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Halafian
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English
Etymology
From en Halafian Halaf -ian referring to Tell Halaf in northern Syria.
Adjective
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Of or relating to the Mesopotamian Neolithic Halaf culture.
en 1981 w:William Irwin Thompson The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture Rider/Hutchinson & Co. London 160 According to Mellaart, the Halafian culture on the shores of the Euphrates in the mid-sixth millennium B.C. seems to have been greatly influenced by Anatolia.
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