Acknowledgements

We owe an enormous debt to our government representative Mr Ali Ondah and to the Ministry of Culture, Directorate of Monuments and Museums for their help and support. Assistance was also given by Konya Museums (Director Erdogan Erol) and the Cumra Belediye Baskan. The project is funded by the European Union, the McDonald Institute, the British Institute of Archaeology in Ankara, the British Academy and the National Geographic Society.

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