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The Rabana-Merquly Archaeological Project

Rabana and Merquly

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Shakar Tapa on the Sharazor plain has revealed a new episode of the Neolithic discovery

Shakar Tapa has been known as a conspicuous archaeological site in the south of the Shahrazor Plain since the mid-20th century. It has an oval plan consisting of a low northeastern mound and a high conical southwestern mound with a flat top.

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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.

Memorandum of Understanding Between Slemani antiquities and heritage Directorate and Kurdistan Geological Society Slemani Branch

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Slemani antiquties and heritage Directorate  signed a memorandum of understanding between our directorate as a government entity and Kurdistan Geologists Association Slemani Branch to further coordinate and serve these two fields in Kurdistan in general and Sulaimani in particular.
 The memorandum of understanding is for the opening of joint courses and participation of cadres of both sides in such courses that are necessary and important for archaeological and geological affairs in both sides. 
 The new vision of archeology is to combine a number of important sciences, above all geology, which is considered to complement the stages of archaeological work. We have dozens of important archaeological and geological sites in Slemani province.