 34. Dolni Vestonice
Czech Republic (oldest human settlement?) 35. Varna Necropolis
Bulgaria (one of the world's key archaeological sites) 36. Nebelivka
Ukraine (major example of Trypillian culture & Europe's first proto
cities) 37. Knap of Howar
Orkney Islands (Oldest house in Europe?) 38. Heart of Neolithic Orkney
Orkney Islands 39. Mousa, Jarlshof & Old Scatness
Shetland Islands 40. Cueva de las Manos
Argentina (famous for its hand paintings) 41. Meadowcroft Rock Shelter
Pennsylvania, USA 42. Effigy Mounds
Iowa 43. Piaui
Brazil 44. Caral
Peru 45. Giants of Mont'e Prama
Italy (stunning looking heads and torsos!) 46. Alepotrypa
Greece (inspired myth of Hades? Discovered in the 1950's!) 47. Choirokoitia
Cyprus 48. Bhimbetka Petroglyphs (oldest known Prehistoric art)
India 49. Man Bac
Vietnam 50. Sarmizegetusa Regia
Romania (political centre of the Dacian culture, fought with Rome)
