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xxi Many people and institutions helped to make the fieldwork at the Gault site possible . Howard, Ricky, Doris, and Leslie Lindsey granted permission to excavate on their property. Mike Collins invited us to participate in the exploration of the Gault site and provided logistical support during the excavation. Jim Bowmer allowed us to use the lodging, kitchen, and dining facilities at Peaceable Kingdom near Youngsport during the 2000 season. The 2000 excavation crew included Dawn Alexander, Mary Barnes, Damon Burden, Ian Buvit, Stephanie Corley, Bill Dickens, Marco Gonzalez, Debbie Hammon, Sara Hoskins, Jo Beth Jones, Emily King, Donn Magruder, Kathleen Murray, Charlotte Pevny, Harry Shafer, Andrea Stahman, Mark Valvo, Mike Waters, Corey Werner, and Jim Wiederhold. The 2001 excavation crew included Michele Boulé, Christina Brennecke, David Carlson, Mabel Cortina, Allison Cruse, Bill Dickens, Ingrid Edge, Dana Ellisor, Henry Hanson, Elisa Lazo, Myra McMinn, Charlotte Pevny, Tony Ramos, Julia Recindus, Becca Sager, Ashley Smallwood , Victoria Springer, Matt Turner, and Jim Wiederhold. Funding for the fieldwork was provided by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s Advanced Research Program; the Texas Preservation Trust Fund Grant Program, Texas Historical Commission; Texas A&M University’s Interdisciplinary Research Initiatives Program; and Texas A&M University’s College of Geosciences Research Enhancement Fund. Dan Potter helped us secure the Texas Preservation Trust Fund Award. Artifacts, sediments, and faunal materials were analyzed in the laboratories of the Center for the Study of the First Americans and the Department of Anthropology , Texas A&M University. Charlotte Pevny supervised the laboratory. Many undergraduate students assisted in the laboratory work—Rick Anderson, Katie Hill, Aline Lovings, Sarah McAndrews, and Holly Myers, among others. Dawn Marshall and Vaughn Bryant analyzed sediment samples for pollen and phytolith identification . Funding from endowments belonging to the Center for the Study of the First Americans and donations from Center members and board members paid for the laboratory analyses. We especially want to thank Mark Mullins, Robert Wilson, Roy Shlemon, Robert Engle, Leslie Pfeiffer, Robert Rotstan, Elmer Guerri, Greg Moore, Steve Kohntopp, Joyce Pytkowicz, and Sandy and Larry Tradlener. During the entire project, Mike Collins of the Gault School of Archaeological Research provided advice and shared his insights about the site and Clovis lithic technology. The staff at the Gault School of Archaeological Research, especially Clark Wernecke, Cinda Acknowledgments xxii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Timperley, Andy Hemmings, Marilyn Shoberg, Jon Lohse, and Ken Brown, assisted in many ways. The preparation of this manuscript was possible because of the support received by Waters from the Texas A&M University Former Student’s Faculty Development Leave Program. A Development Leave awarded in 2008 provided the time needed to concentrate on this book. Funds from the Endowed Chair in First American Studies provided funding for a postdoctoral position supporting Charlotte Pevny to assist with the editing and completion of the book. Funds from the Endowed Chair in First American Studies were also used to hire Joshua Keene to prepare the illustrations and to buy out a semester to complete the manuscript. David Anderson, Richard Boisvert, Michael Collins, and Harry Shafer provided insightful comments that improved this manuscript. Frank Weir illustrated the artifacts shown in figures 50 and 51. Funding to support the production of this book and the color illustrations was provided Mark Mullins, Robert Engle, Ray and Jean Auel, Elmer Guerri, Greg Moore, Toni Cloninger, the College of Liberal Arts (Texas A&M University), the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, and the Endowed Chair in First American Studies (Center for the Study of the First Americans). We thank our friends and the institutions for their generous support, which greatly enhanced the book. Finally, we acknowledge two significant contributions to First Americans studies that helped our interpretation of the Gault site. First, we thank Joe and Ruth Cramer , who created the North Star Archaeological Research Program at Texas A&M University to investigate the first Americans. Although no North Star funds were used to investigate Excavation Area 8 in 2000, later work funded by the North Star Program at the Debra L. Friedkin site (41BL1239), located just 200 m downstream of the Gault site, enhanced our understanding of the geological context and site formation processes at Excavation Area 8 and the Gault site. These studies also allowed us to realize the size and intensity of Clovis utilization along Buttermilk Creek. These insights are woven into the geological and archaeological conclusions of this book. Second, we thank Marshall Payn, who funded most of the redating of Clovis sites several years ago (with some funding from the North Star Program), which also directly...