Halaf culture

archaeological culture

Archaeological site in Syria

archaeological site in Syria

thumb|Statuette from Hacilar (5250-5000 BC), National Archaeological Museum (Florence) Hacilar, or Hacılar Höyük ("Hacilar Mound"), is an early human settlement in southwestern Turkey, 23 km south of present-day Burdur. It has been dated back 7040 BC at its earliest stage of development. Archaeological remains indicate that the site was abandoned and reoccupied on more than one occasion in its history.

archeological site in Iraq

Archaeological site in Syria

archaeological site in Iraq

human settlement

thumb|Artifacts from Kultepe I

archaeological site in ar-Raqqah, Syria

archaeological site of six tells in the Sinjar valley in northern Iraq

Domuztepe (meaning Pig Hill in Turkish) was a large, Late Neolithic settlement in south east Turkey, occupied at least as early as c.6,200BC and abandoned c.5,450BC. The site is located to the south of Kahramanmaraş. Covering 20 hectares, it is primarily a Halaf site of the 6th millennium BC and is the largest known settlement of that date.

archaeological site in Iraq

archaeological site in Iraq