Wikipedia says:

Talianki (Ukrainian: Тальянки́) is an archaeological site near the village of the same name in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine. It was the location of a large Cucuteni-Trypillian settlement dating to around 3850–3700 BC, currently the largest known settlement in Neolithic Europe

I am into ancient history and had zero idea that such sites existed in that part of the world, until I read The Dawn of Everything. This site had perhaps 10,000 people (and even 25,000 if you include satellite towns) and was not unique in that location. The homes had timber frames and stone foundations, and each had their own garden.

It points out that because the city had no “government buildings, fortifications, or monumental architecture” and no “acropolis or civic centre”, and no “gran burials”, then there is no story to tell. So we never heard of it!

Seemingly people just got along, everyone being equal.

Archaeologists refuse to call it a city, because of the lack of apparent social structure and no rulers. So they call it a “mega-site” or even an “overgrown village”, as if to punish it for not telling them a story.