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Zarzi was used by groups of hunter-gatherers between 18,000 and 14,000 years ago.

The cave here at Zarzi was used by groups of hunter-gatherers between 18,000 and 14,000 years ago. Zarzi Cave was excavated by Dorothy Garrod in 1928 and by Iraqi archaeologist Ghanim Wahida in 1971.

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Grdi Kani Shaie, excavations provided the first stratigraphic sequence for this previously unexplored region

Kani Shaie is a site located in the Bazian Valley that has been excavated by the University of Coimbra, with many collaborations since 2013. This 60m diameter mound revealed continuous occupation from the Ubaid period in the 5th millennium BCE to the Early Bronze Age in the 3rd millennium BCE

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Human Landscape - Site (Trans-) Formation in the Transtigris Area

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Residential project in Chwartaq district

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In the Chwartaq district, there is a residential project. As per the Guidelines for the Implementation of the Law on The Management and Preservation of Heritage the Kurdistan Region of Iraq No. 5 of 2021, which were published in Al-waqa'a Al-iraqiya Newspaper (306), Number (23) on 14/7/2023, Article (10) and paragraph (3) state that if the land area for a commercial project exceeding more than (10 Acres), a test pit needs to be excavated to determine if the land is an archaeological site or not. This requirement is due to the significance of this matter as per the archaeological administration's directive.

The project includes a residential development on land area number 72 of the 43rd sector, as well as a portion of the main road from 3/44 of the 43rd sector in Chwartaq. It is situated on the border of Chwartaq village in Arbat, covering an area of (84 Acres and 5 olk). The project is located in the northern part of Arbat district, adjacent to Chwartaq village.

The purpose of the test pit is to ensure that there are no archaeological remains present or the land is located at a considerable distance from the archaeological site. What is intriguing is that these projects are specifically designed to safeguard the archaeological sites and prevent any harm caused by the project.