Historical support and acknowledgements

Support made several kinds of work possible

Archaeological research requires much more than the weeks spent excavating. Recording, scientific analysis, conservation, teaching and communicating results depend on sustained collaboration and resources. At Boncuklu, published accounts document support both for investigating the settlement and for making its significance accessible to local communities and visitors.

The 2026 heritage article acknowledges research funding from the British Institute at Ankara, British Academy, Australian Research Council, National Geographic, the University of Oxford’s Wainwright Fund, the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering and the Wenner-Gren Foundation. It also acknowledges the Institute for Field Research, HEDEF Alliance and Timeline Heritage. These are acknowledgements of documented contributions, not a list of organisations currently endorsing every part of this website.

Read an acknowledgement with its date

Funding may support a particular season, analysis, publication or educational initiative. The 2023 report, for example, identifies support for that year’s study season. A reference to a grant in a later article can recognise work completed years earlier. It should not be interpreted automatically as a new award in the article’s publication year.

The Liverpool REF2021 case study describes how project resources contributed to museum collaboration, a visitor centre, educational materials and reconstructed environments. Its evidence concerns a defined reporting period. It is useful for understanding the development of the heritage programme, rather than assessing present-day budgets.

A wider network of contributions

The record also recognises the importance of Turkish museum authorities, local knowledge and the work of researchers, students and specialists. A heritage project depends on these different forms of contribution. Financial support alone does not explain how scientific information becomes meaningful to people living beside a site.

No donation collection, paid membership or current sponsorship offer is announced here. Anyone considering support for a specific research or education activity should first discuss an identified proposal through the public institutional contacts. The publication guide provides a route to the original acknowledgements and the work they helped produce.

Link support to the work it enabled

When citing a sponsor or funder, identify the document and the activity concerned. This gives readers a way to understand the contribution without implying an ongoing institutional relationship. It also preserves distinctions between research, teaching, interpretation and the maintenance of facilities. If an older account names a planned outcome, look for later evidence before describing it as completed. Accurate acknowledgement makes the project’s collaborative history visible while leaving current responsibilities and future arrangements to the institutions that actually determine them.