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Habuba Kabira (South)

a Pleiades place resource

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The southernmost of two associated settlements located on the western bank of the Euphrates, and one of the only examples of large-scale residential architecture from the Late Uruk period. Rescue excavations were conducted at the site before it was inundated by the Tabqa Dam Reservoir in the early 1970s.

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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/494566507

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.14945, 38.061005

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of Habuba Kabira (South) (4000 BC - 2950 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Habuba Kabira (South) (Modern Standard Arabic)
- Tell Qannas (Modern Standard Arabic)

Habuba Kabira (South) makes connections with:

Habuba Kabira (South) located on Euphrates (river) (4000 BC - 2950 BC)
Habuba Kabira (South) located near Tell Habuba Kabira (4000 BC - 2950 BC)

Habuba Kabira (South) receives connections from:

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Place type:
settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Gabriel Mckee, 'Habuba Kabira (South): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2017 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/494566507> [accessed: 17 September 2024]

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