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Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to use illustrative material:
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
J. M. ADOVASIO, PH.D., is the founder and director of the Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute, generally recognized as the finest small-college-based research and training program in North America. He has achieved international acclaim as the archaeologist in charge of the excavations at Meadowcroft Rockshelter, the earliest indisputably dated archaeological site in North America. He has taught and/or conducted research at the Smithsonian Institution, Youngstown State University, the University of Pittsburgh, the Carnegie Institute, and, at present, Mercyhurst College. He lives near Erie, Pennsylvania.
JAKE PAGE is a former editor of Natural History magazine and science editor of Smithsonian magazine, as well as founder of the Natural History Press and Smithsonian Books. An essayist and mystery novelist, he is also the author of fifteen popular books on the natural sciences and American Indians. He lives in Corrales, New Mexico.
Meadowcroft Rockshelter is still an active research locus on the property of the Meadowcroft Museum of Rural Life, which is operated by the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. The site is maintained by the Meadowcroft Museum and the Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute, and may be visited by prior arrangement. Construction is currently under way that should render the site more accessible for visitation in the immediate future. Interested parties are directed to contact the site administrator. The Meadowcroft Museum of Rural Life can be contacted through their website, www.meadowcroftmuseum.org, or by phone at (724) 587-3412.
Copyright © 2002 by James M. Adovasio and Jake Page
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