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Bouqras
35.0853° N, 40.3974° E
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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.
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First excavations
1960–1965
Initial discovery
1960
Later excavations
1976–1978
Occupation period
c. 7400–6200 BC
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