Solivagant:
So, in so far as we cull this group severely we would be significantly reducing the geographic %age of sites located outside of Europe! It is perhaps also worth mentioning that the Colonies represented here are all "European" – e.g the Turkish Empire with all its "Ottoman" towns is covered elsewhere.
Yes, it is an over-represented category. However I want balanced representation between Mayan, Mysterious Latin American civilization (like Tiwanku, Caral) and colonial cities