Ukranian and Moldovan "mega-sites"
Taljanky, Maidenetske, Nebelivka
"some existed even before the earliest known cities in Mesopotamia. They were also larger in area" (289)
But "in scholarly discussions about the origins of urbanism, these Ukranian sites almost never come up [...] Why has anyone with even a passing interest in the origin of cities heard of Uruk or Mohenjo-daro, but almost no one of Taljanky?"
also note that, at these mega-sites, "[n]o evidence [has been] unearthed of centralized government or administration--or indeed, any form of ruling class"
(Graeber / Wengrow, 289)