The Director and the Field Director of the Tahirler Project extend their warmest thanks to the following individuals and institutions for their participation and support:

David Barchard, a former member of the Council of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara with a strong interest in the historical geography of Anatolia in late Roman and Byzantine times.

Gorkan (), Esra Akca, Yuksel (), and Rukiye Akdogan, who served as the representatives of the Turkish Department of Antiquities during the 1996, 1997, 1998, and 2001 field seasons. Thanks also to Levent Vardar..

Staff members from previous seasons: Dr. Anne McClannan, Assistant Professor of Art History at Portland State University; Phil Stinson, chief architect for the American excavations at Sardis; and Dr. Erika Thorgeson, Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Georgia.

The staff of the American Research Institute in Turkey: Toni Cross, Director; Cennet Kose, Assistant Director; and Burcak Delikan, Librarian (and member of the Tahirler Project staff).

The staff of the British Institute of Archaeology in Ankara and its Director Hugh Elton. Thank you also to the former director Roger Matthews and his wife Dr. Wendy Matthews.

At the University of Washington: Dr. Stacy Waters, Research Director, CARTAH (Center for Advanced Research and Technology in the Arts and Humanities); Kody Janney, Digital Initiative Coordinator at Suzzalo Library;Professor Bernard Hallet, Director of the Quaternary Research Center; Dr. Kamal Ahmed, Civil and Environmental Engineering; and the School of Forestry. Special thanks to Robert Stacey, chair of the Department of History, Cheryl Fisk, Lizz Kopecek, and Rita Stockwell.

For generous financial support: The Graduate School and the Department of History at Princeton University; The Royalty Research Fund of the University of Washington, the Howard and Frances Keller Fund, Department of History, University of Washington.

For scholarship support of undergraduate research assistants, the Field Director thanks the Mary Gates Undergraduate Research Fellowship Fund and the Jonathan Roberts Fund for Historical Research, both at the University of Washington.

Finally, we offer our heartfelt gratitude to the local residents of the Beypazari region, whose intimate knowledge of the Kirmir River valley has been an invaluable esource for our research. In particular, we wish to thank Mr. Mehmet Tod of Beypazari, Mr. Mehmet Gunel of Dikmen Koy, Mr. Ali Sarac of Tahirler and the family of Cemalladin and Nihat Koc of Tacettin.
 


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