WUPATKI PUEBLO: A STUDY IN CULTURAL FUSION AND ...

advice and information. The girls in the Ozalid section of
the Engineering School are responsible for the reproduction
of the dissertation, a major contribution, indeed.
Finally, I should like to thank my wife, Barbara,
who not only gave me encouragement and help, but helped sup­
port me through my graduate career. Without her aid, there
might well have been no Wupatki Ruin study.
However, the dedication of the thesis, If any, should
be to Dr. Harold S. Colton, founder of the Kuseuim of Northern
Arizona. He not only excavated Wupatki, but is also respon­
sible for much of what we know about the prehistory of the
entire Flagstaff and Verde Valley regions. Without his
foundation studies of this region, there would be little to
discuss. Any criticism of his work or ideas in this report
are thus a mark of the respect and importance I feel for the
man, and his legacy.
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