Tell Rashid was excavated for a single season in 1978 under the direction of Sabah Abboud Jasim as part of the archaeological salvage work being done for the construction of the Hemrin Dam.

[2] The oldest level, IV, consists of some mudbrick foundations that were part of a larger building that extended beyond the excavated area.

[3] Two of these were examples of the typical tripartite Ubaid house with a central hall or courtyard with smaller rooms on either long side.

[2][4] Artefacts recovered from the excavation included clay animal figurines and spindle whorls, undefined tokens, and sling bullets.

Stone blades were also found, some of which still had pieces of bitumen sticking to them, indicating that they were probably inserted in a wooden shaft, for example, to create a sickle.