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Parker, B. J., C. P. Foster, K. Nicoll, J. R. Kennedy, P. Graham, A. Smith, D. E. Hopwood, M. Hopwood, K. Butler, E. Healey, M. B. Uzel, and R. Jensen. 2009. The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): A Preliminary Report from the 2007 and 2008 Field Seasons at Kenan Tepe. Anatolica 35: 85-152.

Parker, B. J., C. P. Foster, J. Henecke, M. Hopwood, D. Hopwood, A. Creekmore, A. Demirergi, and M. Eppihimer. 2008. Preliminary Report from the 2005-2006 Field Seasons at Kenan Tepe. Anatolica 34: 103-176.

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 B. Koral and H. Dönmez, pp. 323-340. Ankara: Kultur ve Turizm Bakanlığı Dosimm Başimevi.

Parker, B. J., L. Dodd, A. Creekmore, E. Healey, and C. Painter. 2006. The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): A Preliminary Report from the 2003 and 2004 Field Seasons. Anatolica 32:72-151.

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.

Dodd, L. S., B. J. Parker, A. Creekmore, and E. Healey. 2005. "The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): Excavations at Kenan Tepe in 2003," in 26. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, pp. 357-370. Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Anıtlar ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlüğü.

Parker, B. J., and L. S. Dodd. 2004. "The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): A Preliminary Report from the 2002 Excavations at Kenan Tepe," in 25. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı, pp. 471-482. Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Anıtlar ve Müzeler Genal Müdürlüğü.

Parker, B. J., A. Creekmore, L. S. Dodd, E. Moseman, C. Meegan, and P. Cobb. 2004. "The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): A Preliminary Synthesis of the Cultural History of Kenan Tepe," in Salvage Project of the Archaeological Heritage of the Ilısu and Carchemish Dam Reservoirs. Activities in 2001. Edited by N. Tuna, J. Öztürk, and J. Velibeyoğlu. Pp. 547-602. Ankara: Middle East Technical University.

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.

Parker, B. J., A. Creekmore, L. S. Dodd, R. Paine, and M. Abraham. 2003. "The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): An Overview of Archaeological Research Conducted at Kenan Tepe during the 2001 Field Season," in 24. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı. Pp. 1-20. Ankara: T.C. Ankara, T.C. Kültür Bakanlığı Anıtlar ve Müzeler Genel Müdürlügü.

Parker, B. J., and A. Creekmore. 2002. The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): A Final Report from the 1999 Field Season. Anatolian Studies 52:19-74.

Parker, B. J., A. Creekmore, E. Moseman, and R. Sasaki. 2002. "The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): Preliminary Report from the Year 2000 Excavations at Kenan Tepe," in Salvage Project of the Archaeological Heritage of the Ilısu and Carchemish Dam Reservoirs. Activities in 2000. Edited by N. Tuna, J. Öztürk, and J. Velibeyoğlu. Pp. 613-643. Ankara: Middle East Technical University.

Parker, B. J., A. Creekmore, L. S. Dodd, E. Moseman, M. Abraham, and J. Schnereger. 2002. "The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): Year 2000 Excavations at Kenan Tepe," in 23. Kazı Sonuçları Toplantısı. Pp. 435-444. Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Millî Kütüphane Başımevi.

Parker, B. J., A. Creekmore, and C. Easton. 2001a. "The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP) Excavations and Survey at Boztepe and Intensive Survey at Talavaş Tepe, 1999: A Preliminary Report," in Salvage Project of the Archaeological Heritage of the Ilısu and Carchemish Dam Reservoirs. Activities in 1999. Edited by N. Tuna, J. Öztürk, and J. Velibeyoğlu. Pp. 565-591. Ankara: Middle East Technical University.

Parker, B. J., A. Creekmore, and C. Easton. 2001b. "The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): 1999 Excavations at Boztepe and Surveys at Talavaş Tepe," in 18.Araştirma Sonuçları Toplantısı. pp. 23-36. Ankara: T.C. Kültür Bakanlığı Anıtlar ve Müzeler Genal Müdürlüğü.

Synthetic Studies

Foster, C. P. 2009. Household Archaeology and the Uruk Phenomenon: A Case Study from Kenan Tepe, Turkey. Doctoral Dissertation, University of California, Berkeley.

Parker, B. J., and C. P. Foster. 2009. An Overview of the Ceramic Sequence at Kenan Tepe, in Studies in Honour of Altan Çilingiroglu. Edited by Z. Derin, H. Saglamtimur, E. Abay, pp. 425-51. Istanbul: Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayinlari.

Hopwood, D. E. in press. "The Changing Relationship Between the Living and the Dead: Child Burial at the Site of Kenan Tepe, Turkey," in Babies Reborn: Infant/child Burials in Pre- and Protohistory, B.A.R. International Series. Edited by K. Bacvarov. Oxford: Archaeopress.

Parker, B. J. under review. Bread Ovens, Social Networks and Gendered Space: An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Tandır Ovens in Southeastern Anatolia. American Antiquity.

Healey, E. forthcoming. "Ubaid Lithics Revisited: Their Significance for the Interpretation of Ubaid Society." in The Ubaid and Beyond: Exploring the Transmission of Culture in the Developed Prehistoric Societies of the Middle East. Proceedings of the International Conference on the Ubaid, Durham, 20-22 April 2006. Edited by R. Carter and G. Philip. London: The British School of Archaeology in Iraq.

Parker, B. J. forthcoming. "Networks of Interregional Interaction during Mesopotamia's Ubaid Period: A Study Sponsored by the Curtiss T. and Mary G. Brennan Foundation," in The Ubaid and Beyond: Exploring the Transmission of Culture in the Developed Prehistoric Societies of the Middle East. Proceedings of the International Conference on the Ubaid, Durham, 20-22 April 2006. Edited by R. Carter and G. Philip. London: The British School of Archaeology in Iraq.

Parker, B. J. 2006. Toward An Understanding of Borderland Processes. American Antiquity 71(1):77-100.

Parker, B. J. 2003. Archaeological Manifestations of Empire: Assyria's Imprint on Southeastern Anatolia. American Journal of Archaeology 107:525-557.

Parker, B. J., and L. S. Dodd. 2003. The Early Second Millennium Ceramic Assemblage from Kenan Tepe, Southeastern Turkey: A Preliminary Assessment. Anatolian Studies 53:33-69.

Parker, B. J. 2002. At the Edge of Empire: Conceptualizing Assyria's Anatolian Frontier ca. 700 B.C. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 21(3):371-95.

Conference Papers and Invited Lectures

"Domestic Economies and Regional Relations at Kenan Tepe, Turkey," presented at Household Archaeology in the Middle East and Beyond: Theory, Method and Practice, Salt Lake City, UT. (Presented by C.P. Foster).

"Pseudopathology and the Implications for Understanding the Taphonomic Process." Paper to presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, B.C. (Presented by D. Hopwood).

"Household Archaeology and the Uruk Phenomenon: A Case Study from Late Chalcolithic Kenan Tepe, Turkey," presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Boston, MA (Presented by C.P. Foster).

"Size Matters: Microartifactual Analysis in Archaeology" Panel presented at the Tanner Humanities Center, University of Utah (Nov. 20, 2007). Papers given:
1) Microarchaoelogy in Action: Getting Big Answers from Small Things (Presented by B. Parker)
2) Microarchaeology: A Case Study from the Site of Kenan Tepe in Southeastern Turkey using Ubaid Period Samples (ca. 4500 BCE). (Presented by Mila Hover)
3) The Possibilities are Endless: a Typology of Microarchaeological Findings. (Presented by Liz Clark)

"Direct Evidence for Bronze-making Techniques in the Upper Tigris River Region." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR), San Diego, CA. (November, 2007). (Presented by L. Dodd).

"The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): Reports form the excavations at Kenan Tepe." A conference panel consisting of nine papers about Kenan Tepe presented in a panel organized by Bradley Parker at the Annual Meetings of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin Texas (April 25-29, 2007). Papers given:
1) An Overview of the Ubaid Period Remains at Kenan Tepe. (Presented by B. Parker)
2) Kenan Tepe: Exploring a Late Chalcolithic Village of the Upper Tigris. (Presented by C. Painter)
3) The Middle Bronze Age Occupation at Kenan Tepe. (Presented by L. Dodd)
4) Local Cuisine: Analysis of the Ubaid Animal Bones from Kenan Tepe. (Presented by J. Henecke)
5) The Ubaid Ground Stone Assemblage from Kenan Tepe, Turkey. (Presented by M. Hopwood)
6) Burial Practices at the Site of Kenan Tepe, Turkey. (Presented by D. Hopwood)
7) Middle Bronze Age Pottery Production in the Upper Tigris River Valley: a View from Kenan Tepe (Presented by A. Sands)
8) The Ethnoarchaeology of Local Bread Ovens in Eastern Turkey (Presented by B. Uzel)
9) The UTARP Information System. (Presented by P. Cobb)

"A View from the 'Periphery': Investigating Alternative Perspectives on the Late Chalcolithic Period at Kenan Tepe, Turkey," presented at the annual meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Washington, D.C. (November 18, 2006). (Presented by C. Painter)

"Microarchaeology at a 4th Millennium Village: Preliminary Research from Kenan Tepe, Turkey," presented at the Archaeological Research Facility, University of California, Berkeley (November 8, 2006). (Presented by C. Painter)

"The Northern Ubaid: A View from the Tigris Piedmont." Paper presented at a workshop entitled "The Ubaid Expansion? Cultural Meaning, Identity and Integration in the Lead-up to Urbanism," Durham, England (April 20-22, 2006). (Presented by B. Parker)

"Flint and Obsidian Artefacts from the Ubaid Levels at Kenan Tepe.” Poster presented at a workshop entitled “The Ubaid Expansion? Cultural Meaning, Identity and Integration in the Lead-up to Urbanism," Durham, England (April 20-22, 2006). (Presented by E. Healey)

"The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): A Preliminary Report from the 2005 Excavations at Kenan Tepe." Paper presented at the XXVIII Uluslarasarı Kazı, Araştırma ve Arkeometri Sempozyumu, Çanakkale, Turkey (May 29-June 2, 2006). (Presented by B. Parker)

"Interregional Interaction in Mesopotamia's Anatolian Frontier: A Diachronic View from Kenan Tepe, Southeastern Turkey." Paper presented at the 5th International Conference on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Madrid, Spain (April 3-8, 2006). (Presented by B. Parker)

"The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): A Report on the 2004-2005 Excavation Seasons at Kenan Tepe," presented at the annual meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Philadelphia, PA (November 19, 2005). (Presented by C. Painter)

"The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): A Preliminary Report from the 2004 Excavations at Kenan Tepe." Paper presented at the XXVII Uluslarasarı Kazı, Araştırma ve Arkeometri Sempozyumu, Antalya, Turkey (May 25-June 4, 2005). (Presented by B. Parker)

"Tests on a Middle Bronze Age Furnace from the Upper Tigris River." Poster presented at a conference held in honor of Paul Craddock entitled "Metallurgy - a Touchstone for Cross-cultural Interaction," British Museum, London (April 28-30, 2005). (Presented by M Abraham)

"The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): A Synthetic Report from the First Three Seasons at Kenan Tepe." Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Atlanta, Georgia (November 21, 2003). (Presented by B. Parker)

"The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): A Preliminary Report from the 2002 Excavations at Kenan Tepe." Paper presented at the XXV Uluslarasarı Kazı, Araştırma ve Arkeometri Sempozyumu, Ankara, Turkey (May 26-June 1, 2003). (Presented by B. Parker)

"The Ubaid Chipped Stone Industries at Kenan Tepe, Anatolia” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Atlanta, Georga (November 22, 2003). (Presented by E. Healey)

"Interregional Interaction in Mesopotamia’s Anatolian Frontier: A Diachronic View from Kenan Tepe, Southeastern Turkey." Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Toronto, Canada (November 22, 2002). (Presented by B. Parker)

"‘The Global Record’ A Presentation of the Kenan Tepe Information System." Poster session presented at the annual meetings of the American Schools of Oriental Research Toronto, Canada (November 21, 2002). (Presented by B. Parker)

"Evidence of Early Iron Production at Kenan Tepe in Eastern Turkey." Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Toronto, Canada (November 21, 2002). (Presented by B. Parker)

"Interregional Interaction in Mesopotamia’s Anatolian Frontier: A Diachronic View from Kenan Tepe, Southeastern Turkey." Invited lecture presented to the Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley (November 7, 2002). (Presented by B. Parker).

"The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): An Overview of Archaeological Research Conducted at Kenan Tepe During the 2001 Field Season." Paper presented at the 24 Uluslarasarı Kazı, Araştırma ve Arkeometri Sempozyumu, Ankara, Turkey (May 26-June 1, 2002). (Presented by B. Parker)

"Interregional Interaction in Mesopotamia’s Anatolian Frontier: A Diachronic View from Kenan Tepe, Southeastern Turkey." Invited lecture presented to the Institute of Archaeology at UCLA (April 19, 2002). (Presented by B. Parker)

"The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): A Report of the First Three Seasons." Lecture presented to the National Geographic Society (April 3, 2002). (Presented by B. Parker)

"The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project: Results of the 2001 Excavations at Kenan Tepe, Southeastern Turkey." Paper presented to the Tanner Humanities Center, University of Utah (October 9, 2001). (Presented by B. Parker)

"Analysis of Metallurgical Finds from Kenan Tepe, Turkey." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Boulder, Colorado (November 24, 2001). (Presented by Lynn Dodd)

"The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): Excavations at Kenan Tepe 2000." Paper presented at the 23 Uluslarasarı Kazı, Araştırmave Arkeometri Sempozyumu, Ankara, Turkey (May 28-June 3, 2001). (Presented by B. Parker).

"The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project: Results of the Year 2000 Excavations at Kenan Tepe, Southeastern Turkey." Paper presented to the Tanner Humanities Center, University of Utah (November 8, 2000). (Presented by B. Parker M. Baldi and D. Dillie)

"The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project (UTARP): Excavations and Survey at Boztepe and Intensive Survey at Talavaş Tepe, 1999: A Preliminary Report." Paper presented at the 22 Uluslarasarı Kazı, Araştırmave Arkeometri Sempozyumu, Izmir, Turkey (May 22-26, 2000). (Presented by B. Parker)

"The Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project: Results of the First Season of Excavation and Survey at Boztepe and Talavash Tepe, Southeastern Turkey." Paper presented to the Tanner Humanities Center, University of Utah (October 27, 1999). (Presented by B. Parker, C Easton and D. Dillie)