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• Arkansas Archeological Survey, September 1972 - August 1974 As a survey archeologist, I was responsible for operation of the Survey's local office in Monticello, Arkansas. Duties included surveying and excavating in proposed state and federal project areas, investigating and recording reported sites, working with amateur archeologists, and giving lectures to interested civic groups and school classes. The position also included a joint appointment on the faculty of the University of Arkansas at Monticello where I taught two courses during the spring semester. During October and November of 1972, with a crew of six, I directed the testing of seven sites in a proposed wildlife refuge and the survey of portions of the refuge that had not yet been surveyed. In October and November of 1973, again with a crew of six, I excavated a site on the lower Quachita River, with occupations ranging from Early Archaic to the Historic period. I was also engaged in a study cor- relating site locations with soil types and other parameters that may influence settlement patterns in this part of the state. PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS: Areal • Prehistory of Mesoamerica, the Southeastern U.S., and the Middle East. Ethnography and ethnology of Mesoamerica, the American Southwest, and the Pacific (esp. Highland New Guinea). Theoretical Locational analysis of prehistoric sites. Functional artifact analysis and intrasite artifact distributions. The development of agricultural societies and civilizations in Mesoamerica and the Middle East. The relation between cultural forms and environmental adaptations. Ethno-archeology -- I am planning a project in Western Guatemala concerning use and discard patterns of material culture. OTHER EYPERIENCE: I spent two summers, 1960 and 1961, as an Interpretative Ranger at Mesa Verde National Park. • MILITARY SERVICE: Served in the L'.S. Army from 1962 to 1965 with the Signal ~ Corps and received an honorable discharge.