NEMRIK
9
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Nemrik
9 shown within Iraq
Location
: Iraq
Region
:
Dohuk Governorate
Coordinates
:
36.716667° N 42.85° E
Type
:
tell
Area
:
1.8 hectares (18,000 m2)
History
:
Material
:
mudbrick
Founded
:
c. 9800 BC
Abandoned
:
c. 8270 BC
Periods
:
Khiamian, PPNA, PPNB
Site
notes :
Excavation
dates :
1985–1987
Archaeologists
:
Stefan Karol Kozlowski Karol Szymczak
Nemrik
9 is an early Neolithic archeological site in the Dohuk Governorate
in the north of modern-day Iraq.
The
site covers an area of approximately 1.8 hectares (18,000 m2) and
was excavated between 1985 and 1989 on behalf of the Polish Centre
of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw by Stefan Karol
Kozlowski and Karol Szymczak (University of Warsaw) as part of the
Eski Mosul (Saddam Dam) Salvage Project. It is located on a terrace
of the Tigris near the Kurdish Mountains and sits at an altitude
of 345 metres (1,132 ft) above sea level. Numerous rounded buildings
were found along with evidence of communal courtyards. Buildings
featured post holes and benches with walls that were made of mudbrick
and plastered with clay. Several graves were found containing anything
from skull fragments to full skeletons. Stone tools found at the
site included pestles, mortars, quern-stones, grinders, axes and
polishing stones. Some rare examples of worked stone were discovered
including one piece made from marble. Some decorative adornments
were also found, including beads, pendants, shell and bone ornaments.
Some stone and clay art objects were recovered in the shapes of
heads and animals, these included a series of sixteen bird heads.
Faunal
analysis was carried out by A. Lasota-Moskalewska and found relatively
few remains from domestic sheep, goats, pigs and cattle. Other bones
found included various antelope, jackal, deer, boar, badger, and
horse. Some snail shells were found that were also considered to
be a food source. There was also evidence of panther and Indian
buffalo. Plant remains at the site were floated by Mark Nesbitt
and indicated evidence for bitter vetch, pea and lentil, the domestication
of which was not determined. The site was well situated between
the two terrain types of grassy steppe and forest and is considered
of key importance for research into village structures in the Pre-Pottery
Neolithic A stage.
Source
:
https://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Nemrik_9