Girdi Qala and Logardan

Girdi Qala and Logardan (a few hundred meters to the north) are adjacent ancient Near East archaeological sites in Sulaymānīyah Governorate in northeast Iraq in the Kurdistan region, parts of a complex that was occupied off and on for at least six millennia.

The nearest notable archaeological sites are Jarmo to the north and Tell Kunara to the east.

The site is important for establishing the form and timing of the Uruk Expansion in a new region.

[2][3] Excavation at the site began in 2015, after brief surveys in 2014 and early 2015, by a French Archaeological Mission in the Qara Dagh team under the direction of Régis Vallet with the opening of three trenches at each site, later growing to nine trenches in total.

Work has included drone-based topographic mapping and a geophysical survey which gave indications of a defensive wall.

Beveled rim bowls from Logardan, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, northern Iraq. Uruk period, 4000-3100 BC. Sulaymaniyah Museum
Beveled rim bowl from Logardan, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, northern Iraq. Uruk period, 4000-3100 BC. Sulaymaniyah Museum