Tell Halaf

Tell Halaf is an archaeological site in the Al Hasakah governorate of northeastern Syria, a few kilometers from the city of Ras al-Ayn near the Syria–Turkey border. The site, which dates to the sixth millennium BCE, was the first to be excavated from a Neolithic culture, later called the Halaf culture, characterized by glazed pottery painted with geometric and a…
Tell Halaf is an archaeological site in the Al Hasakah governorate of northeastern Syria, a few kilometers from the city of Ras al-Ayn near the Syria–Turkey border. The site, which dates to the sixth millennium BCE, was the first to be excavated from a Neolithic culture, later called the Halaf culture, characterized by glazed pottery painted with geometric and animal designs.
  • Location: Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria
  • Founded: c. 6,100 BCE
  • Abandoned: c. 5,400 BCE
  • Periods: Neolithic
  • Cultures: Halaf culture
  • Excavation dates: 1911 1913, 1929 · 2006 present
  • Archaeologists: Max von Oppenheim · Lutz Martin · Abd al-Masih Bagdo
Data from: en.wikipedia.org