Weekly Summary

Week 1, 06/01/2007-06/07/2007

This is the first week of the 2007 season at Kenan Tepe. Work began by cleaning the trench from the fallen into it debris during the off season. Excavation of the fill in Ubaid structure cells took place after the overlaying debris was cleaned and plastic, covering them and the walls, was removed. Pseudomorph layers were observed and excavated during the process of fill removal. HAPP sample was taken from L124.

Old loci were closed, and new ones assigned in their places. Standing mudbrick walls were taken out. The objective now has shifted to locating earlier architecture bellow the Ubaid structure or elsewhere in the trench.

Small clay figurine was excavated in L132 (KT43). It is fragmented, but details of its decoration are visible. Another small find uncovered from L134 (KT16) is a small piece of alabaster pin or applicator. Removal of fill throughout the trench continues, and the resulting excavation of artifacts is recorded; samples were collected where necessary. Large portion of the trench has been designated as an outside work area or "courtyard" due to the presence of large amounts of lithic debitage, ground stone tools, pottery, and bones and lack of architectural features.