THE McNARY RESERVOIR, A STUDY IN 

 PLATEAU ARCHEOLOGY ' 



By Joel L. Shiner 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



In any extended program that involves as much as 4 years' work 

 in the field and laboratory, contributions of time, labor, and ideas 

 will have been made by many persons. It is not possible to extend 

 to each of these persons my gratitude for a job well done, but, for the 

 record, the cooperation and assistance given me at all times were all 

 that I could ask for. 



Through all of the period of field and laboratory work, Dr. Frank 

 H. H. Roberts, Jr., was the director of River Basin Surveys, and for 

 most of the period, my direct supervisor. Dr. Roberts was a constant 

 source of guidance for any problem large or small. I wish to aclmowl- 

 edge my gratitude for this and for a most pleasant association. 



My closest associate in the fieldwork, and for part of the period, my 

 immediate supervisor, was Douglas Osborne. Dr. Osborne, who later 

 was with the University of Washington and is now director of the 

 Wetherill Mesa Project at Mesa Verde National Park, was of inval- 

 uable assistance, and is a real student of the Plateau area. Without 

 his understanding and frequent assistance, work would not have 

 gone on. 



It was through the efforts of Dr. L. S. Cressman, chairman of the 

 Department of Anthropologj^ at the University of Oregon, tliat River 

 Basin Surveys was given office and laboratory space on the campus of 

 that University. Dr. Cressman's long experience in northwestern 

 archeology was of constant assistance to the River Basin Surveys pro- 

 gram, for he gave freely of his time and ideas. 



Louis R. Caywood, National Park Service archeologist, Region 4, 

 acted in the capacity of liaison between the National Park Service and 

 River Basin Surveys. His friendly and cheerful cooperation in the 



* The material In this report was used In a thesis submitted to the faculty of the Depart- 

 ment of Anthropology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor 

 of philosophy in the Graduate College, University of Arizona. The manuscript was sub- 

 mitted to the Klver Basin Surveys in February 1955. 



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