Thanks and acknowledgements are due to T.C. Kultur ve Turizm Bakanligi, Kultur Varliklari ve Müzeler Genel Mudurlugu, the Mustafa Kemal University and the Hatay Archaeology Museum, FAVAE (the Fund for Amuq Valley Excavations), INSTAP (The Institute for Aegean Prehistory) for their excavation sponsorship.

Heartfelt thanks for their untiring efforts go to the two " friends of the Amuq" committees, one based in Chicago (Sel Yackley, Ayhan Lash, Emel Singer, Ercan Alp, Muammer Akgun, Matt Argon, Yuksel Selcukoglu, Katie Miller, Fatos Aktas); the other, in Antakya (Osman Cincinoglu, Berna Alpagut, Kenan Yurttagül, Josef Naseh, Resit Kuseyrioglu).

Special thanks are due to The Middle East Technical University for providing the database server and to Musa Erdogan for designing the web page.

Special acknowledgements are due to Tony and Lawrie Dean, Precons, Cem Mertayak and Osman Mistikoglu for their help in making the dig house compound at Tayfur Sokmen possible.