I was delighted to receive in the mail an early copy of Tom and Grayson Westfall’s latest publication on the Bil Macormick collection from Texas county in the Oklahoma Panhandle! Herein is a photographic record and chronicle of nearly 50 years of one person collecting one creek in the High Plains. This work should prove of great interest to both archaeologists and avocationals alike. While, by design, it is not a scientific or peer-reviewed style of composition, it nevertheless is an entertaining and vivid depiction of what can be learned when a well-documented, single locale assemblage is curated and allowed to be studied. This collection will continue to be a resource within the archaeological database of Oklahoma and the High Plains that will lend itself to future study by archaeology students for years to come! This is all thanks to the careful collection and documentation by Bill Macormic over many years and the magnanimous conservation of this assemblage by Grayson Westfall.

This is a great example for all of us private collectors of the importance of maintaining provenience of our finds. It also highlights the significance of making definitive, archival plans for the preservation of our own collections so that they may continue to contribute to the ever-decreasing archaeological record of our country after we are gone. (Dr. Jim Cox)