1. INTRODUCTION

In the first year of the Third Millennium a combination of state of the art remote sensing techniques and traditional excavation methods produced many new insights into the magnificence and complexity of this Iron Age capital. Evidence for a major remodelling of the Palace Complex was obtained and the discovery of a columned hall, a type of building with clear Iranian antecedents, within the Palace Complex may lend further weight to the identification of Kerkenes with the Pteria of Herodotus, a place which the Byzantine geographer Stephanos called 'a city of the Medes'.

Revelation of monumental architecture at the Cappadocia Gate and the Palace Complex, test excavation and remote sensing survey gave remarkable new results.Architectural stone façades display impressive rhythmic symmetry on an imperial scale, complimented by evidence of a taste for sumptuous objects and a corpus of ceramic vessels. Geomagnetic imagery revealed the secrets of southern third of the city.

The Team
More than 50 staff and students took part in various aspects of the 2000 season and some continue to be deeply involved in data analysis and publication. Our thanks go to all participants in the fieldwork, in post-fieldwork, in the preparation of publications and in all other aspects of the project.

A group of men from Sahmuratli Köy gained very considerable skills in conducting remote sensing surveys, others approached excavation, clearance and the architectural consolidation of monuments with skill and enthusiasm.

Participants :

Aktan Acar Aysun Akkaya Javier Alvarez-Mon Firat Ant Nurdan Atalan Abdullah Ates Harun Aydin Nahide Aydin Ömür Bakirer Özge Basagaç Aylin Basal Nilüfer Baturayoglu Scott Branting William Collins Sertan Çaglar Catherine Demos Umut Dervis Alper Dinçer

Mehmet Ekmekçi Emine Erdem Salih Erdurmus Mark Francis Katsutoshi Fukuda Katherine Geers Andrew Goldman Hilary Gopnik Kemal Gülcen Vedat Gün Burcu Gündogdu Ömür Harmansah Hanna Kepka Catherine Kuzucuoglu Ugur Leloglu Emre Madran Sabrina Maras Sera Mutlu

Ceyda Oskay Musa Özcan Derya Özgöç Jennifer Ross Kendra Roth Isabelle Ruben Emanuelle Salgues Köksal Sanli David Stronach Françoise Summers Geoffrey Summers Ugur Terzioglu Refik Toksöz Erol Tunali Esra Uyanusta Arda Uysal Baris Yagli Bige Yücelyigit