ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The project works under the auspices of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara with a permit from the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The project is grateful to Nadir Avci and to our temsilci Belma Kulaçoglu.
Much support of the project is provided by politicians and officials in the local town of Çumra, especially the Belediye Baskani Zeki Türker and the Kaymakam Osman Tas¸kan. Much gratitude is also due to Erdog(an Erol, the Director of Konya Museums.
The main sponsors are Koçbank and Boeing. Our long-term sponsors are Shell and Merko, and other sponsors are Thames Water and IBM. In Britain support has been provided by the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara. In collaboration with the Museum of London Services we had field support from the Museum of London Archaeology Service and IT support from the Museum of London. Much research support is provided by a number of UK universities: the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, University of Cardiff, University of Sheffield and University of Nottingham. We also thank Cyprus Turkish Airlines, London for their generosity in supporting the project. In America funding has been received from Stanford University, the National Science Foundation, including the Research Experience for Undergraduates programme, the U.C. Berkeley Archaeological Research Facility and MACTIA. Generous private donations have been made by John Coker. In Poland thanks are due to the University of Poznan, and the Polish Academy of Science. Other support is provided by the Friends of Çatalhöyük and the Turkish Friends of Çatal¬höyük, and we are grateful as ever to Jimmy and Arlette Mellaart. Special thanks is extended to Ömer Koç for his continued support of the project.
Finally the team would like to thank and wish all the very best to Melih Pekperdahci, our devoted camp manager since 2001. We will miss him but hopefully this will not be goodbye as in the tradition of the camp manager’s job which was passed on to Melih from his brother Tolga, the job remains in the family and passes on to his cousin Levent Özer who will join us in 2004.