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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We are as ever grateful to our fund providers and sponsors. In 1997, support from Visa allowed the foundations to be laid for a museum at the site. It was a great honour and pleasure to have Ömer Koç visit the site in September.

We owe an enormous debt to our government temsilciler Ilhame hanim, Gulçan hanim and Yüksel hanim 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 Çumra Kaymakam and Belediye Baskani. Our perennial thanks to our trusty guards Sadettin and Mustafa.

Unfortunately, James and Arlette Mellaart were unable to visit the site in 1997 but their continued advice and support is of enormous benefit to the project.

ADDRESSES

The Friends of Çatalhöyük and the Çatalhöyük Research Project can be contacted at:

McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Downing Street
Cambridge
CB2 3ER

Tel: (01223) 339329
Fax: (01223) 339329

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