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ing the 2000 and 2001 field seasons. The purpose of this report is to briefly summarizethe results of the research conducted during the 2001 field season and to highlightavenues for future research at this important site.Area AArea A is located at the top of Kenan Tepe's main mound (Fig. 2). During the2001 field season UTARP team members continued two major operations begun in thisarea in the previous season. First, a team of osteologists from the University of Utahopened a series of 2 by 10 meter trenches radiating out from trench A1. The purposeof this operation was to illuminate the size, density and depth of Kenan Tepe's Iate periodcemetery. And second, in order to determine the overall chronology of the site,UTARP team members continued excavation in the 2 by 25 meter step trench (trenchA2).In our report of the year 2000 field season (Parker et aL. 2002a, 2002b) we describedthe discovery of nine burials in a single 5 by 5 meter trench (trench A1, figure 2)at the top of Kenan Tepe's main mound. During the 2001 field season Professor RichardPaine (University of Utah) led a smail team of osteologists in the exploration ofthis cemetery. To determine the extent of Kenan Tepe's cernetery, UTARP team memberslaid out a series of 2 by 10 meter trenches (trenches A3 through Al). These trencheswere excavated to the approximate level of the shallowest burials discovered intrench A1 (approximately 40 cm). Using this method, UTARP team members discovereda total of twenty-three burials in an area measuring approximately 80 square meters.The locations of individual burials were mapped as soon as the existence of burialpits or human remains were discovered and ten burials were chosen for completeexcavation. The analysis of these remains is ongoing. Our preliminary estimates suggestthat the excavated area represents slightly less than 10% of the total cemeterywhich could be as large as 800-900 square meters and may contain as manyas 150­400 individuals.We encountered two distinctive burial patterns in the Kenan Tepe cemetery. Themore prevalent pattern excavated so far conforms to Islamic tradition. Individuals areextended, with their feet to the east, and arms crossed over their chest or pelvis. Theoccipital portion of the cranium is placed on a smail stone or potsherd. These burialsare found at different levels, between 40 and 80 cm. below ground surface. This mayreflect Islamic tradition, which calls for differentburial depths for males, females, andchildren, or it may reflect multiple burial phases. The second burial pattern, referred toby regional archaeologists as cyst tombs, appears to conform to Roman period burialtraditions in the region. In this burial pattern, individuals were interred in a stone Iinedburial chamber. Orientation is less precise than among the Islamic tradition burials. Ourworking theory is that the cemetery was in use during the transition between theByzantine and Islamic periods.Trench A2 is a 2 by 30 meter step trench located on the north slope of KenanTepe's main mound. The goal of this operation is to illuminate the stratigraphic sequenceof the site by excavating this trench in several large steps to the bottom of themain mound. To reach this goal we laid trench A2 according to the natural slope of thehill, rather than the cardinal directions (Fig. 2). Trench A2 is thus far divided into threesteps: Step 1 between the 0-5 meter markers; Step 2 between the 5-10 meter markersand Step 3 between the 10-25 meter step (this third step will eventually be further subdivided).During the year 2000 field season UTARP team members exposed a series ofeast-west running walls and cobble surfaces tentatively dated to the Hellenistic periodbased on our initial impression of the ceramics (Parker et aL. 2002a). Further excavationin this area during the 2001 field season uncovered earlier phases of surfaces andwell preserved hearths. The highlight of excavation in this trench was the discovery of2