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SITE ID - NAME :	J1	Jarmo
ANCIENT NAME :	-
OTHER NAME :	-
LOCATION :	North Iraq, Kirkuk
CHRONOLOGY :	Neolithic
PERIOD CODE :	2 3
DESCRIPTION :	A small (ca. 1.3 ha) Aceramic to Ceramic Neolithic site in the Zagros foothills of northwestern Iraq. The settlement was the focus of Robert Braidwood's interdisciplinary project on the incipience of agriculture and domestication in the 1950's. A total of 16 levels have been excavated. The material culture shows no major transformations throughout the period of occupation, with the exception of the appearance of pottery in the later levels. Architecture mainly consisted of simple rectangular structures consisting of small rooms built of pisé. Especially numerous among the finds were clay figurines of humans and animals; of which 5500 were recovered. Faunal and botanical remains indicate a gradual shift in emphasis from wild to domestic species.
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