I am grateful to all these people who helped me with this project and particularly the following for providing useful information and invaluable help and material:

• The director and owner of language school Mrs Betty Kasapaki (BA in English Univ. of Athens, MA in TEFL/TESL Univ. of Birmingham) for proof reading the main texts as this was a determining factor to upload the pages in English.

• The "Hostsun Web Services" for providing hosting and technical help during the creation of the pages.
• The "Center for the Study of Traditional Pottery " and particularly Mrs Betty Psaropoulou for providing historical data for the pottery of Thrapsano.
• The "Nature History Museum of Crete" and particularly Mr. Dretaki Michael (ornithologist) for providing information about the reservoir of Livada.
• The "Public Library of Chania" for providing help to find the related bibliography.
• The "ARHAIOLOGIA" magazine for providing permission right of the photos, and particularly Mrs Anna Guest Papamanoli (archeologist)
• The painter Kosti Kelaraki from Thrapsano for providing permission to use his painting "the potters of Thrapsano" as header in the pottery page.
• The potters of my village who I have photographed.
• My uncle Ioanni G. Ploumaki (potter), for providing information about the pottery art.
• The priest Emm. L. Ploumaki for providing historical data of Churches
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