Chaff-Faced Ware

Chaff-Faced Ware culture
Geographical rangeTurkey, South Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Syria
PeriodLate Chalcolithic
Dates4500 BC - 3500 BC
Major sitesAmuq, Leyla-Tepe culture, Areni-1 cave
Preceded byUbaid period, Shulaveri–Shomu culture
Followed byKura–Araxes culture

Chaff-Faced Ware (sometimes abbreviated as CFW, and alternately called Chaff-Tempered Ware) is a Late Chalcolithic (4300-3500BCE) pottery which has found from Cilicia to the South Caucasus. In the South Caucasus, its variant is known as Leyla-Tepe culture, while in northern Mesopotamia it is usually referred to as Amuq F pottery.