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Jean-Claude Margueron

b. 1934 · 20th century

Jean-Claude Margueron is a French archaeologist who directed the excavations at Mari in Syria from 1979 to 2004, succeeding André Parrot. His work reconstructed the origins of the city as a planned circular settlement of the early third millennium BCE, with flood defences and a canal linking it to the Euphrates. He also excavated at Emar on the Syrian Euphrates.

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Jean-Claude Margueron. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jean-claude-margueron
MLA: “Jean-Claude Margueron.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jean-claude-margueron. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Jean-Claude Margueron.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jean-claude-margueron.
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