Halaf culture
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The Halaf culture is a prehistoric period which lasted between about 6100 BC and 5100 BC. The period is a continuous development out of the earlier Pottery Neolithic and is located primarily in the fe
Halaf culture (in green), next to Samarra, Hassuna and Ubaid cultures.
Fragment of a bowl; 5600–5000 BC; ceramic; 8.2 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)
Halafian ware
Fertility figurine (maybe a goddess?); 5000–4000 BC; terracotta with traces of pigment; 8.1 × 5 × 5.4 cm; by Halaf culture; Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, US)
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
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Pre-Pottery Neolithic B is part of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, a Neolithic culture centered in upper Mesopotamia and the Levant, dating to c. 10,800 – c. 8,500 years ago, that is, 8800–6500 BC. It was
Halaf culture
…Geographical range Mesopotamia Period Neolithic 3 – Pottery Neolithic (PN) Dates c. 6,100–5,100 BC Type site Tell Halaf Major sites Tell Brak Preceded by Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, Yarmukian culture Followed by Halaf-Ubaid Transitional period, Hassuna culture, Samarra culture Tell Halaf Tell Brak Tell Sabi Abyad Tell Arpachiyah…
Reconstitution of housing in Aşıklı Höyük, modern Turkey
Left side-view of an Ain Ghazal statue from the Archaeological Museum of Amman
The ʿAin Ghazal bicephalous statues, c. 6500 BC.
Musée du Louvre, Paris, Ain Ghazal statue frontal closeup