Kenan Tepe

Kenan Tepe
Shown within Turkey
LocationDiyarbakır Province, Turkey
Coordinates37°49′50″N 40°48′48″E / 37.83056°N 40.81333°E / 37.83056; 40.81333
Typesettlement
History
Founded5th millennium BC
PeriodsLate Ubaid, Late Chalcolithic, Early Bronze
Site notes
Excavation dates2000-2008
ArchaeologistsBradley J. Parker
ConditionRuined
OwnershipPublic
Public accessYes

Kenan Tepe is an ancient Near East archaeological site located within the Diyarbakır Province in the Ilisu dam upper Tigris River region in the southeast of modern Turkey near the borders of modern Syria and Iraq, about 12 kilometers east of the modern town of Bismil and on the north bank of the Tigris river. It lies 15 kilometers to the northeast of the site of Ziyaret Tepe and 12 kilometers to the west of Salat Tepe. The site was one of several examined by the Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project in preparation for flooding resulting from the construction of the Ilisu Dam, including Boztepe and Talavas Tepe.