Timothy Matney, Director, Associate Professor (University of Akron), Ph.D. in Anthropology (University of Pennsylvania).

Lynn Rainville, Assistant Director, Assistant Professor (Sweet Briar College), Ph.D. in Anthropology (University of Michigan).

OPERATION SUPERVISORS

Kemalettin Köroglu, Op K, Associate Professor (Marmara University), Ph.D. in Ancient History.

John MacGinnis, Op G, Senior Fellow (Cambridge), Ph.D. in Near Eastern Archaeology (Cambridge).

Michael Roaf, Op E and I, Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology (University of Münich), D.Phil. in Near Eastern Archaeology (Oxford).

Monica Smith, Op J, Assistant Professor of Anthropology (UCLA), Ph.D. in Anthropology (University of Michigan).

SPECIALISTS

Adam Allentuck, Zooarchaeologist, M.A. in Anthropology (University of Manitoba).

John Curtis, Bronzes, Keeper of the Department of the Ancient Near East (British Museum), Ph.D. (Institute of Archaeology, London University).

Timothy Demko, Geomorphologist, Assistant Professor (Univesrity of Minnesota), Ph.D. in Geosciences (University of Arizona).

Lynn Swartz Dodd, Metallurgy, Assistant Professor and Curator (University of Southern California), Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (UCLA).

Ann Donkin, Surveyor, B.Sc. (University of Akron).

Dorian Fuller, Archaeobotanist, Ph.D. (Cambridge).

Jennifer Gilpin, Phytoliths, M.A. (University of Reading).

Haskel Greenfield, Zooarchaeologist, Professor of Anthropology (University of Manitoba), Ph.D. (CUNY-Graduate Center, New York City).

Britt Hartenberger, Lithics, Ph.D. in Archaeology (Boston University).

Birger Helgestad, Registrar, Ph.D. Candidate (University College London).

Azer Keskin, Ceramic Assistant, Ph.D. Candidate (SUNY-Binghamton).

Helen McDonald, Ceramics, Research Associate (McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research), M.A. in Mesopotamian Archaeology (Cambridge).

Kirsi Lorentz, Physical Anthropologist, Assistant Professor of Archaeology (Cambridge), Ph.D. (Cambridge).

Kathleen Nicoll, Geomorphologist, Post-doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Geography and the Environment (Oxford), Ph.D. in Geology (University of Arizona).

Simo Parpola, Epigrapher, Professor (University of Helsinki), Ph.D. (University of Chicago).

Paola Pugsley, Artist, Ph.D. in Archaeology (Exeter University).

David Reese, Shells, Ph.D. (Adjunct Curator, Yale, Peabody Museum of Natural History).

Mandy Reimann, Conservator (FHTW, University of Applied Sciences for Technology, Berlin).

Philipp Schmidt, Conservator (FHTW, University of Applied Sciences for Technology, Berlin).

Diana Stein-Wuenscher, Seals and Hurrians, Lecturer (Birkbeck College, University of London), D.Phil. in Near Eastern Archaeology (Oxford).

Dirk Wicke, Ivory, Ph.D. in Archaeology (University of Munster).

EXCAVATORS

Mesut Alp, M.A. in Archaeology (Ege University).

Peter Bartl, Ph.D. Candidate in Near Eastern Archaeology (University of Münich).

Celine Beauchamp, B.A. (Universite de Bourgogne), professional archaeologist, London.

David Dorren, Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics (University of Oxford), professional archaeologist, Scotland.

Sara Kayser, M.A. in Archaeology (University College London).

Mary Shepperson, B.A. in the Historical Archaeology of Egypt & Mesopotamia (Cambridge).

Jeff Szuchman, Ph.D. Candidate in Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations (UCLA).

SPECIAL THANKS IN AMERICA TO

Guillermo Algaze, Professor of Anthropology (University of California, San Diego).

SPECIAL THANKS IN TURKEY TO

Necdet Inal, Director of the Diyarbakir Museum. And to his staff, especially Nevin Soyukaya, Archaeologist.

Numan Tuna, Director of Taçdam.

Ahmet Çelebi, Mayor of nearby Tepe.

Mustafa K¦l¦çal, driver and mechanic extraordinaire.

Necm¦ Yasal, cook and house manager.