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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Iwouldliketoexpressmygratitudetoallthosewhomadeitpossibletopreparethis
bookwhichisbasedonmydoctoraldissertation,DefensiveArchitectureandthe
DepopulationoftheMesaVerdeRegion,Utah-Colorado,USAintheThirteenthCentury
A.D.Iamverythankfultomysupervisorandmentor,ProfessorJanuszKrzysztof
KozłowskifromtheJagiellonianUniversityforhisguidance,comments,andhelpboth
beforeandduringthepreparationofthedissertation.IamextremelygratefultoProfessor
WilliamD.Lipe,WashingtonStateUniversityforhisconstructivecomments,solidad-
vice,andinstructivecriticismaswellasfortheacademicandmoralsupporthehas
providedthroughoutthegatheringofdataandthewritingofthedissertationandthe
book.IwouldalsoliketoexpressmygratitudetoDr.MarkD.Varien,CrowCanyon
ArchaeologicalCenter,Colorado,forinsightfulcommentsandremarksandhisinvalu-
ablehelpandassistanceinobtainingnecessarydataandaccessingunpublishedmanu-
scripts.IamalsoverythankfultoProf.AleksanderPosern-ZielińskifromAdam
MickiewiczUniversityforhishelp,commentsandremarksduringthepreparationofthis
dissertation,especiallyintermsoftheanthropologicalissues.
MyresearchintheUnitedStateswasmadepossiblebythenancialsupportofnu-
merousinstitutionstowhichIamverythankful,especiallytheFulbrightCommission,
theKosciuszkoFoundation,theSasakawaYoungLeadersFellowshipFund(theTokyo
Foundation),andthePolish-AmericanEthnologicalSocietyinMemoryofBronislaw
Malinowski.IalsothanktheformerDeanoftheHistoryFaculty,ProfessorPiotr
Kaczanowski;thecurrentDeanoftheHistoryFaculty,ProfessorAndrzejBanach,as
wellastheformerDirectoroftheInstituteofArchaeologyoftheJagiellonianUniversity,
ProfessorJanChochorowski.Withoutthesupportandnancialaidoftheseindividuals
myparticipationinarchaeologicalresearchintheUnitedStateswouldnothavebeen
possible.
IwouldliketoexpressmygratitudetomanypeopleattheCrowCanyonArchaeological
Center(CCAC),ColoradowhoImetduringseveralstaysthere.Iamverythankfulfor
theopportunitytoparticipateintheirexcavationsandconductresearchthereaswellas
tobecomefamiliarwithmethodsofconductingarchaeologicalresearchwithpublicin-
volvementandincollaborationwithAmericanIndians.Iwouldliketoexpressmygrat-
itudetoKristinA.Kuckelman,directoroftheGoodmanPointArchaeologicalProject,
forherfactualsupervision,assistance,andintroductiontothearchaeologyoftheMesa
Verderegionandforthemanyconversationswehadonarchaeology.Thanksalsoto
ScottOrtmanforhissuggestionsandhisinvaluablehelpinobtainingelectronicsitedata
andsurveyreports.IwouldliketothankGrantCoffey,ErinBaxter,andSteveCopeland
mycolleaguesduringexcavationsforthegreattimewespentatGoodmanPoint
PuebloandattheCrowCanyoncampus.IwouldalsoliketothanktheCCACstaffand
friendsfortheirhelp,support,interest,andinsight.ThanksMargie,Susan,Jamie,