Roadmap: Relief map of Turkey prepared by Arda Arcasoy, METU Dept. of Geological Engineering, using TNTMips.

Location Map

Figure 19: Location and map of Kerkenes.

THE FUTURE
Completion of the new finds depot and laboratory adjacent to the existing expedition house has now put the Kerkenes Project in a strong position to request the granting of an excavation permit by the Ministry of Culture. Further clearance and excavation, combined with a program for the preservation and enhancement of the 'Cappadocia Gate' and the stone glacis at the eastern end of the 'Palace Complex', would thus coincide with completion of the geomagnetic survey which will be completed within another 10 weeks of field work. At the same time we plan to make further experimentation with resistivity survey in the spring, when the soil is sufficiently damp, and to also undertake larger surveys with magnetic induction where the terrain is suitable.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND DISSEMINATION
The Kerkenes Web site continues to grow in size and scope. Annual Reports in both Turkish and English have been added, as has, with the kind permission of the University of Chicago, Erich Schmidt's hard to find report on the 1928 test excavations published in AJSL for 1929. A recent paper on the main period of occupation at Kerkenes can be found in Anatolian Studies 50 (2000), 54-73, and a paper on the Kale and other Byzantine period remains has appeared in Anatolica Antiqua IX (2001), 39-60. A comprehensive list of publications will be found on the Kerkenes Web Site. Preparation of the first Kerkenes Monograph is now at a very advanced stage.

The importance of Kerkenes is reflected by its growing position in the mainstream of academic literature. Three recent examples are John Boardman's Persia and the West (London 2000), an entry in the Neuer Pauly vol. VI, and also in the huge Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World (Princeton 2000).

Geoffrey Summers ......... e-mail: summers@metu.edu.tr
Department of Political Science and Public Administration,
and
Françoise Summers ......... e-mail: fsummers@metu.edu.tr
Department of Architecture,
Middle East Technical University, Ankara 06351, Turkey.
Tel/Fax: 90 312 210 1485

David Stronach ............. Tel: 1 510 642 7794 Fax:1 510 643 8430
Department of Near Eastern Studies,
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-1940, USA.