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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. 

                        In The Organization of North American Prehistoric Chipped Stone Tool

                        Technologies, edited by P. J. Carr, pp. 70-86.  International Monographs in

                        Prehistory, Ann Arbor, MI.

 1996   Economizing Behavior and the Concept of ‘Curation.’  In Stone Tools: Theoretical Insights

                         into Human Prehistory, edited by G. Odell, pp. 51-80.  Plenum Press, New York.

 1996   (G. Odell et al.) Some Comments on a Continuing Debate.  In Stone Tools: Theoretical

                        Insights into Human Prehistory, edited by G. Odell, pp. 377-392.  Plenum Press,

                        New York.

 1998   46 individual entries.   In Archaeology of Prehistoric Native America: an Encyclopedia,

                        edited by Guy Gibbon.  Garland Publishing Co., New York.

 2000   Use-Wear Analysis.  In Archaeological Method and Theory: an Encyclopedia, edited by

                        L. Ellis, pp. 651-655.  Garland Publishing Co., New York.

 2003   Wichita Tools on First Contact with the French.  In Stone Tool Traditions in the Contact

                        Era, edited by Charles R. Cobb, pp. 29-50.  University of Alabama Press,

                        Tuscaloosa.

 2005   La Harpe, Jean-Baptiste Bénard de, Sieur (1683-1765).  In France and the Americas:

                        Culture, Politics, and History, edited by Bill Marshall, vol. 2, pp. 654-655.  ABC-

                        CLIO, Santa Barbara.

 

 

            Technical Reports:

 1979   Site EeRj 92: Excavation Report.  In Hat Creek Project: Inventory, Assessment and

                        Evaluation of the Cultural Heritage Resources, edited by P. Beirne and D. Pokotylo. 

                        Report to B.C. Hydro and Power Authority, Archaeology Laboratory, University of

                        British   Columbia, Vancouver.

 1982   Functional Analysis of Lithic Artifacts in West-central Illinois: Experiments and Systems

                        Used.  Contract Archeology Program, Center for American Archeology, Kampsville,

                        Illinois.  Report of Investigations, no. 129.

 1982   The Typological System Employed to Process Lithic Artifacts from Sites on the FAP 408

                        Corridor.  Contract Archeology Program, Center for American Archeology,

                        Kampsville, llinois.  Report of Investigations, no. 128.

 1983   (junior author, with H. Hassan and J. Batura)  Upland Resource Utilization: Archaeological

                        Investigations at the Wendle site (11-Je222), Jersey County, Illinois.  Contract

                        Archeology Program, Center for American Archeology, Reports of Investigations,

                        no. 132.

 1985   Hill Creek Site Lithic Analysis.  In The Hill Creek Homestead and the Late Mississippian

                         Settlement in the Lower Illinois Valley, edited by M.D. Connor, pp. 55-144.  Center

                        for American Archeology, Research Series, Vol. 1.

 1985   Lithic Asssemblage and Lithic Use-Wear Analysis of the Archaic Occupations.  In The

                        Campbell Hollow Archaic Occupations: a Study of Intrasite Spatial Structure in the

                        Lower Illinois Valley, edited by C. R. Stafford, pp. 37-52, 121-157.  Center for

                        American Archeology, Research Series, Vol. 4.

 1985   Microwear Analysis of Middle Woodland Lithics.  In Smiling Dan: Structure and Function

                        at a Middle Woodland Settlement in the Illinois Valley, edited by B. Stafford and M.

                        Sant, pp. 298-326.  Center for American Archeology, Research Series, Vol. 2.

 1986   (jr. author, with M.D. Wiant) Middle Woodland Lithic Analysis; (jr. author, with C. R.

                        McGimsey and M.D. Wiant) Block IV Lithic Analysis; (jr. author, with C. R.

                        McGimsey and M.D. Wiant) Block I Lithic Analysis.  In Woodland Period

                        Occupations of the Napoleon Hollow Site in the Lower Illinois Valley, edited by M.

                        D. Wiant and C. R. McGimsey, pp.  171-189; 190-270; 271-329.  Center for

                        American Archeology, Research  Series, Vol. 6.

 1988   Preliminary Analysis of Lithic and Other Nonceramic Assemblages.  In The Archaic and          

                        Woodland Cemeteries at the Elizabeth Site in the Lower Illinois Valley, edited by D.

                        Charles, S. Leigh and J. Buikstra, pp.  155-190.  Center for American Archeology,

                        Research Series, Vol. 7.

 1988   The Flaked Stone Industry from Banja.  In Divostin and the Neolithic of Central Serbia,

                        edited by A. McPherron and D. Srejovic, pp. 246-253.  University of Pittsburgh,

                        Ethnology Monographs, No. 10.

 1988   (and Pilar Arias, David Hagen and Dorothy Gaston)  An Archaeological Survey of Western

                        Wagoner County.  Department of Anthropology, University of Tulsa, Contributions

                        in Archaeology, No. 16.

 1988   (junior author, with Frieda Odell-Vereecken) The Relationship between Collections and

                        Archaeology as Tested at the Wilmoth Sites, Adair County, Oklahoma.  Bulletin of

                        the Olahoma Anthropological Society 37: 191-219.

 1989   Final Report on Archaeological Excavations conducted between May and July, 1988, at the

                        Lasley Vore Site (34Tu-65), Jenks, Oklahoma.  Report prepared for Sirrine

                        Environmental Consultants for the Kimberly-Clark Corp.

 1989   First Impressions and Ultimate Reality: Excavation of the Day Site in Wagoner County,

                    Oklahoma.  Bulletin of the Oklahoma Anthropological Society 38: 19-46.

 1989   An Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Creek Turnpike between Memorial Avenue and

                    Highway 75.  Mitigation report prepared for Shipley & Schneider, Attorneys at Law.

 1990   (and J. Dixon, K. Dickerson & K. Shingleton, Jr.)  An Archaeological Investigation of the

                    Arkansas River Bluffline between Jenks and Bixby, Eastern Oklahoma.  Department of

                    Anthropology, University of Tulsa, Contributions in Archaeology, no. 17.

 1990   Microwear Analysis of a Sample of Artifacts from the Atterbury Site.  In Riverton Lithics

                    and Woodland  Ceramics: Archaeological Data Recovery at 12-B-815, a

                    Multicomponent Prehistoric Site in Bartholomew County, Indiana, edited by C. A. Bergman, pp.  113-127.          Mitigation Report submitted by 3D/Environmental Services, Inc., and WAPORA, Inc.

 1999   (jr. author, with Charlette Gifford)  Digging in Museums: WPA Archaeology in the Grand

                    River Valley as Seen from the Duck Creek Site.  Bulletin of the Oklahoma

                    Anthropological Society 48: 83-111.

 2003   (and Anne Louise van Gign)  Use-Wear Analysis of Some Pendejo Lithic Artifacts.  In Pendejo Cave, edited by R. S. MacNeish and J. G. Libby, pp. 257-275.  University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque.

 2005   Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Yale Bridge Project, submitted to Cinnabar Environmental Consutants, Tulsa, OK.

 2006   The Cherokee Saline Archaeological Project, submitted to the Saline Preservation Association and Oklahoma State Archeologist, Norman, OK.

 

            Proceedings Publications:

 1976   L’analyse fonctionnelle microscopique des pierres taillées.  Un nouveau système.  Actes du

                    Congrès Préhistorique de France, Xème session, Martigues, pp.  385-390.

 1980   Statement of Position Taken by Committee no. 2 Concerning Archaeological Survey.  In

                    Proceedings of the Conference on Northeastern Archaeology, edited by J. A. Moore,

                    pp. 195-197.  Department of Anthropology, U. of Massachusetts, Research Reports, no. 19. 

 1983   Problèmes dans l’étude des traces d’utilisation.  In Traces d’utilisation sur les outils

                    néolithiques du Proche Orient, edited by M. C. Cauvin, pp. 17-24.  Proceedings of CNRS Round Table, Lyon, France.  Occasional Papers of Maison de l’Orient Mediterraneen, Universite de Lyon 2.

 1990   Brer Rabbit Seeks True Knowledge.  In The Interpretive Possibilities of Microwear Studies,

                    edited by B. Graslund et al., pp.  124-134.  Proceedings of International Conference on

                    Lithic Use-Wear Analysis, Uppsala, Sweden.  AUN, Vol. 14, Uppsala.

 1996   What Do Functional Trends Mean?  Following Lithic Use-Wear Data through Time in

                    Midcontinental North America.  Posters of the Workshops Section.  Volume 2, 17.   

                    Abstracts of the XIII International Congress of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences,

                    Forli, Italy, p. 356.

 1998   Use-Wear Interpretations and Archaeological Context.  In Workshop 17, “Functional

                    Analysis of Lithic Artifacts: Current State of the Research.”  Proceedings of XIII

                    Congress, Union International des Sciences Pre- et Protohistoriques, Forli, Italy, Sept.

                    8-14, 1996.  Volume 6, pp.  1173-1179.

 1998   The Protohistoric Period in Eastern Oklahoma: Evidence from the Lasley Vore Site. 

                    Bulletin of the Oklahoma Anthropological Society 47: 83-117.  Papers presented in OAS symposium, “Prehistory and History of the Tulsa Area through Civil War and

                    Reconstruction,” organized and edited by Frank Winchell.  Tulsa, Ok., 1997.

 

                        Other Publications:

            Book Reviews:

 1974   Review of The Mesolithic in Europe, edited by S. K. KozlowskI.  Helinium 14: 278-284. 

                        See also his response and my reply in Helinium 15: 204-207 (1975).

 1975   Review of Classification formelle automatique et industries lithiques.  Interpretations des

                        hacheraux de la Kamoa, by Daniel Cahen and Phillippe Martin.  Helinium 15: 96-

                        100.

 1982   Emerging Directions in the Analysis of Prehistoric Stone Tool Use.  Reviews in

                        Anthropology 9: 17-33.

 1986   Review of The Julian Site, by George R. Milner.  Oklahoma Anthropological Society

                        Newsletter 34 (6): 15.

 1986   Review of Use-wear Analysis of Flaked Stone Tools, by Patrick C. Vaughan.  Lithic

                        Technology 15: 115-120.

 1987   Review of Stone Tool Analysis: Essays in Honor of Don E. Crabtree, edited by M. G. Plew,

                        J. C. Woods & M. Pavesic.  American Anthropologist 89: 772-773.

 1988   Review of Technical Aspects of Microwear Studies on Stone Tools, edited by L. R. Owen

                        and G. Unrath.  American Antiquity 53: 203-204.

 1988   Review of Prehistoric Life on the Mississippi Floodplain, by R. Yerkes.  The American

                        Scientist (May/June, 1988).

 1988   Review of Stone Tool Use at Cerros: The Ethno-archaeological and Use-wear Evidence, by

                        S. M. Lewenstein.  The American Scientist (September, 1988)

 1988   Review of Stone Age Spear and Arrow Points of the Midcontinental and Eastern United

                        States, by N. D. Justice.  Oklahoma Anthropological Society Newsletter 36: 13-14.

 1989   Review of The Human Uses of Flint and Chert, edited by G. de G. Sieveking and M. H.

                        Newcomer.   American Scientist (January, 1989).

 1990   Review of Archaeological Wood: Properties, Chemistry, and Preservation, edited by R.M.

                        Rowell and R. J. Harbour.  Oklahoma Anth. Society Newsletter 38(7): 7-9.

 1993   Review of Ice Age Hunters of the Rockies, edited by D. Stanford and J. Day.  North

                        American Archaeologist 14: 166-168.

 1994   Review of Thedford II: a Paleo-Indian Site in the Ausable River Watershed of Southwestern

                        Ontario, by D. B. Deller and C. J.  Ellis.  North American Archeologist 15: 87-89.

 1994   Review of Integrated Lithic Analysis: the Significance and Function of Key-Shaped Formed

                        Unifaces on the Interior Plateau of Northwestern North America, by M. K.

                        Rousseau.  Lithic Technology 19: 71-73.

 1995   Review of Plains Indians, A.D. 500-1500: the Archaeological Past of Historic Groups,

                        edited by K. H. Schliesier.  Newsletter of Oklahoma Anthropological Society 43(3):

                        9-10.  Also in North American Archaeologist 18: 95-97 (1997).

 1995   Review of Archaeological and Paleoenvironmental Investigations in the Dutchess Quarry

                        Caves, Orange County, New York, by R.E. Funk and D. W. Steadman.  Newsletter

                        of the Oklahoma Anthropological Society 43(6): 11-12.

 1995   Review of Prehistoric Lithic Industry at Dover, Tennessee, by Richard Gramly.  Lithic

                        Technology 20: 144-145.

 1995   Review of Maya Ceremonial Specialization: Lithic Tools from the Sacred Cenote at

                        Chichen ltza, by April K. Sievert.  Lithic Technology 20: 146-147.

 1995   Review of Points in Time: Structure and Event in a Late Northern Plains Hunting Society,

                        by Philip Duke.  North American Archaeologist 16: 363-365.

 1996   Review of A Fundamental Basalt Flake Analysis: Based on Experimentally-Produced and

                        Used Flakes as Well as the Prehistoric Waikalua Material, by Boris Deunert.  Lithic

                        Technology 21: 158-160.

 1996   Review of Die microskopische Analyse von Steingeraten: Experimente -

                        Auswertungsmethoden - Artefaktanalysen, by Alfred Pawlik.  Lithic Technology 21:

                        168-170.

 1997   Review of Lithics in Context: Suggestions for the Future Direction of Lithic Studies, edited

                        by A. J. Schofield.  Lithic Technology 22: 197-199.

 1997   Review of The First Discovery of America: Archaeological Evidence of the Early Inhab-

                        itants of the Ohio Area, by William S. Dancey.  North American Archaeologist 18:

                        93-95.

 1998   Review of Determining Clear Fork Tool Function through Use-Wear Analysis, by Dale

                        Hudler.  Lithic Technology 23: 147.

 1998   Review of Fairweather Eden: Life Half a Million Years Ago as Revealed by the Excavations

                        at Boxgrove, by Michael Pitts and Mark Roberts.  Lithic Technology 23: 147-148.

 1998   Review of Projectile Technology, edited by Heidi Knecht.  American Anthropologist

                        100: 793-794.

             1999   Review of A Closer Look: Recent Australian Studies of Stone Tools, edited by Richard

                        Fullagar.  Lithic Technology 24: 136-137.

 1999   Review of The Paleoindian and Early Archaic Southeast, edited by David B. Anderson and

                        Kenneth E. Sassaman.  North American Archaeologist 20: 203-206.

 2000   Review of From Forager to Farmer in Flint: a Lithic Analysis of the Prehistoric Transition

                        to Agriculture in Southern Scandinavia, by Michael Stafford.  Lithic Technology 25:

                        60-62.

 2001   Review of Human Beginnings in South Africa: Uncovering the Secrets of the Stone Age,

                        by Hilary J. and Janette Deacon.  Lithic Technology 26: 153-155.

 2002   Review of Aurignacian Lithic Economy: Ecological Perspectives from Southwestern

                        France, by Brooke S. Blades.  Lithic Technology 27: 78-80.

 2002   Review of Understanding Stone Tools and Archaeological Sites, by Brian P. Kooyman. 

                        Lithic Technology 27: 161-164.

 2003   Review of Lithic Debitage: Context, Form, Meaning, edited by William Andrefsky, Jr.

                        Lithic Technology 28: 65-68.

 2003   Review of Rekem: a Federmesser Camp on the Meuse River Bank, by Marc DeBie and

                        Jean-Paul Caspar.  Lithic Technology 28: 142-143.

 2004   Review of Written in Stone: the Multiple Dimensions of Lithic Analysis, edited by P. Nick

                        Kardulias and Richard W. Yerkes.  Lithic Technology 29: 176-177.

 2004   Review of American Flintknappers, by John C. Whittaker.  Journal of Anthropological

                        Research 60: 624-625.

 2005   Review of A Record in Stone: the Study of Australia's Flaked Stone Artefacts, by Simon Holdaway and Nicola Stern.  Archaeology in Oceania 40(1): 20-26.

 2006   Review of The Roots of Use-Wear Analysis: Selected Papers of S. A. Semenov, edited by Laura Longo and Natalia Skakun.  Lithic Technology 31: 152-154.

 2006   Review of Native Ground: Indians and Colonists in the Heart of the Continent, by Kathleen DuVal.  Chronicles of Oklahoma 84: 362-363.

 

            Film/video Reviews:

1982    Review of “Other People’s Garbage.”  Science Books and Films (American Association for

                        the Advancement of  Science) 18(1): 49.

1982    Review of “Radioactive Dating.”  Science Books & Films 17(4): 224.

1983    Review of “Beyond Africa.”  Science Books & Films 18(4): 223.

1983    Review of “Caste and Class.”  Science Books & Films 19(1): 38.

1984    Review of “The Man behind the Mask.”  Science Books & Films (19(5): 309.

1986    Review of “The Tarahumaras.”  Science Books & Films 21(4): 231.

1987    Review of “Anatomy of a Continent.”  Science Books & Films 22(5): 319.

1987    Review of “The Incas.”  Science Books & Films 23(2): 126.

1988    Review of “Easter in Igloolik.”  Science Books & Films 24(2): 107.

1989    Review of “Margaret Mead and Samoa.”  Science Books & Films 25(1): 45.

1991    Review of “Kurdistan: the Last Colony?”  Science Books & Films 27(7): 215.

1991    Review of “The Spirit of Kuna Yala.”  Science Books & Films 27(9): 275.

1992    Review of “Honorable Nations.”  Science Books & Films 28(4): 125.

1994    Review of “Return to Cameroun.”  Science Books & Films 30: 54.

1994    Review of “Leonard’s Travels.”  Science Books & Films 30: 54.

 

            Comments:

1978    On “Temporal Models in Prehistory: an Example from Eastern North America,” by James

                        B. Stoltman.  Current Anthropology 19:735-736.

1979    On “Stone Tools, Toolkits and Human Behavior in Prehistory,” by D. Cahen, L. H. Keeley

                        and F. L. Van Noten.  Current Anthropology 20: 676-677.

1983    On “Observations on the Lower Paleolithic of Northeast Asia," by Seonbok Yi and G. A.

                        Clark.  Current Anthropology 24: 195.

 

            Letters and Information Pieces:

1976    (and R. Tringham, M. Roberts, B. Voytek and A. Whitman) Microwear Analysis.  Journal

                        of Field Archaeology 3: 239-240.

2000    Semenov Use-Wear Conference.  Newsletter of the Oklahoma Anthropological Society

                        48(3): 14-17.

 

                        Research Proposals (successful):

1986    “Archaeological Survey of Portions of Western Wagoner County.”  Funded through the

            Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office. $24,558.

1988    “An Archaeological Investigation of the Day Site, Wagoner County, Oklahoma.”  Funded

            through the Oklahoma Foundation for the Humanities.  $350.

1989    “A Proposal for a Jenks-Bixby Bluffline Archaeological Survey.”  Funded through the

            Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office. $25,371.

1990    “Testing at Site My-2, Mayes County, Oklahoma.”  Funded through the U.S. ARMY Corps

            of Engineers.     $9920.

1992    “Support for Hokiahse Site Excavation.”  Funded through the Oklahoma Foundation for the

            Humanities. $500.

 

                        Student Degree Committees:

            Chairperson (TU Masters):                  

1986    Dorothy Gaston            1986   Susan Danowski             1988   Pilar Arias             1991   Ken Shingleton

1993    Dorothy Walwer           1995   Joe Thompson               1998   Amy Picarella      1998   Greg Maggard

2000    Natalie Garrett             2002   Eric Menzel                     2002   John Bogatko      2002   Fred Suffridge                                                  

            Committee Member (TU Masters):

1987   Chistopher Lee          1988   Timothy Roberts             1989   Jonathan Sellers      1990    Elizabeth Pintar  

1992   Chen Shen                    1993   Gregory Walwer               1993   Russ Townsend        1994    Steven Mack

1994    Pat Thomas                1995   Christopher Miller           1997   John Williams          1997    Kris Kerry

1998    Jesse Benton             1998   Teresa Armagan                1999   Dawn Frost                2000    Todd Pitezel

2000    Joel White                2000   Cathy Mayo                       2000   Joseph Beaver          2001    Heather Brauer

2002   Seiji Kadowaki         2002   Jeanna Jones                     2003   Karla Cordova          2005    Matthew Senn

2005   Sean Bergin

 

            Outside Examiner:

1982    Johan Binneman (Masters, Univ. of Stellenbosch, South Africa: Outside Examiner of thesis

                               in Africaans)

1985    John Tomenchuk (PhD, University of Toronto, Canada: was invited to Toronto to attend thesis defense)

1986    Richard Fullagar (PhD, La Trobe University, Australia: Outside Examiner for written dissertation)

1989-94 Frank Cowan (PhD, SUNY Buffalo: Outside Examiner for qualifying exams and for

                                dissertation)

1989    Jack Schultz (Masters, University of Oklahoma: Examiner, and attended thesis defense)

1990    Phillip G. Boot (Masters, Australian National University, Canberra: outside Examiner for thesis)

1993    Amal Mohammed (PhD, Southern Methodist University: Outside Examiner and attended defense)

1994-2000   Berkley Bailey (PhD, Univ. of Oklahoma: Examiner of qualifying examinations, attended thesis defense)

1994    Laurie Croft (EdD, Univ. of Tulsa, SEAR: Outside Examiner for written dissertation)

1996    Elizabeth Pintar (PhD, SMU: Outside Examiner for dissertation)

1999    Michael D. Hanslip (PhD, Australian National University, Canberra: Outside Examiner for dissertation)

2002    Veerle Rots (PhD, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium: Outside Examiner, attended dissertation defense)

 

                        Continuing Education/Short Courses:

1978    “European Prehistory.”  Adult Education Course, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.

1983    Europe’s Distant Past: the Old Stone Age.”  Adult Education Course, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois.

1983    “Roots of European Civilization.”  Adult Education Course, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois.

1988    “Exploring Prehistoric Tulsa.”  Adult and Community Education Course, Tulsa Public Schools, Oklahoma.

1990    “Exploring Prehistoric Tulsa.”  Adult and Community Education Course, Tulsa Public Schools, Oklahoma.

1990    (assisted Michael Whalen, who organized the course) “Prehistory of the American Southwest.”  McClure Recreation Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

1998    Conducted all-day session on Research Design for the Oklahoma Anthropological Society Certification Council

 

                        Technical Consulting:

            I have consulted on several pipeline, highway and mining projects (e.g., Creek Turnpike Survey, Extension of Riverside Drive Survey), as well as on the Kimberly-Clark Plant Assessment.  I also regularly review proposals from granting agencies such as the National Science Foundation and Leakey Foundation, and I regularly preview articles for journals such as American Antiquity, Latin American Antiquity, Journal of Field Archaeology, Journal of Archaeological Science, and Science.

 

                        Professional Duties and Committees:

1986   present            Member of Citizens’ Advisory Board for Oklahoma Archaeological Survey

1991-93               Committee for Certification in Teaching, Society of Professional Archaeologists

1993-2000       Committee for Award for Excellence in Lithic Studies, Society for American Archaeology

                                    (Chair, 1999-2000)

2000-2002       Committee for the Award for Excellence in Archaeological Analysis, SAA (Chair, 2001-2002)

2003-present    Treasurer, Society for American Archaeology (also on SAA Board and Executive Committee)

 

                        Civic Activities:

            I regularly consult with people about their artifacts, occasionally traveling to sites and peoples’ houses.  I have also given several presentations to local historical societies, the Tulsa Audubon Society, Chambers of Commerce, church groups, etc.  (not all of which have been mentioned herein).  I am the department’s (and university’s) clearinghouse for weirdos and strange objects, and served as the President of Tulsa Archaeological Society from 1992 to 1994.

 

                        University of Tulsa Service Activities:

University of Tulsa:

            Committee for Improvement of Tulsa Curriculum: 1985

            Review Committee for Faculty Research Grants: 1985-88, 2002-03

            Committee on Academic Freedom and Misconduct: 1987-88, 1991-92, 1994

            Canterbury Center: Member, Advisory Board (1986-90); President, Advisory Board (1989-90)

            University Grievance Committee: 1995-1998

            University Committee for Evaluation of North Central Accreditation Assn.: 1996-1999

            Senate Academic Affairs Committee: 2000-2003; Chair, 2001-2003

            TU University Senate: 2001-2002

            University Committee on Rights & Responsibilities: 2002-2005

            University Curriculum Committee: 2005-2006

TU Arts & Sciences College:

            Student Advisor: 1986-1990

            A&S Curriculum Committee: 1989-90; Chair 1992-94; 1996-98

            A & S Associate Dean Search Committe: 1992

            Honors Program, Admissions Committee: 1991-1993

            A & S Director for Tulsa Undergraduate Research Challenge (TURC): 1996-2002

            A&S Tenure & Promotion Committee: 1999-2001; Chair, 2000-2001

            Committee on Academic Assessment: 2003-2005

TU Department of Anthropology:

            Undergraduate Advisor: 1984-2000

            Chair, Department of Anthropology: 2000-2006

 

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