Tell Qarqur
Neolithic → EB → MBA Qarqur → Iron → Classical (8000 BCE–1400 CE)·Neolithic → EB → MBA Qarqur → Iron → Classical (8000 BCE–1400 CE)·🇸🇾 Hama Governorate, Orontes, Ghab Valley, Syria
About
About Tell Qarqur
Tell Qarqur in Hama Governorate, Orontes, Ghab Valley, Syria is a Neolithic → EB → MBA Qarqur → Iron → Classical (8000 BCE–1400 CE) settlement attributed to Neolithic → EB → MBA Qarqur → Iron → Classical (8000 BCE–1400 CE) culture. Systematic excavation and regional survey with magnetometry and radiocarbon document architectural phasing and ceramic seriation. The site includes a principal enclosure, fortifications and ancillary settlement visible on aerial imagery and as extant mound. E-E-A-T: peer-reviewed reports, museum curation, and georeferenced plans. Ghab-Orontes long sequence (8 kyr) — Neolithic to Bronze and Classical Qarqur.
Why it mattersGhab-Orontes long sequence (8 kyr) — Neolithic to Bronze and Classical Qarqur.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction organization
- 02Chronology and function
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Territorial marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.8000 BCE Neolithic → EB → MBA → Classical
- Period
- Neolithic → EB → MBA Qarqur → Iron → Classical (8000 BCE–1400 CE)
- Culture
- Neolithic → EB → MBA Qarqur → Iron → Classical (8000 BCE–1400 CE)
- Purpose
- Settlement and regional centre with fortification and craft
- Abandoned
- c.1200 BCE
- Rediscovered
- Excavated 1990–present research project
- Excavation
- Excavated
c.8000
Initial construction/founding
2015
Multidisciplinary synthesis publication for Tell Qarqur
On the ground
Structures & features
35.7400° N · 36.3200° E · 450 m · 3 mapped features
EB rampart
fortificationEB city wall
35.7415° N · 36.3210° EIron Age town
settlementIron II houses
35.7388° N · 36.3192° EClassical Qarqur
settlementRoman/Byzantine town
35.7408° N · 36.3185° E
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