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George Odell
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GEORGE HAMLEY ODELL         

     Born: April 17, 1942                            Last revised 2/07

 

                        RANK:            Full Time          First Appointment: September, 1984

Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Tulsa, 1997 - present

Associate Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, Univ. of Tulsa, 1990-97

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, Univ. of Tulsa, 1984-90

 

DEGREES EARNED:

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.):                                                   Yale University, 1964

Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.):                            Yale University, 1965

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Anthropology):                  Harvard University, 1977

 

                        MAJOR INTERESTS:  Midcontinental North America, Western Europe, Lithic Analysis, Use-Wear Analysis, Archaeological Methodology

 

                        CITATIONS, HONORS AND AWARDS:

1992  Recipient of Citation of Merit for the Preservation of Oklahoma’s Heritage by OK State

            Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)

1996, 2004  Nominated for TU Outstanding Teacher Award

1999  Recipient of Robert E. Bell Award for distinguished professional service to Oklahoma

            archaeology, presented by the Oklahoma Anthropological Society

1999  Citation of service from Oklahoma Anthropological Society

2004-06  Treasurer, Society for American Archaeology

2004  Induction into academic honor society, Phi Kappa Phi

2005  Excellence in Archaeological Analysis Award, given by Society for American Archaeology

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

High School Teaching:

1965                North Haven (CT) High School; practice teaching in American History

1965-66           International College, Beirut, Lebanon: English as a foreign language; world

                                    history

1966-68           Institut Montana, Zug, Switzerland: American history & government; social

                                    studies

1968-70           Winchester (MS) High School: American history, modern problems

                       

Anthropology Courses Taught (as Teaching Fellow, Harvard University):

1971    Complex Societies (with J. Sabloff & C. Lamberg-Karlovsky)

1972    The American Indian (with J. Sabloff)

1975    Archaeological Statistics (with G. Cowgill)

1977    Introduction to Archaeology (with R. Tringham & C. Lamberg-Karlovsky)

 

Archaeological Field and Analytical Experience:

1970  Excavator at Twin Mounds site (Middle Woodland); Field School, U. of Cincinnati, Ohio. 

            Director: William Fisher

1971  Excavator at Nelson Bay Cave (Middle and Late Stone Age); Plettenberg Bay, South

Africa.  Director: Richard Klein.

1972-74  Excavator, Lab Assistant and Supervisor at the Bergumermeer site (Mesolithic),

Oostermeer, Friesland, the Netherlands.  Director: Raymond R. Newell.

1972  Participant in survey work and collections studies dealing with Neolithic sites, with Drs.

Ruth Tringham and Alan McPherron in Yugoslavia, Rumania & Bulgaria.

1973  Excavator at the Pincevent site (Late Magdalenian), Montereau, France. Director: André

Leroi-Gourhan.

1973-74 Excavator at Abri Gay (late glacial and post-glacial), Poncin, France.  Director: René

Desbrosse.

1977  Associate Director, Pipeline and Water Treatment Plant Archaeological Project, Palmer,

Mass., Institute for Conservation Archaeology, Harvard University.

1978  Principal Investigator of site EeRj-92 and Instructor of University of British Columbia

Archaeological Field School, Hat Creek, British Columbia, Canada.

1979  Consultant for Rhode Island College Field School/excavation of Greenwich Cove site,

            Narragansett Bay, R.I.

1979-84 Director of Lithic Analysis Laboratory, Center for American Archeology, Kampsville,

Illinois.  Established & directed lab for FAP-408 Archaeological Project, with Illinois Dept. of Transportation.

1983  Director of Interdisciplinary Laboratories, Belize Archaic Archaeological Reconnaissance

(BAAR), directed by R.S. (Scotty) MacNeish.  Established and directed  analyses of lithic material.

1986  Conducted test excavations at the Wilmoth I and II sites (34Ad-66 & Ad-67), Illinois River

            Valley, Oklahoma.

1986-1995 Editor, Oklahoma Anthropological Society Bulletin.

1986-present  Member, Citizen’s Advisory Board of the Oklahoma Anthropological Survey.

1986-87 Principal Investigator of Wagoner County Archaeological Survey, Oklahoma

 1987 Organizer and Instructor, Summer Institute in Lithic Analysis, and instructional institute

         for 16 students from 8 states, Colombia, Venezuela, South Africa, and Canada

 1987  Co-organizer and host (with Don Henry) of Symposium, “Alternative Approaches to Lithic

Analysis” at the University of Tulsa, bringing in 11 experts to discuss pertinent issues.

 1988  Principal Investigator of archaeological excavations at the Day site (34Wg-171), Wagoner

            County, Oklahoma.

 1988  Principal Investigator for Kimberly-Clark Archaeological Project, Tulsa County, OK:

            included survey, evaluation of 6 sites, & excavation of Lasley Vore Protohistoric site.

 1989-90  Principal Investigator of Jenks-Bixby Bluffline Archaeological Survey, Oklahoma.

 1989-90 Principal Investigator of Creek Turnpike Archaeological Survey, Tulsa, OK.

 1989  Principal Investigator of site My-2 on Gibson Lake, for TU Archaeological Field Methods

            Course.

 1990  Principal Investigator of site My-2, tested further through U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

 1992  Supervisor of Hokiahse site excavation, Osage Co., OK (conducted by D. Walwer).

 1992-present   Editor of international journal, Lithic Technology.

 1992-94 President of Tulsa Archaeological Society.

 1993  Organizer and Instructor of Archaeological Lithic Institute: brought 9 students from

            several states and Argentina, as well as instructors from Virginia and Paris, France.

 1993  Organizer and Host of symposium, “Archaeological Theory and Lithic Analysis,” at the

            University of Tulsa.

 1996-2002  Arts & Sciences Director, Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge (TURC)

 1998  Supervised excavation of archaeological site at McBirney Mansion, Tulsa, OK.

 1998  Consultant for excavation at Remington School, Tulsa, OK.

 2004   Visiting Lecturer and Consultant, First Workshop on Lithic Use-Wear Analysis, Institute

            of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Beijing, China.

 2005   Principal Investigator for survey and excavations, Yale Bridge Project, Tulsa, OK.

 2005   Principal Investigator of excavations of Walnut Creek Archaeological Project, Keystone Lake, OK.

 2005 - present   Principal Investigator of Sandhill Archaeological Project, Coweta, OK.

 2006   Principal Investigator of Cherokee Saline Archaeological Project, Rose, OK.

 

                 FULL TIME ARCHAEOLOGICAL POSITIONS:

1977-78  Visiting Assistant Professor, University British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. 

1978-79  Visiting Assistant Professor, Brown University, Providence R.I.

1979-84  Director, Lithic Analysis Laboratory, Center for American Archeology, Kampsville, IL.

1984- present  Assistant - Full Professor, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK.

  

                  PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

1.  Society for American Archaeology               6.  Register of Prof. Archaeologists (RPA)

2.  American Anthropological Association        7.  Southeastern Archaeological Conference

3.  Société Préhistorique Française                   8.  Arkansas Archeological Society

4.  Oklahoma Anthropological Society              9.  Kansas Archaeological Society

5.  Tulsa Archaeological Society                         10. Plains Anthropological Society

 

                  ACTIVITIES: 

            Publications in Refereed Journals:

1974       (junior author, with R. Tringham, G. Cooper, B. Voytek & A. Whitman) 

            Experimentation in the Formation of Edge Damage: a New Approach to Lithic Analysis. 

                     Journal of Field Archaeology 1: 171-196.

1975    Microwear in Perspective: a Sympathetic Response to Lawrence H. Keeley.  World

                     Archaeology 7: 226-240.

1978    Préliminaires d'une analyse fonctionnelle des pointes microlithiques de Bergumermeer,

                     Pays-Bas.  Bulletin de la Société Préhistorique Française 75:37-49.

1980    Butchering with Stone Tools: Some Experimental Results.  Lithic Technology  9: 39-48.

1980    Toward a More Behavioral Approach to Archaeological Lithic Concentrations.  American

                     Antiquity 45: 404-431.

1980    (and Frieda Odell-Vereecken)  Verifying the Reliability of Lithic Use-Wear Assessments

                     by ‘Blind Tests:’ the Low-Power Approach.  Journal of Field Archaeology 7: 87-120.

1981    The Mechanics of Use-Breakage of Stone Tools: Some Testable Hypotheses.  Journal of

                     Field Archaeology 8: 197-209.

1981    The Morphological Express at Function Junction: Searching for Meaning in Lithic Tool

                     Types.   Journal of Anthropological Research 37: 319-342.

1982    Some Additional Perspectives on Appropriate Models and Analogs for Hunter-Gatherer

                     Populations.  American Antiquity 47: 192-198.

1985    Archaic Lithic Assemblages from the Stratified Napoleon Hollow Site in Illinois. 

                     Wisconsin Archaeologist 66: 327-358.

1985    On Evaluating ‘Blind Tests’ in Lithic Use-Wear Research.  Western Canadian

                     Anthropologist 2: 26-30.

1985    Small Sites Archaeology and Use-Wear on Surface-Collected Artifacts.  Midcontinental

                     Journal of Archaeology 10: 21-48.

1986    (and Frank Cowan)  Experimentation with Spears and Arrows Using Animal Targets. 

                        Journal of Field Archaeology 13: 195-212.

1987    (and Frank Cowan)  Estimating Tillage Effects on Artifact Distributions.  American

                     Antiquity 52: 456-484.

1987    Analyse fonctionnelle des traces d’usure éffectuée à une échelle régional (l’Illinois).

                     L’Anthropologie 90: 381-398.

1988    Addressing Prehistoric Hunting Practices through Stone Tool Analysis.  American

                     Anthropologist 90: 335-356.

1990    (jr. author, with Frank Cowan) More on Estimating Tillage Effects: Reply to Dunnell and

                     Yorston.  American Antiquity 55: 598-605.

1992    Bewitched by Mechanical Site Testing Devices.  American Antiquity 57: 692-703.

1993    A North American Perspective on Recent Archaeological Stone Tool Research. 

                     Palimpsesto 3: 109-122.

1994    The Role of Stone Bladelets in Middle Woodland Society.  American Antiquity 59: 102-120.

1994    Prehistoric Hafting and Mobility in the North American Midcontinent: Examples from

                     Illinois.  Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 13: 51-73.

1994    (junior author, with Ken Shingleton and Tom Harris)  Atomic Absorption

                     Spectrophotometry Analysis of Ceramic Artefacts from a Protohistoric Site in Oklahoma.  Journal of Archaeological Science 21: 343-358.

1995    Is Anybody Listening to the Russians?  Lithic Technology 20: 40-52.

1998    Investigating Correlates of Sedentism and Domestication in Prehistoric North America. 

                     American Antiquity 63: 553-571. 

1999    The Organization of Labor at a Protohistoric Settlement in Oklahoma.  Journal of Field

                     Archaeology  26: 407-421.

2000    (junior author, with Michael J. Shott, Andrew P. Bradbury, and Philip J. Carr) Flake Size

                     from Platform Attributes: Predictive and Empirical Approaches.  Journal of Archaeological Science 27: 877- 894.

2000    Stone Tool Research at the End of the Millennium: Procurement and Technology.  Journal

                     of Archaeological Research 8: 269-331.

2001    Stone Tool Research at the End of the Millennium: Classification, Function, and Behavior.  Journal of Archaeological Research 9: 45-100.

2001    Research Problems R Us.  American Antiquity 66: 679-685.

2001    The Use of Metal at a Wichita Contact Settlement.  Southeastern Archaeology 20: 173-186.

 

 

                        Professional Presentations:

            Lectures:

1973, 1974 Biologisch-Archeologisch Instituut, Groningen, Netherlands

1974    State University of Utrecht, Netherlands

1975    Dept. of Archaeology, U. of Lund, Sweden

1975    Dept. of Archaeology, National U., Copenhagen, Denmark

1977    Dept. of Archaeology, Simon Fraser U., Burnaby, B.C., Canada

1978    Archaeological Society of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

1979    Dept. of Archaeology, St. Mary’s U., Halifax, N.S., Canada

1980    Dept. of Anthropology, Northwestern U., Evanston, Illinois

1981    Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology, M.I.T., Cambridge, Mass.

1983    Dept. of Anthropology, U. of Iowa, Iowa City

1984    Dept. of Anthropology, U. of Tennessee, Knoxville

1984    Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology, U. of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA

1984    Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work, Illinois State U., Normal

1985    Dept. of Anthropology, U. of Arkansas, Fayettteville

1985, 86, 89, 91    Oklahoma Anthropological Society, Norman

1985-present (occasional) Tulsa Archaeological Society, OK

1986    Mannford Historical Society, Mannford, OK

1986    Northwest Arkansas Archaeological Society, Springdale

1988    Audubon Society of Tulsa

1989    Dept. of Anthropology, U. of Kansas, Lawrence

1989    Jenks, Oklahoma, Chamber of Commerce

1989    Sunrise South Rotary Club, Tulsa

1989    McAlester Chapter of Oklahoma Anthropological Society

1989    Tulsa Branch, American Chemical Society

1990    Hope Unitarian Church, Tulsa

1990    All Souls Unitarian Church, Tulsa

1990    Green T Club, Tulsa

1991    Banquet speaker, Sapulpa (OK) Historical Society

1992    Audubon Society of Tulsa

1993    Ponca City Chapter of Oklahoma Anthropological Society

1994    Green T Club, Tulsa

1994    First speaker in series, “Here’s TU!” sponsored by University of Tulsa and Tulsa Library System

1994    Byrds Mill Chapter of Oklahoma Anthropological Society, Ada

1994    Anthropology Department, Univ. of Tulsa, Lecture Series

1995    Oklahoma Historical Society, Annual Meeting, Enid

1995    Oklahoma Anthropological Society, Spring Meeting, McAlester

1996    Oklahoma Anthropological Society, Certification Program on Protohistoric Period

1998    Ponca City Chapter of Oklahoma Anthropological Society

1998    Byrds Mill Chapter of Oklahoma Anthropological Society, Ada

1998    Over-55 Group, Hillcrest Health Center, Tulsa

1999    Evening Alliance, All Souls Unitarian Church, Tulsa

1999    Oklahoma Anthropological Society, Certification Program on Research Design

2000    Byrds Mill Chapter of Oklahoma Anthropological Society, Ada

2001    Oklahoma Anthropological Society, Fall Meeting, Tahlequah

2002    Wichita Archaeological Society, monthly meeting

2002    Boy Scout Troop 20, Boston Avenue Methodist Church, Tulsa

2002    Guest Speaker, Graduate Student Association Lecture Series, University of Oklahoma

2003    Byrds Mill Chapter of Oklahoma Anthropological Society, Ada

2003    Tulsa Archaeological Society, Tulsa

2003    Emerson Forum, All Souls Unitarian Church, Tulsa

2003    Books Sandwiched In, Tulsa Public Library, Tulsa

2003    Presenter in Masterclass on natural history in Univ. of Tulsa Nimrod Writing Workshop & Symposium

2003    Banquet Speaker, Annual Meeting of Arkansas Archeological Society, Fort Smith

2004    Wichita Archaeological Society, monthly meeting

2004    Oklahoma Anthropological Society, Spring meeting

2004    Tulsa Archaeological Society, Tulsa

2004    Byrds Mill Chapter of Oklahoma Anthropological Society, Ada

2005    OU Archaeological Field School, Newkirk, OK

2006    OU Archaeological Field School, Newkirk, OK

2006    Byrds Mill Chapter of Oklahoma Anthropological Society, Ada

2006    Tulsa Archeological Society, Tulsa

 

            Papers Presented at Professional Meetings:

1974    Quelques aspects d’une analyse fonctionnelle des pointes microlithiques de Bergumermeer, Pays-Bas.  Congrès Préhistorique de France, Xème Session, Martigues.

1976    Evaluation préliminaires des types d’outils en silex d’un site préhistorique: la fonction correspond-elle à la morphologie?  Union Internationale des Sciences Préhistoriques et Protohistoriques, IX ème Congrès, Nice, France.

1977    A New and Improved System for the Retrieval of Functional Information from Microscopic Observations of Chipped Stone Tools.  First Conference on Lithic Use-Wear, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

1979    The Experimental Use of Stone Projectile Points: Some Implications for the Functional Analysis of Prehistoric Artifacts.  Society for American Archaeology, 44th session, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

1979    An Experimental Study of Screening Techniques for Archaeological Data Recovery.  Midwest Archaeological Conference, Milwaukee, Wis.

1981    Chert Resource Availability in the Lower Illinois Valley: a Transect Sample.  Conference on the Prehistoric Exploitation of Lithic Materials, Carbondale, Ill.

1982    A Diachronic View of Lithic Assemblages from a Stratified Site in the Lower Illinois

                    Valley.  Society for American Archaeology, 47th session, Minneapolis.

1982    Problèmes dans l’étude des traces d’utilisation.  In colloquium, “Les traces d’utilisation des

                    pierres du Néolithique au Proche Orient.”  Maison de l’Orient Méditerranéen,

                    Universite de Lyon 2.

1983    Some Behavioral Implications of Differential Lithic Resource Availability.”  In symposium, “Lithic Analysis & Behavioral Interpretation: Recent Advances.  XI International  Congress of Anthropological & Ethnological Sciences, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

1984    Getting to the Point.  In symposium, “Lithic Experiments and Archaeology: Case Studies in Replication and Usewear Research.”  Society for American Archaeology, 49th session, Portland, Ore.

1986    Making Rocks Speak: Lithic Comparisons in the Illinois Valley.  In symposium, “Alternative Approaches to Lithic Analysis.”  Society for American Archaeology, 51st Session, New Orleans, La.  Also co-chaired this symposium with Don Henry.

1986    Host and Master of Ceremonies for semi-annual meeting of the Oklahoma Anthropological

                   Society (OAS) held at University of Tulsa

1987    Hard Rock in the Heartland.  In symposium, “Alternative Approaches to Lithic Analysis,”

                   organized by D. Henry and G. Odell, University of Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Also co-

                   organized (with D. Henry) and  hosted this symposium.

1988    Old Guns in Tulsa.  In symposium, “From the Cross Timbers to the Mixed Grass Prairie.”  Plains Anthropological Conference, Wichita, Kansas.

1989    The Ramifications of Uncontrolled Collecting of Archaeological Sites.  In symposium, “Collecting and the Role of Museums in Archaeology.”  Archaeological Congress, Baltimore, Md.

1989    Brer Rabbit Seeks True Knowledge.  In symposium, “The Interpretive Possibilities of Microwear Studies.”  International Use-wear Conference, University of Uppsala, Sweden.

1990    Lasley Vore Protohistoric Site.  Caddo Conference, Natchitochess, La.

1991    What Were Middle Woodland Blades Used For?  Midwest Archaeological Conference, LaCrosse, Wisconsin.

1991    Testing Human Behavior with Stone Tools.  Plains Anthropological Society Conference, Lawrence, Kansas.

1992    Testing Mobility Organization: Did Binford Have It Right?   Society for American Archaeology Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

1992    Travels of a Real Sooner.  Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Little Rock, Ar.

1993    Is Anybody Listening to the Russians?  Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Raleigh, N.C.

1993    Host and Master of Ceremonies for semi-annual meeting of Oklahoma Anthropological Society, held at the

                     University of Tulsa.

1993    Economizing Behavior and the Concept of ‘Curation.’ Tulsa Conference on Lithic Analysis, organized by G. Odell.  Tulsa, Ok.

1994    Tales of Titterington: Observations on Comparative Stone Tool Analyses from Illinois.  Joint Midwestern/Southeastern Archaeological Conference, Lexington, Ky.

1994    Chaired session, “Archaeology of the Late Archaic Period, I.”  Midwestern/Southeastern         Archaeological

                     Conference, Lexington, KY.

1995    At Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis, MN:


                        1.  Host of “Lithic Analysis” Roundtable Luncheon

                        2.  Discussant for symposium, “New Approaches to Method and Theory,” organized by J. Morrow

                                    and M.F. Rondeau

  1996  The Meaning of Spatial Clustering at the Lasley Vore Site.  In symposium, “Great Bend Aspect Archaeology/Wichita Ethnohistory.”  Flint Hills Archaeology Conference, St. Joseph, Mo.

  1996  Use-wear Interpretations and Archaeological Context.  In Workshop 17, “Functional Analysis: the Present State of the Research,” at International Congress of Pre-and Protohistoric Sciences, Forli, Italy.  Also served as Chair of this workshop.

  1996  What Do Functional Trends Mean?  Poster, at International Congress of Pre-and Protohistoric Sciences, Forli, Italy.

  1997  The Protohistoric Period in Eastern Oklahoma: Evidence from the Lasley Vore Site.  Oklahoma  Anthropological Society, fall meeting, Tulsa.

  1998  Testing Tulsa: Two Opportunities to Preserve Our Heritage.  Oklahoma  Preservation Conference, Ardmore.

  1998  Protohistoric Site Structure: On the Trail of La Harpe’s 1719 Journey to Oklahoma.  In symposium, “The Organization of Labor in Chipped Stone Manufacture and Use,” organized by Eric Kaldahl, Society for American Archaeology meetings, Seattle.

  1998  Discussant in symposium, “Refitting Studies in New and Old World Lithic Analysis, organized by Z. Davis and J. Franklin.  At Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Seattle, WA

  1999  Patterns in Faunal Data from the Lasley Vore Protohistoric Wichita Village.  41st Caddo Conference, Jefferson, Texas.

  1999  Problems in North Carolina Lithics Research.  Keynote Speech, Uwharries Lithics Conference, Asheboro, North Carolina.

  1999  The Value of Collaborative Discussions for Folsom Stone Tool Studies.  Keynote Speech, Second Folsom Lithics Conference, Austin, Texas.

  2000  Discussant in symposium, "Tools or Cores?  The Identification and Study of Alternative Core Technique in Lithic Assemblages," organized by Shannon McPherron and John Lindly.  Annual meeting of Society for American Archaeology, Philadelphia.

  2000  Defining Ambiguous Activity Areas through Use-Wear Analysis.  International Symposium on Use-Wear Analysis, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  2001  Wichita Tools on First Contact with the French.  In symposium, "Liminal Lithics: Stone Tool Technology in the Contact Era," organized by Charles R. Cobb.  Annual meeting of Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans.

  2002  Discussant/Facilitator, with Deborah Olszewski, at Roundtable Luncheon, "Recent Advances in Lithic Analysis."  Annual meeting of Society for American Archaeology, Denver.

  2002  Use-Wear Analysis Takes on the Protohistoric.  In symposium on the Protohistoric Period, organized by Donald Blakeslee and Richard Drass.  Plains Anthropological Conference, Oklahoma City.

  2003  Discussant in symposium, "Woman the Tool Maker," organized by Kathryn Weedman and Steven A. Brandt.  Annual meeting of Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee.

  2006  Discussant in symposium, "Theoretical Approaches to the Interpretation of Flaked Stone Assemblages," organized by Caryn Berg and Christine Ward.  Annual meeting of Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

 

 

                        Books:

            Scholarly Books:

 1996  Stone Tools and Mobility in the Illinois Valley: from Hunting-Gathering Camps to

            Agricultural Villages.  International Monographs in Prehistory, Ann Arbor, MI.

 2002   La Harpe's Post: a Tale of French-Wichita Contact on the Eastern Plains.  University of

            Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.                         

 2004   Lithic Analysis.  Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, New York.

 

            Edited Scholarly Books:

 1989  (D. Henry and G. Odell) Alternative Approaches to Lithic Analysis.  American

            Anthropological Society, Archaeological Papers, Vol. 1.

 1996  Stone Tools: Theoretical Insights into Human Prehistory.  Plenum Press, New York.

 

            Essays in Books:

 1979  A New and Improved System for the Retrieval of Functional Information from Microscopic

                    Observations of Chipped Stone Tools.  In Lithic Use-Wear Analysis, edited by B. Hayden, pp. 329-344.  Academic Press, New York.

 1984  Chert Resource Availability in the Lower Illinois Valley: a Transect Sample.  In Prehistoric

                        Chert Exploitation: Studies from the Midcontinent, edited by B. Butler & E. May,

     pp. 45-67.  Occasional Paper 2, Center for Archaeological Investigations, So. 

     Illinois U., Carbondale.

 1989  Fitting Analytical Techniques to Prehistoric Problems with Lithic Data.  In Alternative

                        Approaches to Lithic Analysis, edited by D. Henry and G. Odell, pp. 159-182. 

                        American Anthropological Association, Archaeological Papers, Vol. 1.

 1989   Experiments in Lithic Reduction.  In Experiments in Lithic Technology, edited by D. S.

                        Amick and R. P. Mauldin, pp. 163-198.  British Archaeological Reports,

                        International Series 528.  Oxford.

 1994   Assessing Hunter-Gatherer Mobility in the Illinois Valley: Exploring Ambiguous Results.