The area of theortical development that I find most compelling at this time is concerned with consumer behavior (i.e.processes choice) and its role in creating/maintaining complex social identities. In this area I include the work of Pieire Bourdieu (1984, _Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste_. Harvard U. Press, Cambridge), Daniel Miller (1987, _Material Culture and Mass Consumption_. Blackwell, New York), and Grant McCracken (1990, _Culture and Consumption: New Approaches to the Sybolic Character of Consumer Goods and Activites_. Indiana University Press, Bloomington). It is particularly interesting that this theme is also "hot" among certain historians. See Ann Smart Martin's 1993 article in _Winterthur Portfolio_ (28(2/3):141-57) "Makers, Buyers, and Users:Consumerism as a Material Culture Framework" for a very insightful review of the literature. John P. McCarthy Senior Archaeologist/Historian Institute for Minnesota Archaeology/ IMA Consulting, Inc.