Middle and Late Bronze Age Metal Tools from the Aegean, Eastern ...

Department of Antiquities. I gratefully acknowledge the entire department, particularly
the director at that time, Pavlos Flourentzos, current director Maria Hadjicosti, and Despo
Pilides. Several scholars of Cypriot archaeology also gave me permission to study
material or enriched my understanding of the Cypriot Bronze Age, including Sophocles
Hadjisavvas, Alison South, Vasiliki Kassianidou, George Papasavvas, Reinhard Jung,
Penelope Mountjoy, A. Bernard Knapp, and Matthew Spigelman. I am grateful to Stella
Diakou and her family for help with transportation during my stay on the island.
The American Research Institute in Turkey in Ankara (ARIT) – especially Elif
Denel and Pelin Ongoren – were instrumental during my study period in Turkey. I thank
Andy Goldman, Lee Ullmann, Andreas Schachner, Andreas Müller-Karpe, Sachihiro
Omura, George Bass, Cemal Pulak, and Edmund Rodgers for their help with my project
and/or hospitality during my research time in Turkey. I am also indebted to Emre
Kurucayirli for his assistance in applying for permits as well as for his hospitality.
I would also like to extend thanks to the following museums and their staffs: from
Greece, the Athens National (Prehistoric and Bronze collections), Agrinio, Ioannina,
Chaironeia, Kalamata, Mycenae, Patras, Knossos Stratigraphical (BSA), Thebes, Argos,
Heraklion, Agroa and Chora Museums, in addition to the Tiryns Apotheke and the
INSTAP Study Center; from Cyprus, the Nicosia, Larnaca, and Limassol Museums; from
Turkey, the Anakara, Çorum, Boğazkale, Pamukkale (Denizili), and Bodrum Museums;
the Louvre Museum and the British Museum.
I thank all of my colleagues at Bryn Mawr College, who provided friendship and
encouragement throughout my graduate school experience, as well as the library and
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