Nemrik 9, Archaeological tell in Duhok Governorate, Iraq

Nemrik 9 is an archaeological tell on a terrace of the Tigris at 345 m above sea level, covering about 1.8 hectares. Excavations revealed numerous rounded buildings with post holes and benches, walls of mudbrick plastered with clay, and communal courtyards.

Nemrik 9 was occupied c. 9800–8270 BC, in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A. Excavation in 1985–1989 by Stefan Karol Kozlowski and Karol Szymczak of the University of Warsaw, for the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, was part of the Eski Mosul (Saddam Dam) Salvage Project. The site lies on a Tigris terrace at 345 m, between grassy steppe and forest.

Among the finds were stone and clay objects shaped as heads and animals, including a set of sixteen bird heads. Excavations also recovered beads, pendants, and shell and bone ornaments, plus a rare worked marble piece. The site's inhabitants lived between grassy steppe and forest, and their plant remains included bitter vetch, pea and lentil.

Nemrik 9 lies on a Tigris terrace at 345 m above sea level near the Kurdish Mountains, in Dohuk Governorate. The excavations of 1985–1989 were run as part of the Eski Mosul (Saddam Dam) Salvage Project, so access has always depended on permits and on the state of the riverbank terrain.

Nemrik 9 yielded a set of sixteen bird heads modelled in stone and clay, the largest such group from the site. Excavations also produced a rare worked marble piece and ornaments of shell and bone. The site lies at 345 m above sea level on a Tigris terrace near the Kurdish Mountains.