The Black Sea Trade Project Team

Black Sea Trade Project
This is the adminstrative umbrella based at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology which coordinates funding for the archaeologists involved in the research  
Fredrik T. Hiebert, University of Pennsylvania, BSTP Director 
David Smart, Harvard University, BSTP Assistant Director 
 
 Sinop Province Regional Survey
This is the field survey of the lands behind the port of Sinop
Owen P. Doonan, University of Pennsylvania, Field Survey Director 
Alex Gantos, Boston University, Field Survey Assistant Director
 
Black Sea Geomorphology and Geophysics Project
Mark Besonen, University of Massachusetts, Coring survey
Ugur Dogan, Ankara University, Surface survey
Meg Watters, IMAC Associates, Geophysical Survey
 
Black Sea Ottoman Archival Research
Ali Yaycioglu, Harvard University
 
Student and volunteer participants: 
1996 Tibor Csank, Boston University.

1997 Alex Bauer, University of Pennsylvania; Tibor Csank, Boston University; Kenneth E. Mayo, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Aylin Tuncer, Bilkent University; Thierry Vermeeren, Université Catholique de Louvain-La-Neuve.

1998 Aysun Akdag, Istanbul University; Betul Aciktepe, Istanbul University; Alex Bauer, University of Pennsylvania; Tibor Csank, Boston University; Nezih Guven, Ankara University; Kenneth E. Mayo, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Aylin Tuncer, Bilkent University.

1999 Alex Bauer, University of Pennsylvania; Tibor Csank, Boston University; Erdinc Ozkan, Ankara University; Ozlem Ozkan, Ankara University; Astrid Runggaldier, Boston University; Aylin Tuncer, Bilkent University.



 
The Black Sea Trade Project would like to thank the following who have made our work possible:
 
 
Directors General of Monuments and Museums: 
Sn. M. Akif Isik, (1996, 1997) 
Prof. Dr. Ender Varinlioglu, Director General (1998) 
Sn. Kenan Yurttagul, Acting Director General (1998)
Turkish Government Representatives: 
Cevdet Sevinç, Denizli Museum (1996) 
Elmas Kaya, Trabzon Museum (1997) 
Sena Mutlu, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Ankara (1998) 
Nurhan Turan, General Directorate of Monuments & Museums (1999)
Sinop Museum Staff: 
Ismail Tatlican, Müdür; Hale Özen, Arastirmaci; Fuat Dereli, Arkeolog; Hüsnü Çulhaoglu Memur; Ömer Özmutlu, Sep; Aziz Kürt, Teknisyen; Harun Özdemir, Teknisyen; Fikri Kürt, Soför; Mevlut Kara, Bekçi; Bahattin Ayna, Bekçi; Hasan Kanat, Isçi; Faruk Boyaci, Isçi
Drivers: 
Mevlut Yilmaz (1996) 
Erkan Tuncel (1997, 1998) 
 
 
Thanks to the following for their help:
 
Mehmet Akilli 
Berna Alpagut 
Sümer Atasoy 
Atilla Ayyildiz 
Robert Ballard 
George Bass 
Kurt Baty 
Önder Bilgi 
Ali Çankir 
Hurkan Çelebi 
James Dengate 
Michelle Doty 
Helen Flynn 
Brendan Foley 
John Fossey 
David French 
Yvon Garlan 
Joseph Greene 
Mehmet Akif Isin 
Harry C. Kahn
Dominique Kassab Tezgör 
Jack Kelley 
Manfred Korfmann 
Leslie Kruhly 
Anna Marguerite McCann 
David Mindell 
David Mitten 
William E. Murray 
Cathy Offinger 
Mehmet Özdogan 
Vural Özen 
Ray Rorke 
William Ryan 
Natalia I. Shishlina 
Bilal and Seyit Terzi 
Francesco Torre 
Gocha Tsetskhladze 
Seyhun Üstün 
Steve Williams 
Yener Yilmaz
 

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