EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 1985.
M.L.S. in Library & Information Science, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 1978.
M.A. in Anthropology, California State University, Los Angeles, 1976.
B.A. in Anthropology, California State University, Los Angeles, 1973.

SPECIALIZATIONS

Economic & Environmental Anthropology;
Historical Anthropology/Ethnohistory;
Applied Anthropology;
Cultural Change.
Current Research/Culture areas:
   The study of Appalachian coal mining and family farming communities and livelihood strategies past to present; 
   Applied anthropology work on heritage preservation and heritage tourism development  projects;
   Experiential teaching projects -- integrating undergraduate education with community service-learning.         

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Radford University, Radford, Virginia
            Professor of Anthropology, 1998-present
            Associate Professor of Anthropology, 1992-1998
            Assistant Professor of Anthropology, 1989-1992
DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
            Assistant Professor in Anthropology, 1982-1984 (part-time); 1984-1986 (full-time)
            Curator of the Anthropology Museum, 1982-1989; and University Art Curator, 1985-1987
Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana
            Associate Faculty in Anthropology, 1985-1987 & 1988-1989 (part-time)
Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles
            Museum Curatorial Intern, 1979-1980
            Museum Librarian, 1978-1979
California State University, Los Angeles
            Lecturer in Anthropology, 1977-1978 (part-time) 

TEACHING AND SERVICE AWARDS

2003    Awarded a Service Award by the Coal Mining Heritage Association, Montgomery
County, Virginia, “in honor of her countless contributions to the preservation of the heritage of area coal miners and their families,” June 2003.

1997    Awarded the Radford University Teaching Award, the Donald N. Dedmon Professorial Award for Teaching Excellence, May 1997.

1992    Awarded Honorary Citizenship by the Town of Appalachia, Virginia, in appreciation for heritage tourism consulting & oral history research on Wise County’s coal mining camps, April 27.

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS 

In Press "Guidelines for a Partnership Approach to Appalachian Community and Heritage Preservation Work." IN Participatory Development in Appalachian Communities, Susan E. Keefe, ed. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. (2009 publication date).

2008    "Voices from the Coal Camps: Life in an Appalachian Coal Mining Region."  IN Life in the Coal Camps of Wise County [Virginia].  Paul Kuczko, ed.  Big Stone Gap, VA: Lonesome Pine Office on Youth with support from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.

2008    “The Need for Heritage Preservation: Developing a Plan for Revitalization."  IN Pride and Preservation: Mountain View Cemetery.  Radford, VA: Center for Experiential Learning and Career Services, Radford University. 

2007     Mountain View Cemetery: Ideas and Recommendations.  Radford, VA.: Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Radford University.  (Edited by M. LaLone; numerous RU co-authors).  Technical consulting report by LaLone and her Applied Anthropology class for the Mountain View Cemetery Committee, Radford, Virginia.  Web publication: http://mlalone.asp.radford.edu/Mt.%20View%20Cemetery%20Project.htm.

2006     Memories from the Mines: Life in the Coal Mining Communities of the New River Valley.  (M. LaLone, film director/producer; Kenesha Moseley Beheler and Nathan Juarin, film makers.)  Radford, Va.: Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Radford University. Documentary video.

2005    “An Anthro-Planning Approach to Local Heritage Tourism: Case Studies from Appalachia." NAPA Bulletin (National Association for the Practice of Anthropology), Vol. 23:135-150. 

2005     "Building Heritage Partnerships: Working Together for Heritage Preservation and Local Tourism in Appalachia.  Practicing Anthropology 27(4):10-13. 

2005     Coal Mining Heritage Museum and Video Documentary Project.  Radford, Va.: Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Radford University.  (Edited by M. LaLone; numerous RU co-authors).  Technical consulting report by LaLone and her Applied Anthropology class for the Coal Mining Heritage Association, Montgomery County, Virginia.  

2004     The Social and Economic World of Farmers Markets.  Radford, Va.: Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Radford University.  (Edited by M. LaLone; numerous RU co-authors).  Web publication: http://www.radford.edu/FarmersMarketProj.htm  

2003     Appalachian Farming Life: Memories and Perspectives on Family Farming in Virginia's New River Valley (edited by M. LaLone, P. Wimmer, K. Spence; numerous RU co-authors).  Radford, Va.: Brightside Press.  

2003     The Radford Arsenal: Impacts and Cultural Change in an Appalachian Region. (Edited by M. LaLone; numerous RU co-authors). Radford, Va: Brightside Press. 

2003    “Walking the Line between Alternative Interpretations in Heritage Education and Tourism:  A Demonstration of the Complexities with an Appalachian Coal Mining Example.” In Signifying Serpents & Mardi Gras Runners: Representing Identity in Selected Souths. Celeste Ray & Luke Eric Lassiter, eds. Athens: University of Georgia Press. Pp. 72-92. 

2003     Farm Heritage and Community Park: Conceptual Plans and Ideas (edited by M. LaLone w/12 RU student co-authors). Radford, Va.: Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Radford University. Technical consulting report for the development of a regional farm heritage park submitted to Montgomery County, Virginia. Web publication:  http://www.radford.edu/~mlalone/NRVFarmHeritageParkProj.htm 

2001    “Putting Anthropology to Work to Preserve Appalachian Heritage.” In Practicing Anthropology 23(2):5-9, Spring 2001. 

2001     The Radford Arsenal: Impacts and Cultural Change in an Appalachian Region (edited by M. LaLone & A. Hartle, w/7 RU student co-authors). Radford, Va.: Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Radford University. 

2001    The Selu Living History Museum: Recommendations for an Appalachian Heritage Education Center (edited by M. LaLone, w/7 RU student co-authors). Radford, Va.: Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Radford University. Technical consulting report for the Radford University Foundation, Selu Conservancy Steering Committee. 

2000     Coal Mining Heritage Park, Montgomery County, Virginia: Study, Plan, and Recommendations (edited by M. LaLone, w/9 RU student co-authors). Radford, Va.: Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Radford University. Technical consulting report for Montgomery County and the Coal Mining Heritage Association. Web published by Montgomery County http://www.montva.com/departments/plan/cmhp/rucmhp/rutoc.php

2000     Wildwood Park: Nature, Heritage, and Planning Ideas (edited by M. LaLone, w/6 RU student co-authors).  Radford, Va.: Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Radford University. Technical consulting report for Pathways for Radford (Virginia). 

1999     “Preserving Appalachian Heritage: A Model for Oral History Research and Teaching.” Journal of Appalachian Studies 5(1):115-122. 

1998     Coal Mining Lives: An Oral History Sequel to Appalachian Coal Mining Memories (edited by M. LaLone, w/14 RU student co-authors). Radford, Va.: Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Radford University. 

1997     Appalachian Coal Mining Memories: Life in Virginia’s New River Valley Coal Fields (edited by M. LaLone, w/17 RU student co-authors). Blacksburg, Va.: Pocahontas Press. 

1997    “The Appalachia Tourism Project: Applied Anthropology in an Appalachian Coal Mining Town.” In Practicing Anthropology in the South, Tim. Wallace, ed. Athens: University of Georgia Press. 

1997    “The Coal Mining Way of Life in Virginia’s New River Valley: Hard Work, Family, and Community.”  The Smithfield Review 1:53-62, Spring. 

1996    “Economic Survival Strategies in Appalachia’s Coal Camps.” Journal of Appalachian Studies 2(1):53-68. 

1995    “Recollections about Life in Appalachia’s Coal Camps: Positive or Negative?” Journal of the Appalachian Studies Association 7:91-100. 

1994     Appalachia, Heart of the Appalachian Region: Working Ideas for Development (edited by M. LaLone, w/8 RU student co-authors). Radford, Va.: Honors Program, Radford University. Technical consulting report for the Town of Appalachia, Virginia. 

1994     “The Place Named Appalachia: Preserving its Past and Planning for its Future.” ALCA LINES 3(1):4, 15, Journal of the Assembly on the Literature and Culture of Appalachia. 

1994     “The Flea Market: An Economic Anthropology Class Project.” Anthro Notes 16(2)14-15. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. 

1994     “From Flea Markets to Appalachian Tourism: Enhancing Undergraduate Education in Anthropology with Experiential Learning Projects.” Connections 5(1):14, Fall.  Center for Academic Enrichment, Radford University. 

1992     “Chapter 1: Historical Overview -- The Land, The People, The Place, and the Design Program” (w/C. Browne).  In Echoes of the Past – Vitality for the Future. Blacksburg, Va.: Landscape Architecture Program, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Technical consulting report for the Town of Appalachia, Virginia. 

1991     “Cultural Survival: Lessons from the Native North Americans.” Reviews in Anthropology 19:159-177. 

1987     “The Inca State in the Southern Highlands: State Administrative and Production Enclaves” (w/D. LaLone). Ethnohistory 34(1):47-62. 

1985     Indian Land Tenure in Southern Cuzco, Peru: From Inca to Colonial Patterns. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California. University Microfilms. 

1980     Gabrielino Indians of Southern California: An Annotated Ethnohistoric Bibliography. University of California, Los Angeles, Institute of Archaeology, Occasional Paper 6. 

1980     Culturas Nativas de Norteamericana/ Native Cultures of North America (published in Spanish & English). University of California, Los Angeles, Museum of Cultural History, Pamphlet Series 1(8). 

1976     “Quechua Men and Women: Below the Surface of the Community.” California Anthropologist 6. 
 

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS 

2008    “Appalachian Family Farming and the Twenty-First Century: Blending Traditional Survival Strategies, Adaptation, and Accommodation." Presentation at the Appalachian Studies Association annual meeting, March 29, Huntington, WV.

2008    “Developing a Revitalization Plan for an African-American Cemetery."  Presentation at the Uplands Archaeology in the East, Symposium, May 17, Radford University, Radford, VA.

2006    “Exploring Entrepreneurial Approaches to International and Service-Learning Education: Setting Our Worlds on Edge.”  Roundtable presenter at the Society for Applied Anthropology annual meeting, Vancouver, March 30. 

2005    "Building Heritage Partnerships: Working Together for Heritage Preservation, Education, and Local Tourism in Appalachia."  Presentation at the Society for Applied Anthropology meetings, April 2005, Santa Fe.

2005     "Running the Family Farm: Adapting Economic Survival Strategies to Deal with Today's Development and Globalization."  Presentation at the Appalachian Studies Association meetings, March 18, 2005, Radford, Va.

2005     "Linking Appalachia's Past with Its Future: Developing the Coal Mining Heritage Association, Oral History Project, and Heritage Education Park." (With J. Price and S. Haynes)  Plenary Address, Appalachian Studies Association meetings, March 19, 2005, Radford, Va. 

2003    "Adapting Appalachian Household Survival Strategies to Deal with Globalization and Modernity." Presented at the American Anthropological Assoc. meetings, November 2003, Chicago.

2003    "Family Farming in Appalachian Virginia: Conserving the Cultural Heritage” (w/ Peg Wimmer and Reva K. Spence). Presentation at the Appalachian Studies Assoc. meetings, March 2003, Richmond, KY. 

2002    “Selu: Planning an Appalachian Farming Living History Museum” (w/S. Deel, M. Flanigan, A. Smith, and J. A. Sowder). Presentation at the Society for Applied Anthropology annual meetings, Atlanta, March. 

2002    “Living History: Planning a 1930s Appalachian Farming Museum” (w/J. A. Sowder). Presentation at the Southern Anthropological Society annual meetings, Asheville, April. 

2001    “Walking the Line Between Alternative Interpretations in Heritage Education and Tourism.” Presentation at the Southern Anthropological Society annual meetings, April, Nashville. 

2000    “Putting Anthropology to Work for Regional Heritage Preservation: Appalachian Oral Histories, Heritage Parks, and Tourism.” Poster presentation at the American Anthropological Association annual meetings, San Francisco, November. 

2000    “Coal Mining Heritage Park: Developing a Partnership between University, Community, County, and Region.” Presentation at the Appalachian Studies Association annual meetings, Knoxville, March. 

2000    “Using Anthropology for Heritage Preservation in the New River Valley.” Radford University Faculty Lecture Series, Radford University, April 10. 

1999    “Southwest Virginia Coal Mining Life: A Comparison of Two Regions.” Presentation at the Appalachian Studies Association annual meetings, Abington, Virginia, March. 

1998    “Heritage Tourism in Appalachia: Walking the Line Between Academic and Community Perspectives.” Presentation at the 14^th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Williamsburg, July. 

1998    “Preserving Appalachian Heritage: A Model for University-Community Cooperation in Oral History Research.” Presentation at the Appalachian Studies Association annual meetings, Boone, N.C., March. 

1998    “Coal Mining History.” Presentation at the Appalachian Teachers’ Network annual conference, Radford University, September. 

1997    “Changing Places: Coal Towns and Appalachian Oral Tradition.” Radio interview for the National Public Radio show “With Good Reason,” vol. V, no. IX. 

1996    “Livelihood Strategies in the New River Valley Coal Fields of Virginia.” Presentation at the Appalachian Studies Association annual meetings, Unicoi State Park, Georgia, March. 

1995    “Economic Survival Strategies in the Coal Camps.” Presentation at the Appalachian Studies Association annual meetings, Morgantown, W. V., March. 

1995    “The Appalachia Tourism Project: Applied Anthropology in an Appalachian Coal Mining Town.” Presentation at the Southern Anthropological Society annual meetings, Raleigh, N.C., April. 

1994    “Extending the Classroom into the Community through Teaching Partnerships: The Development of a Teaching Partnership with an Appalachian Coal Mining Town.” Presentation at the American Anthropological Association annual meetings, Atlanta, December. 

1994    “The Appalachian Tourism Project: Teaching through Participatory Involvement in Applied Anthropology.” Presentation at the Society for Applied Anthropology annual meetings, Cancun, Mexico, April. 

1994    “Recollections about Life in Appalachia’s Coal Camps: Positive or Negative?” Presentation at the Appalachian Studies Association annual meetings, Blacksburg, Va., March. 

1994    “Recollections of Life in the Coal Mining Communities of Southwest Virginia: Oral History Research in the Coal Camps Surrounding Appalachia.” Presentation at the First Annual Symposium on the History and Culture of Southwest Virginia, sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy, Abington, April. 

1993    “Ethnography as a Teaching Tool: Immersing Students in the Local Culture” (w/ M. B. Wagner). Presentation at the American Anthropological Association annual meeting, Washington D.C., November. 

1993    “Preserving the Cultural History of Life in the Coal Mining Camps of Wise County, Virginia, 1920’s-1950’s.” Presentation at the Hagley Museum and Library, Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society. Scholarly Lecture, June 18. 

1993    “Making a Buck: Economic and Social Adaptations in an Appalachian Flea Market” (w/ L. Godoy, D. Halsall, & D. Matthews). Presentation at the Appalachian Studies Association annual meetings, Johnson City, Tenn., March 21. Web publication  http://mlalone.asp.radford.edu/FleaMarketProj.htm

1993    “Community Study Projects: Studying Flea Market Culture.” Presentation/workshop for the Appalachian Teachers’ Network annual conference, Radford University, September 18. 

1990    “Indians and Land: Guaraypata, Peru 1550-1675.” Presentation at the American Society for Ethnohistory annual meetings, Toronto, November. 

1985    “Living High: Market Women of the Southern Highlands of Peru” (w/D. LaLone). Presentation at the American Anthropological Association annual meeting, Washington D.C., November. 

1983    “The Inca State in the Southern Highlands: The Question of the State Lands” (w/D. LaLone). Presentation at the Society for American Archaeology annual meetings, Pittsburgh. 

1979    ‘Trade and Marketplace in the Inca Realm” (w/D. LaLone). Presentation at the 43^rd Meeting of the International Congress of Americanists, Vancouver, B. C. 

1978    “The Place of the Marketplace in Inca Peru” (w/D. LaLone). Presentation at the American Society for Ethnohistory annual meetings, Austin. 

1978    “Vertical Ecology and Marketplace Trade in the Provinces of Canas and Canchis, Peru” (w/D. LaLone). Presentation at the Southwestern Anthropological Association annual meetings, San Francisco. 

1977    “Male/Female Complementarity in Non-Industrial Societies.” Presentation at the Southwestern Anthropological Association annual meetings, San Diego. 

1976    “Market Women and Their Role in Urban-Regional Integration.” Presentation at the Southwestern Anthropological Association annual meetings, San Francisco.
 

GRANTS FOR RESEARCH AND EXPERIENTIAL TEACHING 

2000    Radford University Foundation, Faculty Professional and Instructional Development Grant.  “Support for Experiential Class Project Involving Collaborative Student-Faculty Research: Family Farming in the New River Valley.” (Funding for Farming Oral History Project, & Farming Heritage Park Planning Project.) Fall 2000. $4117.80. 

1999    Radford University Foundation, Faculty Professional and Instructional Development Grant.  “Support for Experiential Class Projects Involving Collaborative Student-Faculty Research.” (Funding for Selu Living History Museum Planning Project.) $2000. 

1999    Radford University Foundation, Faculty Professional and Instructional Development Grant.  “Support for Experiential Class Projects Involving Collaborative Student-Faculty Research, 1999-2000 Academic Year.”  (Funding for Coal Mining Oral History Project, Coal Mining Heritage Park Project, & Arsenal Oral History Project). $5411.50. 

1997    Radford University Foundation, Faculty Professional and Instructional Development Grant.  “New River Valley Coal Mining Heritage Project.”  $150. 

1993    Radford University Foundation, Faculty Professional and Instructional Development Grant.  “Appalachian Development Project.”  $240. 

1993    Hagley Museum and Library, Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society, Grant-in-Aid. “Preserving the Cultural History of Life in the Coal Mining Camps of Wise County, Virginia, 1920’s-1950’s.”  $325. 

1993    Radford University Foundation, Faculty Professional and Instructional Development Grant.  “Documenting the Cultural History of Southwest Virginia’s Coal Mining Communities.”  $1200. 

1992    Radford University Foundation, Faculty Professional and Instructional Development Grant.  “Collaborative Research with Students: Fieldwork in Economic Anthropology Studying Multiple Livelihood Strategies in Southwest Virginia.”  $1500.
 

PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH, CONSULTING, & TEACHING PROJECTS 

Director/Producer, “Coal Mining Heritage Video Documentation Project,”  2005-2006
     Project to collect video oral histories and produce a 30-minute documentary video Memories from the Mines on coal mining life
     in the New River Valley of Virginia as a final product.  Conducted as an experiential learning project for students in classes
     Spring 2005-Spring 2006.

Director, “Coal Mining Heritage Museum Development Project,” 2005.
     Applied anthropology project carried out in collaboration with the Coal Mining Heritage Association.  Conducted as an
     experiential learning project for the Spring 2005 Applied Anthropology class.  The project developed a consulting report given to
     the Coal Mining Heritage Association detailing recommendations for setting up a mining heritage museum. 

Director, “Farm Heritage and Community Park Project,” 2003
     Applied anthro-planning project to study possibilities and potential designs for a farm heritage & community park in the New
     River Valley.  Conducted as an experiential learning project for the Spring 2003 Applied Anthropology class.  Development of a
     consulting report with ideas for park planning, presented to the Montgomery County Park & Recreation Dept.

Director, “Farmers Market Project,” 2003
     A socio-economic study of Farmers Markets in Appalachian Southwest Virginia.  Conducted as an experiential learning project
     for the Fall 2003 Economic Anthropology class.  Resulted in a monograph The Social and Economic World of Farmers Markets,
     web published 2004.

Director, “Appalachian Farming Oral History Project,” 2002-2003
     Project to document Appalachian farming livelihood strategies in the New River Valley of Virginia.  Carried out in partnership
     with the Virginia Farm Bureau.  Students in the Spring 2002 Economic Anthropology class and the Fall 2002 Practicum in
     Anthropology class played a major part in the research project.  Resulted in a book Appalachian Farming Life:
     Memories and Perspectives on Family Farming in Virginia's  New River Valley published 2003 by Brightside Press. 

Director, “Radford Arsenal Oral History Project,” 2000-2003
     Oral history project to document the impacts of the Radford Arsenal on New River Valley families and economic patterns,
     especially during the 1940s.  Conducted as an experiential learning project for the Fall 2000 Practicum in Anthropology class,
     and a Spring 2001 Honors Project.  Resulted in a book The Radford Arsenal: Impacts and Cultural Change in an
     Appalachian Region published 2003 by Brightside Press. 

Director, “Selu Living History Museum Project,” 2001
       Applied anthro-planning project to develop plans for a farming-based living history museum at Radford University's Selu
       Conservancy. Conducted as an experiential learning project for the Spring 2001 Applied Anthropology class.  Development of a
       consulting report containing ideas and recommendations for the “Farm at Selu” presented to the RU Foundation.

Director, “Wildwood Park Project,” 2000
      Applied anthro-planning project focused on developing ideas for the revitalization of Wildwood Park in Radford, Virginia,
      emphasizing heritage and nature based education.  Experiential learning project for the Spring 2000 Practicum in Anthropology
      class.  Development of a consulting report containing revitalization recommendations, presented to the community group
     “Pathways for Radford.” 

Director, “Coal Mining Heritage Park Project,” 1999-2000
      Applied anthro-planning project to develop a heritage park at the site of the former Merrimac Coal Mine, along the Huckleberry
      Trail, in Montgomery County, Virginia. Experiential learning project for the Fall 1999 Applied Anthropology class and a Spring
      2000 Practicum in Anthropology class.  Development of a consulting report detailing recommendations for park planning,
      presented to the Montgomery County Planning Dept.  Based on this consulting report, the Montgomery County Board of
      Supervisors decided to create the “Coal Mining Heritage Park”.  The park dedication occurred 2001.  Description of this project
      is detailed in Dr. LaLone’s 2005 publications.

Director, “Coal Mining Heritage Oral History Project,” 1995-1998
       Oral history project to document knowledge of coal mining life in the New River Valley in Appalachian Virginia, 1930s-1960s. 
       Experiential learning project for two Economic Anthropology classes (Fall 1995 & Fall 1997) and a Practicum in Anthropology
       (Spring 1996).  Resulted in 2 volumes of oral histories, including Appalachian Coal Mining Memories, published by Pocahontas
        Press in 1997. 

Director, “Appalachia Heritage Tourism Development Project,” 1993-1994
       Applied anthropology project.  Development of a consulting report presented to the Town of Appalachia in far southwest
       Virginia, containing a set of recommendations for developing heritage tourism in the region surrounding the town. 
       Experiential learning project for the Fall 1993 Economic Anthropology class. 

Director, “Appalachia Coal Camp Oral History Project,” 1992-1995
       Oral history project designed to document knowledge of the coal mining life in 18 coal camps surrounding the Town of
       Appalachia in far southwest Virginia from the 1930s-1960s. 

Director, “Flea Market Project,” 1991-1993
      Study of flea marketing as an economic livelihood strategy in an Appalachian region.  Experiential learning project for the Fall
      1991 Economic Anthropology class and a Spring 1992 Practicum in Anthropology class. 

Consultant, "Echoes of the Past ‑ Vitality for the Future project,” 1992
      Conducted January‑May 1992, in collaboration with Charlene Browne, Landscape Architect, Virginia Tech, Landscape
      Architecture Program.  Consulting work commissioned by the Town of Appalachia and the Appalachia Business Association to
      explore possibilities for developing tourism as one form of economic development.   

Ph.D. research, “Andean Ethnohistory Project: Reconstructing Inca & Colonial Indian Land Tenure Patterns” 1981‑1991.
     This project started with archival research and fieldwork in 1981 in Lima and Cuzco, Peru, in collaboration with Dr. Darrell
      LaLone.  During that time, I assembling a microfilm database of 16th-18th century manuscripts relating to the economic-
      political organization of the Inca empire and colonial changes that occurred in the Inca economy in the Cuzco region, heart of
      the Inca empire. Fieldwork was followed by analysis of the archival materials, focusing on Inca and colonial Indian land tenure
      patterns. This work resulted in my Ph.D. dissertation on Andean land tenure (1985), a journal publication (1987), and
      professional presentations (1983, 1990). 

M.L.S. research, “Gabrielino Indian Ethnohistory/Bibliography Project,” 1978‑1980.
     Archival/library investigation of ethnohistorical sources on the Gabrielino Indians of southern California took place in Los
     Angeles, California in 1978. This research resulted in my  M.L.S. thesis (1978), which was later revised and published as a
     monograph "The Gabrielino Indians of Southern California:  An Annotated Ethnohistoric Bibliography" (1980).

Co-director/researcher, “Inca Economic Anthropology Project: Ethnohistorical Research on Marketplaces in the Inca State,” 1978‑1980.
     Ethnohistorical research on the question of whether or not the Inca had a marketplace system.  Conducted in collaboration with
     Dr. Darrell LaLone. Results of this study were presented at professional meetings (1978, 1979). 

M.A. research, “Ethnographic Research Project on Contemporary Marketplace Economics in the Peruvian Andes,”1973‑1977.
     1973‑74 fieldwork investigation of a contemporary marketplace system linking rural Indian marketplaces in the Canas‑Canchis
     region and the urban center of Sicuani, Dept. of Cuzco, Peru.  Conducted as a researcher on a project directed by Dr. Darrell
     LaLone.  Results appeared in my M.A. thesis (1976), a journal article (1976), and presentations (1976, 1977, 1978, 1985).