In reply to Dan Mouer, Come on Dan, lighten up on poor Caleb. Had I stayed at Arkansas I would have been on his committee and, yes, he has looked at much of the info and questions you pose. I believe Skip IS on his committee (or at least has been consulted as has G. Sabo). The GIS work is in addition to the more traditional archaeological work that the Arkansas Archeological Survey has been conducting on farmsteads for the last 30 years and an approach that should start to answer some of the bigger questions relating to settlement patterns by allowing the researcher to examine relationships that would have taken too long to even think about before. I don't mean to speak for Caleb, but he's a student. Let's wait until he's in the profession to kick him around Charles R Ewen Associate Professor East Carolina University Anthropology Brewster A-209 Greenville, NC 27858 (919) 328-6146 Bitnet: ANEWEN@ECUVM1 Internet: [log in to unmask]