Acknowledgments

First and foremost, we thank all of the contributors to this volume, who have made it a success. They have waited patiently for the publication of their work and we sincerely appreciate their tolerance. Darrin Pratt of the University Press of Colorado embraced this project from the beginning and has been a source of encouragement and critical feedback. We are grateful for all of those scholars who have developed theory and method in household archaeology and ethnography, some of whom have provided us with guidance in reference to the current work. Statistical Research, Inc. (SRI) has provided administrative support and professional development to Douglass for completion of this volume, for which we are grateful. At Belleveue College, Gonlin received administrative support and professional development. In particular, the Executive Dean Tom Nielsen, Director of Human Resources Cesár Portillo, the Dean of Social Science Virginia Bridwell, Administrative Manager Deanna Veyna, and Anthropology Chair Anthony Tessandori have been particularly supportive. During much of the time this volume was in preparation, Douglass was affiliated with the Department of Anthropology at UC Riverside and he appreciates the conversations and encouragement offered by the faculty in the department, including Wendy Ashmore, Scott Fedick, Tom Patterson, and Karl Taube. We appreciate both SRI and Bellevue College offering financial support to help complete this volume. The comments of anonymous reviewers for the volume have strengthened the chapters and the volume as a whole. During the production process, we appreciated the good cheer and technical help of the staff at the University Press of Colorado, including Darrin Pratt, Dan Pratt, Laura Furney, Beth Svinarich, and Jessica d’Arbonne.

Finally, our spouses deserve special gratitude for their continuing support and patience as we spent time away from them on weekends and evenings to get the volume completed. It is to our spouses, Jill Onken and K. Viswanathan, that we dedicate this volume.