Acknowledgements
We wish to thank Dr Remzi Yağcı of the Department of Archaeology, Dokuz Eylul University in Izmir, for his assistance and for generously agreeing to support our application for permits. Thanks also to Dr Enrico Borgarello, of Italcementi, who has supported our research, and to his colleagues Mr Dario Belotti, Mrs Isabella Mazza, Dr E Gotti, and Dr G Vola for their logistical and scientific input. We especially thank Akin Kaymaz for his assistance in the field.