Tell Kurdu Project

THE TELL KURDU PROJECT

The Tell Kurdu Project is an interdisciplinary research project in which international archaeologists, social scientists, materials specialists as well as specialists from the natural sciences work together. The overall coordination of the project elements and integration of the results lies with Rana Özbal and Fokke Gerritsen. The current team includes:

Directors of Tell Kurdu Project - Rana D. Özbal (Northwestern University) and Dr. Fokke Gerritsen (Free University Amsterdam, the Netherlands)

Director of Amuq Valley Regional Project - Dr. Aslihan Yener (University of Chicago)

Ceramic Analyses - Ben Diebold (Yale University)

DNA Analysis of Human Remains - Nitzan Mekel-Bobrov and Bruce T. Lahn (University of Chicago)

Faunal Analysis - Dr. Missy Loyet and Frank Nardulli (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Geologist - Dr. Nihal Aydin (MTA Institute, Ankara, Turkey)

Illustration - Mücella Erdalkiran (Ege University, Izmir, Turkey)

INAA Analysis of Ceramics and Clays - Ben Diebold (Yale University) in collaboration with Robert Speakman and Michael Glascock

Lithic Analyses- Dr. Elizabeth Healey (University of Manchester, UK)

Microartifact Analysis - Rana Özbal (Northwestern University)

Micro-sample collection and Archaeometry - Dr. Hadi Özbal and Emre Kurucayirli (Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey)

Micromorphology - Trina Alpin, Dr. Paul Goldberg (Boston University)

Obsidian Sourcing Analyses - George Poupeau (Groupe de Géophysique Nucléaire, Grenoble, France)

Paleoethnobotany- Heidi Ekstrom (St. Mary's University)

Physical Anthropological and Osteological Analyses- Sabrina Sholts (University of Chicago), Dr. Kirsi Lorenz (Cambridge University)

Restoration and conservation - Ahmet Ünal (Mustafa Kemal University, Antakya, Turkey)

Shell Analysis- Dr. David Reese (Yale University Peabody Museum)

Small Finds - Dr. Fokke Gerritsen (Free University Amsterdam, the Netherlands)

Soil Chemistry - Rana Özbal (Northwestern University). This analysis was conducted with a research award provided by the University of Wisconsin Madison, Laboratory for Archaeological Chemistry.

EXCAVATION TEAM

Trench Directors - Dr. Sarah K. Costello, Dr. Fokke Gerritsen, Dr. Kathyrn Keith, , Rana Özbal, Yukiko Tonoike

Student Excavators - Gülçin Çakmakci, Özlem Dogan, Sabrina Sholts , Aysen Uygur

and a group of 18 local workmen from nearby villages.

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