Of Caves and Shell Mounds

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL research described in this book took place throughout the last 30 years. Many people and many agencies facilitated our research efforts during that time. Work in the Mammoth Cave area was administratively supported by officials from the National Park Service, Mammoth Cave National Park, and the Cave Research Foundation. While working in the Big Bend area of Green River, we received valuable support from people from the community of Logansport, Kentucky, especially the late John L. Thomas and Waldemar and Ethie Annis. A special thank you is extended to Cindy Lawson and Richard Mjos for their computer and artistic skills, respectively. The staff at the University of Alabama Press, especially Judith Knight and copy-editor Marie-Josee Schorp, provided much assistance and many helpful suggestions. This manuscript was prepared primarily during Carstens's one-semester sabbatical granted him by Murray State University. Additional funds in support of this project were provided by Peter Whaley, director of Murray State University Committee on Institutional Studies and Research, and by Joe Cartwright, dean of the College of Humanistic Studies. Grants from Washington University, the Cave Research Foundation, the National Geographic Society, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Science Foundation have been awarded to Watson in support of our research. Permission for Christine Hensley to access and study the Works Progress Administration collections at the University of Kentucky came from the University's Museum of Anthropology , directed by Dr. Mary Lucas Powell. The index was prepared by Kathleen Tucker. Last, we would like to thank Dr. William H. Marquardt for allowing us to use his line drawings for Figures P-2 and 9.1. To these people and agencies, we wish to express our most sincere gratitude and appreciation. KENNETH C. CARSTENS AND PATTY Jo WATSON xvii Of Caves and Shell Mounds ...