ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
     Our thanks go to General Director, Murat Süslü, and staff of the General Directorate of Cultural Assets and Museums and to their representatives, Özge Yurdakul, Kenan Sürül and Resul İbiş, for support and good advice. Thanks are also due to former Yozgat Director of Culture and Tourism, Bahri Akbulut, his successor Lütfi İbiş, and to the staff of the Yozgat Museum, especially Director Hasan Şenyurt, who were most supportive. We are grateful to the Governor of Yozgat, Necati Şentürk, the Yozgat Mayor, Yusuf Başer, the Directors of the Provincial Authority, TEDAŞ, and Türk Telekom, who with their staff continue to support the project in many ways. We thank the Sorgun District Governor, Levent Kılıç, and Sorgun Mayor, Ahmet Şimşek, and their staff for continuing assistance and generous help in kind.
     The project falls under the auspices of the British Institute at Ankara (BIAA), but does not qualify for funding. In Ankara the Middle East Technical University (METU) provides office space for project research and publication work year-round while post-fieldwork at the Oriental Institute in Chicago is directed by Scott Branting.
     We remain deeply indebted to the people of Şahmuratlı Village and Headman Turan Baştürk for extending traditional Anatolian hospitality. Mehmet Erciyas, the Kerkenes Guard, has gone beyond the call of duty in the assumption of his responsibilities. Finally, to all the team, the house staff and employees from the village of Şahmuratlı, our heartfelt thanks. Little would have been achieved without their dedication, enthusiasm and hard work.

KERKENES PROJECT
Solmaz İzdemir Salonu, Room B04,
C/o Faculty of Architecture,
Middle East Technical University,
Ankara 06531, Turkey.
Tel/Fax: +90 312 210 6216
C/o British Institute at Ankara (BIAA),
Tahran Caddesi 24,
Kavaklıdere, Ankara 06700, Turkey.
Tel: +90 312 427 5487

Director
Geoffrey Summers
Research Associate, The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.
Adjunct Assoc. Prof. of Anthropology,
University at Buffalo, SUNY.
Settlement Archaeology Graduate Program, METU, Ankara 06531, Turkey.
e-mail: summers@metu.edu.tr
Tel: +90 312 210 6218

Co-Director
Scott A. Branting
Director, Center for Ancient Middle Eastern Landscapes (CAMEL),
The Oriental Institute, Room 207,
The University of Chicago,
1155 East 58th Street, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
e-mail: branting@uchicago.edu
Tel: +1 773 834 1152
Fax: +1 773 702 9853

Assistant Director
Sevil Baltalı Tırpan
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Faculty of Science and Letters,
Istanbul Technical University,
Maslak 34469, Istanbul, Turkey.
e-mail: sbaltali@itu.edu.tr

Restoration Architect
Nilüfer Baturayoğlu Yöney
Graduate Program in Architectural Conservation,
Faculty of Architecture,
Istanbul Technical University,
Taşkışla, Taksim, İstanbul, Turkey.
e-mail: nilufer.baturayoglu@itu.edu.tr

KERKENES ECO-CENTER
Director
Françoise Summers
Department of Architecture,
METU, Ankara 06531, Turkey.
e-mail: fsummers@metu.edu.tr
Mobile: +90 535 335 7515
Tel/Fax: +90 312 210 1485
Project Advisor
Soofia T. Elias-Ozkan
METU Department of Architecture,
e-mail: soofia@metu.edu.tr
Project Coordinator
Berrin Çakmaklı
METU Department of Architecture
e-mail: cakmakli@metu.edu.tr
Expertise in Solar Energy
Güner Mutaf, METU.
e-mail: gmutaf@gmail.com

ŞAHDER
Şahmuratlı Village, Sorgun, Yozgat, Turkey
Tel: +90 354 421 5054
Chairman
Sabri Erciyas
e-mail: sabrierciyas@gmail.com