Tell Halaf

Tell Halaf
تل حلف
Part of the excavated ruins of Tell Halaf
Tell Halaf is located in Near East
Tell Halaf
Shown within Near East
Tell Halaf is located in Syria
Tell Halaf
Tell Halaf (Syria)
LocationAl-Hasakah Governorate, Syria
Coordinates36°49′36″N 40°02′23″E / 36.8266°N 40.0396°E / 36.8266; 40.0396
Typesettlement
History
Foundedc. 6,100 BCE
Abandonedc. 5,400 BCE
PeriodsNeolithic
CulturesHalaf culture
Site notes
Excavation dates1911—1913, 1929
2006—present
ArchaeologistsMax von Oppenheim
Lutz Martin
Abd al-Masih Bagdo
OwnershipPublic
Public accessYes

Tell Halaf (Arabic: تل حلف) 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.


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