Tell Halaf

Tell Halaf
تل حلف (Arabic)
Part of the excavated ruins of Tell Halaf in 2009
Tell Halaf is located in Near East
Tell Halaf
Location within Near East
Tell Halaf is located in Syria
Tell Halaf
Location within Syria
36°49′36″N 40°02′23″E / 36.8266°N 40.0396°E / 36.8266; 40.0396
Typesettlement
PeriodsNeolithic
CulturesHalaf culture
LocationAl-Hasakah, Syria
History
Builtc. 6100 BCE
Abandonedc. 5400 BCE
Site notes
Excavation dates1911-1913, 1929
2006-present
ArchaeologistsMax von Oppenheim
Lutz Martin
Abd al-Masih Bagdo
Discovered19 November 1899
OwnerPublic
Public accessYes

Tell Halaf (Arabic: تل حلف) is an archaeological site in Al-Hasakah in 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.

It is thought to have been historically named Guzana, i.e. the Biblical Gozan.

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