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thank the Director General, Orhan Düzgün, and his staff at the
General Directorate of Cultural Resources and Museums for their support.
Thanks are also due to the representatives, Ismail Saripinar and Erdal Yigit,
for their help and good advice. We extend our gratitude to the two past
Directors of the Yozgat Museum, Mustafa Akkaya and Ertugrul Danik, as well
as to the present Acting Director, Hasan Senyurt, and museum staff who offer
continuous help and encouragement. We are most grateful to the Governor of Yozgat, Amir Çiçek, the Yozgat Director of Culture and Tourism, Fuat Dursun, the District Governors of Sorgun, Meftun Dalli and his successor Ertugrul Kiliç, and the Mayor of Sorgun, Ahmet Simsek, who, with their staff, continue to be extremely supportive and provide every possible encouragement and help to the project. Assistance from local organisations is most welcome and we wish to thank in particular the Directors of the Department of Rural Services, Muharrem Sengül, TEDAS, Bülent Gürel, and Türk Telekom, Mutalip Efe, the Yozgat Mayor, Yusuf Baser, and their staff. The Kerkenes project comes under the auspices of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara which provides facilities in Turkey. Unfortunately the Kerkenes Project no longer qualifies for funding from the BIAA. We are deeply indebted to the Village of Sahmuratli and Headman Osman Muratdagi for extending traditional Anatolian hospitality. Mehmet Erciyas, the Kerkenes Guard, has gone beyond the call of duty to assume his responsibilities in guarding the site and taking care of the project's premises. Finally to all the team, the house staff and workers from the village of Sahmuratli, our heartfelt thanks. Little would have been achieved without their dedication, enthusiasm and hard work. |
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| Sponsors | |||
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main sponsors in 2007 were the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago,
The Joint Theory Institute of the University of Chicago and Argonne National
Laboratory (under U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science contract
number DE-AC02-06CH11357), the Joukowsky Family Foundation, Toreador Turkey
Ltd, The Archeocommunity Foundation, John Notz and an anonymous donor. Additional
funding was received from Andante Travel, the Anglo-Turkish Society Bernard
and Innes Burrows Memorial Award, the Charlotte Bonham Carter Trust and
John Kelly Consulting Inc. Research activities and work on publication of results which progress all year round at the Middle East Technical University are made possible by the generous donations, channelled through the METU Development Foundation, from The Erdogan Mustafa Akdag Foundation, Hayri Yildiz, Lafarge Saglik Egitim ve Kültür Vakfi, MESA, Yenigün and Yibitas-Cimpor Yozgat Çimento. Arti Sistem and Ertem Printing sponsored once more the production of the Kerkenes News. METU has made office space available, METU Computer Centre provides technical support and METU Press assists with publication. The British Institute at Ankara, ESRI, ERDAS, Islem, Geoscan, John Haigh and Sokkia-Seza assist with equipment and software. Life in the field has benefited from the generosity of AKG Gazbeton, the Ankara Hilton, the British Embassy, the Erdogan Mustafa Akdag Foundation, Kavmar, Kamar Supermarket, MNG, New Holland Trakmak, Onduline, Üç Yildirim and Yibitas Yozgat Çimento. Research and educational activities related to the Kerkenes Eco-Center were supported by funds from the Archeocommunity Foundation, American Embassy, Australian Embassy DAP, Canada Fund, Chevron and UNDP-GEF Small Grant Program. Sponsors, including those of previous phases, are listed in the Kerkenes Web Page. |
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COLLABORATION
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| Collaboration and Support | |||
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formal agreement has been signed with the Oriental Institute of Chicago
University, with Scott Branting as Co-Director of the project. International
cooperation continues for fieldwork, post-fieldwork and publication with
the Center for Ancient and Middle Eastern Landscapes (CAMEL) at the Oriental
Institute in Chicago, The Malcolm and Carolyn Wiener Laboratory of Aegean
and Near Eastern Dendrochronology at Cornell University, UC Berkeley, SUNY
Buffalo, Laboratoire de Géographie Physique - CNRS, the School of
Art History, Cinema, Classics and Archaeology at the Melbourne University
and the Anatolian Iron Age Ceramics Project. Collaboration at METU involves the Faculty of Architecture, the Faculty of Engineering, the Museum and TAÇDAM. Colleagues and students from the Department of Geological Engineering and its Remote Sensing and GIS Laboratory, the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, the Materials Conservation Laboratory and Photogrammetry Center and the Graduate Programs in Settlement Archaeology, Archaeometry and GGIT contribute to the research and publication activities. Ongoing work is also in progress with a team from the Departments of Hydrogeology and Anthropology at Hacettepe University. |
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| Project Facilities | |||
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to the generosity of sponsors and friends, project facilities at Kerkenes
have significantly improved and expanded (Fig.
5). The expedition house complex, which now includes The Erdogan Akdag
Center for Research and Education, can accomodate large groups of visitors
and students (Figs 6
and 7).
Fruitful cross-disciplinary discussions are generated when groups of academics,
diplomats, tourists and local visitors come to Kerkenes (Figs 8,
9, 10
and 11).
The Eco-Center, run in collaboration with SAHDER, the Kerkenes and Sahmuratli Village Association for Public Relations, Prosperity, Help and Support, involves villagers in the daily running of the expedition. |
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the spring Mehmet Erciyas, with the help of some villagers, prepared the
garden for a good crop of organically grown vegetables (Fig.
12). The strawbale house and the small mudbrick workshop host the activities
of SAHDER, the village association. The four-room prefabricated building
donated by MNG has increased to just over 30 the number of people that can
be accommodated within the expedition complex. In September 2007, the group of METU students taking part in the 'Hands on Building' course helped with the construction of expedition facilities including the new Solar House with its traditional village oven where ladies from the village bake bread for the team and guests (Fig. 13). The participation of skilled workers, who shared their expertise with the students, was financed by a grant from Chevron. |
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Funding and the donation of building materials from local organisations have permitted the construction of a large Conservation Workshop (Figs 14, 15 and 16). The fragile remains of shattered architectural elements which are being patiently pieced together by the project conservator, Noël Siver, and other team members will be housed in this new building. |
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