Halaf culture
（重定向自Halafian）
![](/Images/godic/202501/16/Kultura_Halaf_zasieg0846.jpg")
![Tell Halaf
Tell Brak
Tell Sabi Abyad
Tell Arpachiyah
Tepe Gawra
Chagar BazarMap of Iraq showing important sites that were occupied during the Halaf culture (clickable map)](/Images/godic/202501/16/Iraq_location_map.svg0846.png")
![Tel Halaf terracotta fertility figurine, 5000-4000 BC. Walters Museum](/Images/godic/202501/16/Syrian_-_Tel_Halaf_Fertility_Figurine_-_Walters_482741_-_Three_Quarter0846.jpg")
![Halafian ware](/Images/godic/202501/16/Halafpottery0847.jpg")
The Halaf culture is a prehistoric period which lasted between about 6100 and 5100 BCE. The period is a continuous development out of the earlier Pottery Neolithic and is located primarily in south-eastern Turkey, Syria, and northern Iraq, although Halaf-influenced material is found throughout Greater Mesopotamia.