Halafian

English

Etymology

From Halaf (“referring to Tell Halaf in northern Syria”) +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Halafian (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Mesopotamian Neolithic Halaf culture.
   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 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.