Tell Qarqur

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Sean Gillies, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott

Last modified Jan 22, 2026 11:51 AM — History

A major settlement mound along the Orontes river in Syria with over 10,000 years of occupational history from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic to the Mamluk period.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/995604669

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
35.7420523701, 36.330799958

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Tell Qarqur (9000 BC - 1000 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Qarqaru (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 540 BC)
- تل قرقور‎‎ (Tell Qarqur: Arabic, modern)

Tell Qarqur makes connections with:

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Tell Qarqur receives connections from:

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Place type:
settlement

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Wikidata Tell Qarqur (Q14032965)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Jamie Novotny, and Tom Elliott, 'Tell Qarqur: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/995604669> [accessed: 12 May 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/995604669 |title=Places: 995604669 (Tell Qarqur) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=May 12, 2026 3:04 am |publisher=Pleiades}}