Tell Qarqur

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Tell Qarqur is an archaeological mound in northwestern Syria that preserves a long sequence of human occupation from the early Bronze Age through the Islamic period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient settlement
archaeological site
country Syria
excavatedBy American Schools of Oriental Research NERFINISHED
Syrian Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Tal Qarqur NERFINISHED
Tell Qarqour NERFINISHED
hasArchaeologicalEvidence architecture
ceramics
fortification remains
small finds
hasArchaeologicalResearchType long-term stratigraphic excavation
hasChronologicalRange 3rd millennium BCE to 2nd millennium CE (approximate)
hasCulturalPeriod Bronze Age NERFINISHED
Classical antiquity NERFINISHED
Iron Age NERFINISHED
Medieval period
hasDiscipline Near Eastern archaeology NERFINISHED
hasEvidenceFor long-term rural and urban occupation in the Orontes Valley
hasFeature archaeological mound
hasOccupationSequenceFrom Early Bronze Age
hasOccupationSequenceTo Islamic period
hasPreservationType multi-period stratified deposits
hasSiteType tell
hasStratigraphyFromPeriod Byzantine period
Early Bronze Age NERFINISHED
Hellenistic period
Iron Age
Islamic period
Late Bronze Age
Middle Bronze Age NERFINISHED
Roman period
locatedIn northwestern Syria
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Hama Governorate NERFINISHED
locatedInGeographicRegion Levant NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Orontes River Valley NERFINISHED
locatedOnWaterbody Orontes River NERFINISHED
nearbySettlement Qarqur (modern village) NERFINISHED
partOf ancient Near East
researchFocus regional interaction in the Bronze and Iron Ages
settlement history of the Orontes Valley
significance preserves long continuous sequence of human occupation
terrainFeature river terrace
usedFor archaeological field training

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