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number 122 v january 2019 number 122 ian w. brown, editor january 2019 department of anthropology • the university of alabama, tuscaloosa, alabama 35487-0210 The places that we have known belong now only to the little world of space on which we map them for our own conve- nience. None of them was ever more than a thin slice, held between the contiguous impressions that composed our life at that time; remembrance of a particular form is but regret for a particular moment; and houses, roads, avenues are as fugitive, alas, as the years. FROM SWANN’S WAY by Marcel Proust, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1982 editor’s note Swann’s Way is a long and difficult read, but There is a lot of retiring going on in is well worth it for the little gems of wisdom 2018, as exhibited in the following letters, imparted along the way. The above quote but unlike most professions, retirement is constitutes the very last lines of the book. merely a break in direction for Teocentlists. The moment I read it I thought of Teocent- As I have said in previous editor’s introduc- li. Marcel Proust captured in literature what tions, we are a most productive and inter- we, as archaeologists, know of and do in our esting group of folk, churning out as much daily lives. The archaeologist spends a life- in the way of publications, exhibits, and time thinking about (worrying over?) time, sundry happenings in post-retirement than space and form. We record and lament the we ever did before (perhaps hyperbole, but passage of time; we are constantly seeking you know what I mean), and I delight in the out old and new spaces to explore and un- reading of them each year. With that said, derstand; and we are absolutely fascinated time eventually does catch up with all of us by form, the objects made by others that re- and we sadly lost a number of our members veal much about their own lives, past and this past year. Obituaries are included herein present. In addition, we don’t give up easily on the lives of George Cowgill, Judy Jelks, in what we do! Ruthann Knudson and Charles McNutt. Too 2 | teocentli. 122 late to make it into this issue is the recent Crothers, Elizabeth T. Horton, Richard W. loss of Wendy Ashmore, but she will be done Jefferies, Steve Lekson and Catherine Cam- justice in Issue 123. Other than Charles, I eron, Barbara J. Little and Paul A. Shackel, did not know these people personally, but Margaret and Ben Nelson, Bruce Rippeteau through their contributions to Teocentli and and Richard A. Weinstein. their numerous archaeological endeavors, I feel as if I knew them well. This will sound I would like to use what remains of very strange to anyone who has ever been this space to thank my wife, Easty Lam- involved in editorial work, with its depress- bert-Brown, who once again used her magic ing and omnipresent deadlines, but January to produce such a handsome volume. In ad- really is my favorite time of the year. That’s dition, I would like to express my appreci- because this is the time that I get to engage ation to all of you who contributed above with all of you, to read of your many accom- and sometimes far beyond the dues amount. plishments, your adventures, your families, I have been hesitant to even suggest that we your pleasures and your woes. I feel as if I raise dues for fear of losing some folk who know each and every one of you, so I thank are on limited budgets, but to produce this you for the opportunity to assemble your let- volume and ship it out really does cost on ters each year. I go easy at my work because the order of $20. As such, Easty and I are these are your words, and lord knows, you most grateful for the extra donations. We all know how to write! Most of my editing also thank those who for whatever reasons time is spent moving commas around and were not able to offer letters, but added to maintaining consistency between sections the coffers with financial contributions: Jeff (A.D. U.S., 20 vs. twenty, etc.), but even this Brain, Patrick Livingood, Tom Patterson, takes time with so many contributions. and Kelly Pool (once again in honor of the memory of Liz Morris). And now let us pro- This year we have a total of 66 letters ceed with all possible dispatch (a bit of Brit (representing 88 people), which is three for you) with the enduring legacy of Teocen- more contributions than last year and 13 tli, which is all of you! more people represented, so the good news is that despite the demise of friends, we are continuing to grow as an organization. For Ian W. Brown this year we welcome to the ranks the fol- Tuscaloosa, Alabama lowing scholars: John Baeten, George M. January 2019 Front cover: Harvested maize from the Back cover: A modern rock art piece made Oraibi Valley, Hopi (photo by Thomas J. by a Navajo artist named Stormy Red Door Ferguson; courtesy of Barbara Mills). that includes a maize motif. The object was purchased by Corey and Adrian Breternitz in the mid 1990s. At the time, the artist lived in southeast Utah and exhibited his work in a gallery in Bluff, Utah and one in Scottsdale, Arizona (courtesy of Corey Breternitz). january 2019 | 3 contents George Lewis Cowgill (1929-2018) .................4 Takeshi Inomata ............................................50 Juliet ‘Judy’ Jelks (1924-2017) ........................4 Richard W. Jefferies .......................................51 Ruthann Knudson (1941-2018), Carol Gifford Jelinek and Art Jelinek ............53 by Alice Kehoe .............................................5 Marvin D. Jeter .............................................53 Charles H. McNutt (1923-2017), Alice Kehoe ...................................................55 by Marvin D. Jeter .......................................7 Brian W. Kenny .............................................58 John Baeten ...................................................10 Steve Lekson and Catherine Cameron ...........60 Steve and Nancy Baker ..................................11 Janet E. Levy .................................................60 Jodi A. Barnes ...............................................12 Barbara J. Little and Paul A. Shackel .............61 Eloise Richards Barter ...................................13 Bill Marquardt ..............................................62 Christopher and Kathy Beekman ...................14 Carol and Ronald Mason ..............................63 Barbara Breternitz .........................................14 Frances Joan Mathien and Cory Dale Breternitz .....................................15 James H. Mansfield ...................................64 David S. Brose ...............................................16 Patricia A. McAnany .....................................65 Ian W. Brown ................................................19 Bernard K. Means .........................................67 Karen Olsen Bruhns and Tom Weller ............20 Jerry Milanich ...............................................69 Maureen and Roy Carlson ............................21 Jay Miller ......................................................70 Jefferson Chapman ........................................22 Barbara Mills and Thomas J. Ferguson .........72 Andrew L. Christenson and Michael C. Moore .........................................74 Dana B. Oswald ........................................22 Joseph Mountjoy ...........................................75 Susan Collins .................................................24 Margaret and Ben Nelson .............................77 Winifred Creamer and Jonathan Haas ..........25 Scott Ortman ................................................78 George M. Crothers ......................................26 Timothy R. Pauketat and Susan Alt...............79 John F. Doershuk ..........................................28 Robert B. Pickering .......................................80 David E. Doyel .............................................30 Bruce Rippeteau ............................................81 David Dye .....................................................32 Jerry Rose .....................................................83 Carol J. Ellick and Joe E. Watkins .................34 Jeremy A. and Paula L. W. Sabloff ...............85 Anabel Ford ..................................................36 Polly and Curt Schaafsma .............................85 Kay and Don Fowler .....................................38 Payson Sheets ................................................86 David A. Freidel ............................................39 Dean and Jan Snow .......................................87 Gayle J. Fritz .................................................40 Darby Stapp and Julia Longenecker .............89 John M. Fritz ................................................41 Shannon Tushingham ....................................90 Patricia Gilman and Paul Minnis ...................42 Patty Jo Watson ............................................92 David Gradwohl ...........................................43 Richard A. Weinstein ....................................92 Kelley Hays-Gilpin and Dennis Gilpin ...........45 Nancy White .................................................95 Elizabeth T. Horton .......................................48 John P. Wilson ...............................................95 4 | teocentli. 122 as potsherds, found there. He also made import- ant contributions to the application of statistics to archaeological research, and to the compara- tive study of ancient cities. In 1990, Arizona State University recruited him