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Also known as Tell Buqras, Buqras, Bugrus

Bouqras is a large, oval shaped, prehistoric, Neolithic Tell, about in size, located around from Deir ez-Zor in Syria.

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Instance of
village
Country
Syria
Location
Euphrates
Image
Alabaster pot with handles, Buqras region 6500 BCE Louvre Museum AO 28519.jpg
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dissolved, abolished or demolished date
6200-01-01
inception
7400-00-00
Commons category
Bouqras
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Excavation
  • Construction
  • Culture
  • Agriculture and animal domestication
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Bouqras is a large, oval shaped, prehistoric, Neolithic Tell, about in size, located around from Deir ez-Zor in Syria.

==Excavation== The tell was discovered in 1960 by Dutch geomorphologist, Willem van Liere. It was excavated between 1960 and 1965 by Henri de Contenson and van Liere and later between 1976 and 1978 by Peter Akkermans, Maurits van Loon, J. J. Roodenberg and H. T. Waterbolk.

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