This project is made possible thanks to the Research Excellence fund, University of Malta
The CoFIPoMS team would like to thank all the people who have invested their time and contributed to the project.
Students reading for degrees including archaeology have been regularly volunteering for the project. Their help has been essential to complete some tasks such as collecting samples, crushing clay samples and archaeological sherds, taking photographs, embedding sherds in resin and grinding the samples, and graphic design.
Special thanks to Kellian Coste, Nigel Camilleri, Thornton Doupnik, Meadow Cairns, Andrew Cassar and Imanuel D’Anjou for their help in various tasks of the project. Their support and consistent work in the lab allowed to process samples on time and efficiently.
Thanks also to Iris Lucas from the ENSG school for making it possible to use a program she designed as part of her study of colorimetry.
The Department of Classics and Archaeology staff are an essential part of this project. We would like to thank particularly the support of the department scientific officer, Maria Vella, and the administrative support of Louisa Borg. We are grateful for the support of Prof. Nicholas Vella during the project.
The staff at the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering have been helping at every step of this project. The DMME lab staff has supported us for sample preparation and analysis, trusted us with equipment and have given us precious advices and opportunities. A special thanks to Ing. Mary-Grace Micallef, Mr Noel Tonna, Ing. James Camilleri, Mr Nicholas Gingell, Mr Daniel Dimech and Dr Daniel Vella.
It has been our pleasure to collaborate with the Faculty of Science and particularly with Mr Joseph Grech with whom we have been conducting XRF analysis. We would also like to thank the academic and technical staff of the Department of Biology, and particularly Prof. Sandro Lanfranco, for collaborating with us and giving us access to equipment.
Prof. David Mifsud, from the Institute of Earth Systems, has kindly let us access equipment they acquired in the recent year. The staff at the Department of Conservation and Built Heritage has also contributed to our expertise by allowing us access to equipment as well as sharing knowledge.
The CoFIPoMS project would not have been possible without the achievements and ideas of the Marie-Curie funded MaltaPot project.
Permissions for sampling and analysis were given by the Superintendence of Cultural Heritage and the Environment and Resources Authority.
The advice and help of Matthew Grima and Samantha Debono, Heritage Malta, with the SEM have been essential to the success of one student dissertation. Their expertise on chemical datasets has been useful in several parts of the project.