Acknowledgements
The idea for this book was conceived aboutfive years ago, but it was my
colleague at Liverpool, Graham Oliver, who persuaded me, in 2010, that
this was the right time to write it. Preparation of the text has coincided
with a number of international projects and publications that make this a
particularly opportune time to consider the ancient economies of the east
Balkan/northern Aegean area as a single entity.
My work has been immensely enhanced by the support and assistance
of many people. Figures 6.1 and 6.2 are reproduced with the kind permis-
sion of Arthur Muller and Henri Tréziny (Muller 2010, 212fig. 142; 221
fig. 143, respectively). Map 1 (frontispiece) was specially prepared for this
volume in collaboration with Dr Richard Chiverrell, Department of Geog-
raphy, University of Liverpool. A number of previously published maps
and plans have been redrawn, with modifications, by Dr Esme Hammerle.
These include Figure 2.1 (map of Macedonia, various sources); Figures
4.1–4.2, which draw on information published in Ghilardi et al. 2008,
113 fig. 2 andfigs. p. 122; Figures 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5, which represent, with
necessary modifications, parts of the preliminary plans published
in Adam-Veleni, Poulaki, and Tzanavari 2003: Tria Platania (p. 58),
Komboloi (p. 65) and Vrasna (p. 95). Figure 4.6 has been redrawn, with
modifications, from Christov and Lazov’sreportinAOR2010, 192fig. 3;
Figures 5.5 and 5.6, redrawn, with modifications, from M. Madjarov’s
reports inAOR2010, 189fig.1; Figure 4.7 reproduces data presented in
AOR2006, 231, map 2; Figure 4.8 reproduces data presented inAOR2010,
241, map 2. Figure 5.3 reproduces the data from Tzvetkova 2008, map 11.
I am most grateful to Richard Chiverrell and Esme Hammerle for their
assistance; and to Katerina Tzanavari and Mitko Madjarov for their will-
ingness to allow preliminary plans of their projects to be included here.
I would also like to express particular gratitude to Lydia Domaradzka,
Lisa Kallet, Jack Kroll, Gavrail Lazov, Evi Margaritis, and Gary Reger,
who have given me advanced access to new publications; and to the
many friends and colleagues who have either read drafts of different
chapters, discussed various aspects of the contents, or otherwise contrib-
uted to my perceptions: Alexandru Avram, Alexandre Baralis, Chaido
Koukouli-Chrysanthanki, John Davies, Vincent Gabrielsen, Bruce Gibson,
Alexey Gotzev, Denver Graninger, Edward Harris, Chryssoula Karadima,