ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Funding for the 1994 season was
generously provided by the National Geographic Society, the British
Academy and the BLAA (Britsh Institute of Archaeology at Ankara).
Yibitaş-Lafarge Ltd. greatly increased the comfort and efficiency
of the expedition by building new bedrooms and washrooms and a stone
wall around the compound. The success of the 1994 season was again
largely due to the active participation of Mr. Kazım Mertek of Konya
Museum, the government representative for the second time. As last
year, our work was greatly facilitated by Mr. Ertuğrul Ersoy the Governor
of Yozgat province, Mr. Necmi Kurt the District Governor of Sorgun
and Mr. Musa Özcan the Director of Yozgat Museum. The team comprised
Geoffrey Summers, Francoise Summers, Stephen Lumsden, Mete Lumsden,
Koral Ahmet, Ömür Harmanşah and Levent Topaktaş together with the
able assistance of students from METU (Middle East Technical University)
and Bilkent University, Nahide Aydin, Nilüfer Baturayoğlu, Menekşe
Bekaroğlu, Derya Çavuş, Sermin Ersöz and Zeynep Korkmaz. Two visitors,
Elspeth McIntosh and Stevan Beverly, made valuable contributions to
the discussions. In Ankara, the films were developed and printed by
Tuğrul Çakar and the digitisation of the photoes is being carried
out by Levent Topaktaş, Ersan Ocak and Murat Özgümüş at METU.
The work was carried out using
the balloon and associated equipment that was presented to the BIAA
by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1990. It was very pleasing
to be able to comply with the condition attached to that gift, namely
to use the equipment on behalf of some of our Turkish colleagues.
