Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., is pleased to announce that the "Dean of Kentucky Archeology," Dr. R. Berle Clay, has joined the firm's Lexington, Kentucky, office. Having attended Yale University and then later, the University of Kentucky for graduate work, Dr. Clay earned his Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University in 1968. Clay served as State Archeologist and Director of kentucky's Office of State Archeology between 1976 and 1997. Between 1968 and 1976 he was an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Tulane University. He held a similar position at The American University between 1967 and 1968 where, in addition to his teaching responsibilities, he completed archaeological field research in France, Spain, and the District of Columbia. Clay's expertise combines 37 years experience in all aspects of archaeology including teaching, management, and field research in both academic and cultural resource management contexts. Beginning with a research interest in the Ohio Valley (fieldwork in Kentucky, M.A. Thesis), his career has involved Paleolithic research in France (Ph.D. dissertation) and Bronze Age museum study in Spain (with Dr. Walter Taylor) and, since 1976, Ohio Valley archaeological research in both Archaic, Early Woodland, Late Prehistoric time periods. He has published his research widely and is well-known for his contributions to archaeology of the Eastern United States. In addition, since the late 1980s he has concentrated in near-surface remote sensing using various geophysical techniques. Clay has specialized in the application of near-surface geophysical survey techniques to archaeological sites. Using high speed EM technology, he has pioneered in the Ohio Valley in the use of soil conductivity and magnetic susceptibility surveys in a variety of archaeological contexts, both prehistoric and historic. These surveys, in both academic research and cultural resource management contexts, have assisted in the development of research and evaluation strategies.