Figure 1. Map of the modern Middle East with enlargements showing southeastern Turkey, the UpperTigris River valley and the location of Kenan Tepe.
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Figure 4. Burial from Area A.
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Figure 5. Burial from Area A. Note that the western portion ofthis burial has been disturbed.
Figure 6. Early Iron Age ceramics from various contexts in Area B. This figure includes corrugatedtypes (A-Y) and indigenous types such as the indigenous painted wares (Z and AA),
“snake decoration” (BB) and the rope imitation band (CC).
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Figure 7. Plan of trench C2 showing architecture dating to the early second millennium B.C.
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Figure 8. Ceramics belonging to the Red-Brown Wash Ware corpus from trench C2.
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Figure 9. Ceramics belonging to the Red-Brown Wash Ware corpus from trench D4.
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Figure 10. Plan of trench D4 showing architecture dating to the early second millennium B.C.
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Figure 11. Plan of Area F trenches.
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Figure 12. A sample of Late Chalcolithic ceramics from oven/kiln (L4009/L4027) in trench F4. Theseceramics come from four sealed, superimposed loci within this feature and are bracketed by four
carbon-14 dates (see table 2).
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Figure 13. Trench F4 North Section. Note that the carbon dates come from L4004 and L4023.
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Figure 14. A sample of ceramics recovered from soundings in areas G and H.
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Figure 15. Small finds from various contexts at Kenan Tepe.
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Figure 16. Small finds from various contexts at Kenan Tepe.
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Figure 17. Small finds from various contexts at Kenan Tepe.