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| The Black Sea Trade Project team would like to thank the Turkish
General Directorate for Monuments and Museums for permission to carry out
this research in 1996-1999. Warm thanks are extended to Cevdet Sevinc of
the Denizli Museum, Elmas Kaya of the Trabzon Museum, Sena Mutlu, Anatolian
Civilizations Museum and Nurhan Turan, General Directorate of Monuments
and Museums, our Representatives from the Turkish Ministry of Culture for
1996 - 1999 respectively (see above). All of them showed keen interest
and offered assistance far exceeding the call of duty.
We would also like to thank Ismail Tatlican, Director of the Sinop Museum, Fuat Dereli and Hale Ozen, researchers at the Sinop Museum, for their advice and cooperation in completing the 1996-1997 surveys. Our colleagues working in the Sinop region have also provided valuable assistance and advice, in particular Prof. Yvon Garlan, Dr. Dominique Kassab-Tezgor and Dr. Stephen Hill. Prof. Dr. Berna Alpagut, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ozdogan, Prof. Jim Dengate and Dr. Marie-Henriette Gates, among many others, have offered valuable advice and assistance to us. We appreciate the hospitality and assistance Gökhan Sözer, Boyabat Kaymakan extended the team during our stay there in 1997. The 1996, 1997 and 1998 field seasons were financed by grants from the National Geographic Society. Additional support has come from the Kaplan Foundation, the Samuel Freeman Charitable Trust, Tufts University and private donors. |