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This book is a revised version of my dissertation, which was completed at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. I would like to thank my dissertation committee (Dr. Richard W. Jefferies, Dr. John Van Willigan, Dr. Kim A. McBride, and Dr. John Watkins) and the outside reader (Dr. Theda Perdue) for their instructive comments and constructive criticisms. I would especially like to thank my dissertation chair, Dr. Tom D. Dillehay, who always took the time to discuss my research, to provide constructive criticism, and to encourage me to examine my data critically and from a variety of perspectives. Over the years, Tom also has been a good friend. This study was funded, in part, by a Dissertation Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation. In addition, analysis of the Slack Farm, Caborn, and Hovey Lake ceramics was supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The support of both institutions is greatly appreciated. Ed Winkle of the Laboratory for Archaeological Research at the University of Kentucky deserves a word of thanks for administering both grants. All successful research projects are dependant upon the active participation and involvement of many individuals, and this study is no exception. I was assisted in the ¤eld and laboratory by the following individuals: Dan Davis, Aaron Zibart, Eric Bushee, David McBride, William Lowthert, Don Miller, Chris Bergman, and Ken Duerksen. Dan Davis did most of the artifact illustrations , but John Dean drew the Campbell Punctate jar with 16 handles and the Miscellaneous Incised/Trailed jar (¤gs. 3.11 and 3.23). David McBride and Dave Fraley took the artifact photographs, and Jennifer Harr assisted on many of the illustrations. David L. Morgan, director of the Kentucky Heritage Council, deserves a word of thanks for his continued support of my research and of Kentucky archaeology. I would like to thank Dr. Brian Butler at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale for allowing me to examine their Caborn-Welborn collections and for providing me constructive feedback on my ideas concerning the nature of Caborn-Welborn sociopolitical organization and the late prehistory of the lower Ohio valley. Phil DiBlasi at the University of Louisville, Dr. Jack Schock at Western Kentucky University, Noel Justice at the Glenn A. Black Acknowledgments Laboratory of Archaeology at Indiana University, and Dr. Mary Lucas Powell , former director of the William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology at the University of Kentucky, also graciously made collections available for me to study. Collections also were made available for study by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Mike Moore also deserves a word of thanks. Not only did he allow me to borrow some of his Caborn-Welborn materials, but Mike freely provided copies of his ¤eld notes and other information he had collected on CabornWelborn sites. Others who allowed me to examine collections are Charles Mulligan and William Eckman. I would especially like to thank Cheryl Ann Munson of Indiana University , without whose assistance it would have been dif¤cult to complete this study. Cheryl freely provided me with notes and records she had amassed on several Caborn-Welborn sites. She also made available recently collected materials from Ries-Hasting and collections from Murphy and Ashworth, which she had on loan from the Glenn A. Black Laboratory at Indiana University . Cheryl provided me laboratory space to analyze these materials and a place to spend the night. Most important, she was always willing to listen to my ideas, to discuss and critique them, and at times was willing to agree to disagree. Over the years I have also bene¤tted from discussions with other friends and colleagues. Among them are Dr. Jack Rossen, Bill Sharp, the late Dr. Tom Sussenbach, Dr. George Milner, Dr. Wesley Cowan, Dr. Michael Hoffman, and the late Dr. Jimmy Grif¤n. I would also like to thank the outside reviewers , Dr. Marvin Smith and Dr. Kit Wesler, for their constructive comments and Judith Knight for assisting me in the process of seeing this manuscript transformed into a book. I would like to thank my parents, Aileen and Sheldon Pollack, for instilling in me an openness to new ideas and a desire to learn more about the world around me. Finally, I would like to thank Gwynn for not only supporting my research endeavors and providing editorial assistance but for also being my best friend. xii Acknowledgments Caborn-Welborn ...

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