On the Western Periphery of the Plains, for 50± Years

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Although my Plains archaeology associations have primarily involved activities on the western periphery of the Plains, I have had the opportunity to participate in a variety of projects that have enabled me to not only gain experience but to make some contributions that otherwise might have gone by the boards.

I was born in Nebraska and raised until age eight in Gothenburg. I have vague recollections of accounts of farmers and "collectors" finding arrowheads in fields. My actual "formal" association with archaeology was through the Colorado Archaeological Society (CAS). As a junior in high school in 1947,1 became a charter member of the Denver Chapter of the CAS.

During a …