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² It is again our pleasure to thank those who supported us: the British School at Athens and its Directors, Dr E. B. French, and thereafter the late Dr M. Price, as well as the Greek archaeological authorities, both in Athens and particularly the Ephoreia at Thessaloniki. At the latter we are indebted to the then Director, the late Dr I. Vokotopoulou, and in particular to Dr B Tsigarida, both for her general interest and helpfulness, and also for allowing us to benefit from the presence of Mr C. Kephalas during our investigations. We are also obliged to the koinotita of Nea Roda and its proedros, Mr P. Hatzilidis, for various practical assistance. In Ouranoupolis, the Eagles Palace Hotel again assisted us with transport and other practical problems.

In England we are grateful to the University of Leeds, the Vice-Chancellor of Hull University (Prof. D. Dilks), Sir David Hunt, Dr H. W. Catling, Prof. H. B. Mattingly, and Mr M. S. F. Hood for their support. We are greatly indebted to those who lent us financial support: in addition to the BSA, the Russell Trust, the Seven Pillars of Wisdom Trust, the Knossos Trust, and Mr W. and Mrs C. Feuchtwanger. Finally, B.S.J.I. wishes to thank his colleagues and collaborators in the field and his wife for her constant support.

³ J.U. continued his work on the local topography; in the field he was assisted by Mr R. Trembath and part of the time by Mr R. M. J. Isserlin. Thanks are again due to Messrs Sokkia for the loan of up-to-date surveying equipment. Geophysical study was again shared by S.P. and R.E.J.; the former was in sole charge of field work undertaken in 1993 with a team including A. Liossis, P. Stephanopoulos, K. Petronitis, L. Bouklis, S. Leanopoulos, and K. Vouthouris, though R.E.J. helped in preparation work, being unable to be present when field work was done; he also helped to select sites for core drilling in 1993 and 1994. The actual supervision of the drilling and the laboratory study of the cores was in the hands of Dr G. E. Syrides. Dr Y. Maniatis and G. Facorellis undertook the C-14 dating. The overall direction and the study of archaeological interpretation were again in the hands of B.S.J.I., who received much-appreciated assistance from colleagues, especially R.E.J.

⁴ See, for the location, fig. 3 in BSA 89 (1994), 282, and, for the general character of the site, pl. 43 a Ibid. The start was at D2, situated at the top of the eastern downslope of the valley crossed by the traverse, near the corner of the fence on the adjoining plateau.

⁵ Using an EG&C Geometries 2401X seismograph. Full technical details are given in V. Karastathis and S. Papamarinopoulos, ‘The detection of the Xerxes canal by the use of shallow reflection seismics’, Journal of Applied Geophysics (in press).

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