Global InformationQdeir information
  Shown within Syria | |
| Location | Homs Governorate, Syria |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 35°09′00″N 38°49′00″E / 35.15°N 38.81667°E |
| Type | tell |
| History | |
| Material | Flint, Bone, Plaster |
| Founded | c. 7000 BC |
| Abandoned | c. 6500 BC |
| Periods | PPNB, Neolithic |
| Site notes | |
| Archaeologists | Frédéric Abbès Danielle Stordeur Oliver Aurenche Marie-Claire Cauvin |
| Condition | Ruins |
| Management | Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums |
| Public access | Yes |
Qdeir is a prehistoric, Neolithic Tell and plateau in the El Kowm oasis, a 20 km (12 mi) gap in the Syrian mountains that houses a series of archaeological sites.[1] It is located northeast of Palmyra in Syria, near Al-Sukhnah.[2]
- ^ Takeru Akazawa; Kenichi Aoki; Ofer Bar-Yosef (1998). Neandertals and modern humans in Western Asia. Springer. pp. 181–. ISBN 978-0-306-45924-5. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ Danielle Stordeur (sous la dir.) 2000. El Kowm 2. Une île dans le désert. La fin du Néolithique précéramique dans la steppe syrienne. Par Alison Betts.