6/1/2023 0 Comments James michener centennialI had severalpositive responses and 'went on tour'. This was great but I wanted to expand my knapping opportunities so I came up with the idea of offering to do workshops at universities and sent out letters to seek invitations. Eventually, I was back in Arizona 'making a living' with have trowel will travel as an archaeology laborer. After France I spent 3 weeks with Tixier in Lebanon. I also met Don Crabtree and Jacques Tixier. I spent a lot of time with François resulting in his invitation to join his excavations in France the summer of 1970. François Bordes, Prehistorian at the University of Bordeaux, to spend the academic year (perhaps just the spring semester) in Tucson lecturing etc. This particular story can be traced back to at least 1968 when Art Jelenik, archaeology professor at the University of Arizona, received a grant for a visiting professor for the academic year of 1969/1970.
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