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Year
  • 2000.0
  • 2001.0
  • 2004.0
Trench Length (m) 5.0
Trench Width (m) 5.0
Trench Description F1 is a 5 by 5 meter trench located in the southern portions of area F (map). Excavations were undertaken in this trench during the 2000, 2001 and 2004 field seasons. A total of 133 loci were excavated over this period. F1 defines the chronology of Area F at Kenan Tepe since it was one of the few trenches in this area to reach virgin soil. In the course of the excavation of this trench the sequence from the first half of the Early Bronze Age through a sequence of Late Chalcolithic phases is well documented. Remains excavated in this trench include an Early Bronze Age cobbled work surface, six burials including one that is difficult to date but several others that are well sealed by Early Bronze age surfaces. The late Chalcolithic levels in this trench are characterized by a variety of domestic contexts including walls, floors and an oven.
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  • A trench is the projection of a 2D square or rectangle onto some small portion of an Area. This projection is usually excavated vertically, leaving a one-half meter space between the vertically excavated space and the edge of the trench so that a standing section, or baulk, is left as a record of the trench stratigraphy. Generally speaking, trenches fit into the north-south grid established on the site. The exception is where the site topography does not allow a trench to be oriented to the cardinal points. Trench corners were located using a total station and secured with cement. The location of all excavated material within a trench was measured relative to the actual (cemented) corners of the trench. Various sized trenches were excavated at Kenan Tepe including 1 x 1 and 2 x 2 meter soundings and 3 x 5, 5 x 5, 5 x 10 and 10 x 10 meter trenches. One or two students were typically placed in control of a trench as "trench supervisors." Trenches also typically had between 1 and 4 local laborers. Area supervisors oversaw trenches in each area. Trench supervisors were responsible for recording the excavation and for directing the local laborers. This included keeping a daily journal that recorded observations and activities in each trench, drawing daily plans showing the location of excavated contexts, taking photographs and issuing loci and finds bag numbers. Area supervisors oversaw excavation and sampling strategies and guided trench supervisors in excavation procedures and interpretation.

  • References for this Trench

    Creekmore, A.

    2007
    The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): A Summary and Synthesis of the Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Remains from the First Three Seasons at Kenan Tepe. Anatolica 33:75-128.


    Dodd, L. S., B. J. Parker, A. Creekmore, and E. Healey

    2005
    The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): Excavations at Kenan Tepe in 2003. In 26. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, Pp. 357-370. Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Anıtlar ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü.


    Foster, C. P.

    2009
    Household Archaeology and the Uruk Phenomenon: A Case Study from Kenan Tepe, Turkey. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of California, Berkeley.


    Parker, B. J., and L. S. Dodd

    2005
    The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): A Preliminary Report from the 2002 Field Season. Anatolica 31:69-110.


    Parker, B. J.

    2007
    Yukarı Dicle Arkeolojik Araştirma Projesi (UTARP): 2005 Yili Kenan Tepe Arazi Çalışması Raporu. In 28. Kazi Sonuçları Toplantısı, edited by in B. Koral and H. Dönmez, pp. 323-340. Ankara: Kultur ve Turizm Bakanlığı Dosimm Başimevi.


    Parker, B. J., A. Creekmore, L. S. Dodd, E. Moseman, C. Meegan, and P. Cobb

    2004
    The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): A Preliminary Synthesis of the Cultural History of Kenan Tepe. In Salvage Project of the Archaeological Heritage of the Ilısu and Carchemish Dam Reservoirs Activities in 2001, edited by N. Tuna, J. Öztürk, and J. Velibeyoğlu, pp. 547-602. Ankara: Middle East Technical University.


    Parker, B. J., and L. S. Dodd

    2004
    The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): A Preliminary Report from the 2002 Excavations at Kenan Tepe. In 25. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, pp. 471-482. Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Anıtlar ve Müzeler Genal Müdürlüğü.


    Parker, B. J., A. Creekmore, L. S. Dodd, R. Paine, C. Meegan, E. Moseman, M. Abraham, and P. Cobb

    2003
    The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): A Preliminary Report from the 2001 Field Season. Anatolica 29:103-174.


    Parker, B. J., A. Creekmore, E. Moseman, and R. Sasaki

    2002
    The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): Preliminary Report from the Year 2000 Excavations at Kenan Tepe. In Salvage Project of the Archaeological Heritage of the Ilısu and Carchemish Dam Reservoirs. Activities in 2000, Edited by N. Tuna, J. Öztürk, and J. Velibeyoğlu, pp. 613-643. Ankara: Middle East Technical University.
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Suggested Citation

Bradley Parker, Peter Cobb. (2012) "Trench 1 from Asia/Turkey/Kenan Tepe/Area F". In Kenan Tepe. Bradley Parker, Peter Cobb (Ed). Released: 2012-03-28. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/c1baa068-5c69-4b54-738d-81b41d8d08df> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2542pt1t

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