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Museum staff were saddened to learned that Dr. Robert (Bob) E. Funk,
retired New York State Archeologist, died on Tuesday evening. Dr. Funk was
active in archaeology for almost 50 years. He began his 33-year employment
at the New York State Museum in 1960. He subsequently received a Ph.D. in
Anthropology from Columbia University in 1966 with a dissertation on the
Archaic period occupations of the Hudson River Valley. Dr. Funk was
appointed State Archaeologist at the Museum in 1971, a position he held
until his retirement in 1993. He was also an adjunct faculty member of the
University at Albany's Department of Anthropology where he served on
several dissertation committees.

During his tenure at the New York State Museum, Dr. Funk led extensive
archaeological field investigations in the Hudson, Mohawk, and Susquehanna
River valleys and Fishers Island. Through field schools he held as part of
his research programs he trained many students who are active in New York
archaeology today. He was the author of over 80 professional publications
based on these investigations including seven books, several of which are
considered classics. These include Aboriginal Settlement Patterns in the
Northeast (1973 with William A. Ritchie),  Recent Contributions to Hudson
Valley Prehistory (1976), and Archaeological Investigations in the Upper
Susquehanna Valley, New York State, 2 volumes (1993, 1998). His research
also helped form the basis of the life groups in the Museum's popular
Native Peoples of New York exhibition.

Following his retirement in 1993, Dr. Funk remained active in New York
archaeology and was a Research Associate at the Museum.  He was working on
three books at the time of his death.

Dr Funk was a highly regarded member of the Museum community and will be
missed by his many friends, colleagues, and students.