Bouqras
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Bouqras is a large, oval shaped, prehistoric, Neolithic Tell, about 5 hectares (540,000 sq ft) in size, located around 35 kilometres (22 mi) from Deir ez-Zor in Syria.[1]
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Location | 35 km (22 mi) southeast of Deir ez-Zor, Syria |
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Region | Euphrates |
Coordinates | 35.085274°N 40.397445°E / 35.085274; 40.397445 |
Type | Tell |
Part of | Village |
Length | 250 metres (820 ft) |
Width | 100 metres (330 ft) |
Area | 5 hectares (540,000 sq ft) |
History | |
Material | bones, flints, pottery, plaster |
Founded | c. 7400 |
Abandoned | c. 6200 BC |
Periods | PPNA, PPNB, Neolithic |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1960-1965 1976-1978 |
Archaeologists | Henri de Contenson Willem J. van Liere Peter Akkermans Maurits van Loon J. J. Roodenberg H. T. Waterbolk |
Condition | Ruins |
Management | Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums |
Public access | Yes |
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