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Ph.D. in Anthropology
University of Texas at AustinDissertation: Prehistoric Agriculture in the Mimbres River Valley, Southwestern New Mexico: A Crop Simulation and GIS Approach
Committee: James A. Neely (Chair), William E. Doolittle (Co-Chair), Samuel Wilson, Henry Selby, and Karen E. Bell
M.A. in Anthropology
University of Texas at AustinThesis: The Western Apache Settlement System and Its Implications for the Early Mogollon Period
Committee: James A. Neely and William E. Doolittle
B.A. in Anthropology with High Honors
University of Texas at Austin
Phi Eta Sigma
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
Register of Professional Archaeologists
Society for American Archaeology
American Anthropological Association
Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society
Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges
GIS, quantitative methods, ceramic technology and analysis, computer crop simulations, agricultural systems, ethnohistory, semiarid land adaptations, landscape archaeology, settlement systems, cultural ecology, philosophy of science (archaeology), Southwestern archaeology and ethnography, and southern Apacheans.
Registered Professional Archaeologist
Geographic Information Systems: Arcview with Spatial Analyst and 3d Analyst, Atlas GIS for Windows 3.03, digitizing, and familiarity with PC ARC/INFO and GRASS (Geographical Resources Analysis Support System).
Surveying: plane table and alidade, transit, and theodolite.
Map construction: field mapping with plane table and alidade and publication.
2001 Michael D. Pool. Review of Expanding the View of Hohokam Platform Mounds: An Ethnographic Perspective. Bulletin of the Society for Archaeological Science 24(1/2):24-25
2000 Michael D. Pool. Review of Grasshopper Pueblo: A Study of Archaeology and Ancient Life. Bulletin of the Society for Archaeological Science 23(2)
1994 Michael D. Pool. Implications of the Western Apache Settlement System for the Early Mogollon Period. in Mogollon VII: The Collected Papers of the 1992 Mogollon Conference Held in Las Cruces, New Mexico (edited by Patrick Beckett) pp. 89-103. Las Cruces: COAS Publishing & Research.
1994 Michael D. Pool. 1993 Cameron Creek Archaeological Survey Report. Heritage Resources Inventory Report No. 94-06-113. Silver City Ranger District, Gila National Forest. Report on File at the Gila National Forest Supervisor's Office, Silver City, New Mexico.
1993 William E. Doolittle, James A. Neely, and Michael D. Pool. A Method for Distinguishing Between Prehistoric and Recent Water and Soil Control Features. Kiva 59(1):7-25
1987 James A. Neely and Michael D. Pool. Archaeological Investigations at the HO-Bar Site (WS-17) and the McKeen Ranch Site in the Middle San Francisco River Valley of West-Central New Mexico. Report submitted to the Gila National Forest. On file at the Gila National Forest Supervisor's Office, Silver City, New Mexico.
1985 Michael D. Pool. The Western Apache Settlement System and Its Implications for the Early Mogollon Period. Unpublished M.A. Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin.
1994 Michael D. Pool. The Early Pithouse Period Settlement System. Paper presented at the Eighth Mogollon Conference, Oct. 20-22, 1994, El Paso, Texas.
1993 James A. Neely, William E. Doolittle, and Michael D. Pool. "Is It, or Isn't It? Distinguishing Prehistoric from Recent Water and Soil Control Features in the American Southwest". Paper presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 14-18, 1993, St. Louis, Missouri.
1993 Michael D. Pool. "The Ethnohistory of Puebloan Agriculture". Paper presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, April 14-18, 1993, St. Louis, Missouri.
1992 Michael D. Pool. "Implications of the Western Apache Settlement System for the Early Mogollon Period". Paper Presented at the 7th Biennial Mogollon Conference, Las Cruces, NM.
1980 Michael Pool and James A. Neely. "Excavations at the WS Ranch Site, 1980 Season". Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Pecos Conference, Mesa Verde National Park.
1980 Michael Pool. "Early Mogollon Social Organization and Settlement Systems in West-Central New Mexico". Paper presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Philadelphia, PA.
1979 Michael D. Pool. "Excavations at the
HO-Bar
Site and the McKeen Ranch Site". Paper presented at the 52nd Annual
Meeting
of the Pecos Conference, Tucson, AZ.
June 1992-June 1992: WS Ranch Project: supervised excavations at the Apache Creek Site and Little Dry Creek Site in western New Mexico.
Jan. 1984-May 1985: Dept. of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin: analyzed artifacts and wrote report on material excavated from two early Mogollon pit house sites excavated by the WS Ranch Site Project, under the direction of Dr. James A. Neely.
Sept. 1982-May 1983: Dept. of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin: supervised the analysis of excavated materials from the WS Ranch Site and revised the field and lab manual for the WS Ranch Site Project under the direction of Dr. James A. Neely.
July 1982-Aug. 1982: Spiro Mounds Project: field crew. J. Daniel Rogers, Project Supervisor. Oklahoma Archeological Survey.
Sept. 1981-May 1982: Dept. of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin: supervised the analysis of excavated materials from the WS Ranch Site under the direction of Dr. James A. Neely.
Jan. 1981-May 1981: Dept. of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin: analyzed materials from the WS Ranch Site under the direction of Dr. Neely.
June 1980-Aug. 1980: WS Ranch Site Project: supervised excavations at the WS Ranch Site. Dr. James A. Neely, Director. University of Texas.
June 1979-Aug. 1979: WS Ranch Site Project: supervised the excavations of two early Mogollon pit house villages (HO-Bar Site and McKeen Ranch Site). Dr. James A. Neely, Director. University of Texas.
Sept. 1978-May 1979: Dept. of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin: revised lab manual and developed field manual for excavations at the WS Ranch Site and conducted analysis of excavated materials under the direction of Dr. James A. Neely
June 1978-Aug. 1978: WS Ranch Site Project: supervised an excavation crew at the WS Ranch Site. Dr. James A. Neely, Director. University of Texas.
Sept. 1977-May 1978: Dept. of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin: developed catalogue system and lab manual for the WS Ranch Site Project and analyzed excavated materials from the WS Ranch Site under the direction of Dr. James A. Neely.
July 1977-Aug. 1977: WS Ranch Site Project: field crew. Dr. James A. Neely, Director. University of Texas.
Oct. 1976-May 1977: Palmetto Bend Project (Ganado, Texas): field and lab crew. William Fawcett, Field Supervisor. Texas Archeological Survey, University of Texas.
June 1976-Aug. 1976: University of Arizona Field School at Grasshopper: student. Dr. J. Jefferson Reid, Acting Director.
Sept. 1975-May 1976: Dept. of Anthropology, University of Texas : analyzed glazed ceramics from the Deh Luran Plain, Iran, under the supervision of Dr. Neely.
May 1975-Aug. 1975: Mound Bottom Project (Nashville, Tenn.): field crew. Michael O'Brien, Field Supervisor. Division of Archaeology, Dept. of Conservation, State of Tennessee.
Sept. 1974-May 1975: Texas Archeological Research Laboratory University of Texas: processed materials into collections and other duties as necessary.
Sept. 1974-May 1975: analyzed glazed ceramics from the Deh Luran Plain, Iran, under the supervision of Dr. Neely.
June 1974-Aug. 1974: Cooper Lake Project (Cooper, Texas): field and lab crew. Robert Hyatt, Field Supervisor. Archaeological Research Program, Southern Methodist University.
Sept. 1973-May 1974: Texas Archeological Research Laboratory: processed materials into the collections and other duties as necessary.
Sept. 1973-May 1974: analyzed glazed ceramics from the Deh Luran Plain under the supervision of Dr. Neely.
June 1972-Aug. 1972: U.T. Archaeological Field School: assistant cook and assisted in the field and lab as other duties permitted. Dr. Dee Ann Story, Director.