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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thisinterdisciplinarystudyhasbeenpossiblethankstothedirectorsandcuratorsofthemuseumsand
institutionsinvolved.IamgreatlyindebtedtoArneJohanNærøy,DirectoroftheMuseumofArchaeol-
ogyUniversityofStavanger(MAUS)andAsaDahlinHauken(MAUS),Dr.AbdelrahmanAliMohamed
Rahman,GeneralDirectoroftheNationalCorporationforAntiquitiesandMuseums(NCAM),Dr.Ghalia
GarEl-Nabi,DirectoroftheSudanNationalMuseuminKhartoum(SNM),andSarahAbdulAtif(SNM),
Prof.MarzenaSzmyt,DirectoroftheMuseumofArchaeologyinPoznan(MAP)andDr.MarekChłodnicki
(MAP),andDr.MonikaDolińskafromtheNationalMuseuminWarsaw(MNW).WithgratitudeIwould
liketoacknowledgethecooperationofthefollowingdirectorsofcurrentandrecentexcavationprojects
inSudan:Assist.Prof.MahmoudEl-TayebandhisassistantEwaCzyżewska-Zalewska(el-Zuma,el-Detti,
Tanqasi),Dr.MohammedSuleimanBashir(Berber),Dr.VincentFrancigny(Sai,Sedeinga)andAssist.
Prof.ClaudeRilly(Sedeinga)forassentingtothisinterdisciplinarystudyofobjectsfromtheirsites.
IappreciatethehelpofDr.MariaCarmenPérezDieandDr.EstherPonsMellado(MuseoArque-
ológicoNacional,Madrid)andDr.PavelOnderka,thedirectoroftheNaprstekMuseuminPrague,
Prof.ClaudiaNäser(Musawwarat),Dr.DeniseM.Doxey(MuseumofFineArts,Boston),Prof.Brenda
B.Baker(El-GinefabSchool),Prof.BogdanŻurawski(El-Ar),andDr.PrzemysławBobrowski(KhorSham-
bat,Khartoum)inmakingmacroscopiccomparativestudiespossible.Thesewerebroadenedsignicantly
thankstoDr.BruceB.WilliamsandDr.LisaA.HeidornwhogaveaccesstotheNubiancollectionofthe
OrientalInstituteMuseumUniversityofChicago.Suchavastcomparativemacroscopicanalysiswouldnot
havebeenpossiblewithoutaccesstothebeadassemblagesexcavatedontheRedSeacoastandtheEast-
ernDesertsites.Thus,manythanksgotoIwonaZychandProf.StevenE.Sidebotham,co-directorsofthe
BerenikeProject.SpecialthanksgotoProf.ChiaraZazzaroforsharingwithmephotosofbeadsexcavated
atAdulisinthe2012-2013seasonsandtoDr.MarileeWoodforsharingherknowledgeofbeadsandbead
collections.
IwouldliketothankAssist.Prof.BarbaraWagnerandLuizaKępaforrunninglaboratoryanalysisof
glassbeads.Dr.LaureDussubieuxintroducedmetoLA-ICP-MSlaboratoryworkonglassbeads.Dr.James
Lanktonsharedwithmehisknowledgeoftheinterpretationofchemicalcompositionaldataimproving
thusextensivelytheresultsoftheanalyses.
IamespeciallygratefultoDr.LisaA.HeidornandIwonaZychforeditingthetextandtoSzymon
Maślakfordrawingallthemaps.KarlisKarklinstookcareofwellappliedterminologyandtypology
inChapter4.Dr.ArturObłuskiisappreciatedforallhiscommentsandsuggestionstoChapter7.
ThestudywasfundedfromtheNationalScienceCentregrantDEC-2013/09/D/HS3/04508.
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