Descriptive Attribute	Value(s)
Year	2001.0 2005.0
Trench Length (m)	4.0
Trench Width (m)	2.0
Trench Description	Trench F6 is located about half way between the high tell and the river on the slopes of the southern edge of the site. F6 was originally dug as a test trench in 2001 when it was excavated as a 2 by 4 meter unit. In 2005 the trench was expanded into a 5 by 5 meter unit. This trench was designed to obtain a profile of the southwestern edge of Area F to see if the site continues to the west and to see if any Ubaid period remains exist in this area of the site. Excavations in trench F6 showed first that the Late Chalcolithic site does extend into this part of the site, although the deposits are not nearly as deep as they are, for example in trench F1. Excavation in this trench also showed that no Ubaid period remains extend for Kenan Tepe’s main mound into its lower town. Although only a few traces of architecture were unearthed in this trench, a reasonably good corpus of Late Chalcolithic ceramics was recorded.
Tentative Dating	Late Chalcolithic
Has note	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. 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., 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., 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.