Tell Halaf
تل حلف | |
Part of the excavated ruins of Tell Halaf in 2009 | |
| Location | Al-Hasakah, Syria |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 36°49′36″N 40°02′23″E / 36.8266°N 40.0396°E |
| Type | settlement |
| History | |
| Founded | c. 6100 BCE |
| Abandoned | c. 5400 BCE |
| Periods | Neolithic |
| Cultures | Halaf culture |
| Site notes | |
| Discovered | 19 November 1899 |
| Excavation dates | 1911-1913, 1929 2006-present |
| Archaeologists | Max von Oppenheim Lutz Martin Abd al-Masih Bagdo |
| Ownership | Public |
| Public access | Yes |
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.