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FORT NECESSITY FAMILY VACATION,
Pennsylvania, August 1957. Three year old William Lees (left) and
brother John at Fort Necessity, PA shortly after J.C. Harrington's
seminal work there in 1953 and 1954.
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WILLIAMSBURG FAMILY VACATION,
Virginia, probably 1957. Probably on the same family trip that
led to Ft. Necessity. Young William Lees to left (he has been
consistently on the left most of his life) of brother John, after a day
of marveling at the archaeologically based reconstruction and
interpretation of Williamsburg, and pondering this as a location for
future historical archaeology conferences.
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HONEY SPRINGS
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT, Oklahoma, June 1972. University of
Tulsa
field crew at the Honey Springs Battlefield, working for Oklahoma
Historical Society. A sliver of Lees can be seen on the far left
of this photo. Taken by project director Dr. Charles D. Cheek.
Photo at top of page is the field camp at Honey Springs just after
sunrise, 1972.
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UNIERSITY OF OKLAHOMA FIELD SCHOOL,
Oklahoma, Summer 1973. Earliest known field photograph of Dr.
Lees, at the OU field school at the Two Sisters site in the Oklahoma
Panhandle, directed by Dr. Dick Pailes.
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McGEE CREEK
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY, Oklahoma, Fall 1975. Picture is
self-explanatory.
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MY CAROLINA HOME, Columbia, South
Carolna, Summer 1977. My first home in Columbia, near Fort
Jackson.
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LIMERICK
PLANTATION, South Carolina, July 29, 1977. Institute of
Archaeology and Anthropology, USC, testing crew at Limerick Plantation
(l to r): Mike Harmon, Joe Joseph, William Lees (in the screen, his dog
Atoka).
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LIMERICK
PLANTATION, South Carolina, Fall 1977. Institute of
Archaeology
and Anthropology, USC, excavation crew at Limerick Plantation.
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UPPER PENINSULA, Michigan, ca.
1980. Testing crew and dwarves in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
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GARLOCK FARM,
Michigan, 1980. Highway survey crew from Michigan State
University Museum at the Garlock Farm.
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SOIL SYSTEMS, INC.
TOPEKA, KANSAS OFFICE, ca. 1982. Staff of office on a
snowy
winter's day.
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SOIL SYSTEMS, INC.
TOPEKA, KANSAS OFFICE, ca. 1982. National Register testing
of a
site in western Missouri.
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COODY CREEK SITE
TESTING, Oklahoma, ca. 1982. Soil Systems, Inc. crew for
the
National Register Test Excavations of the Caddoan Coody Creek site.
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COODY CREEK DATA
RECOVERY, Oklahoma, ca. 1982. Soil Systems, Inc. crew for
data
recovery excavations.
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LAKE FRANCIS CASE
SHORELINE SURVEY, South Dakota, 1983. University of Kansas
field
crew for survey of lower west bank of Lake Francis Case (Fort Randall
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KANAPOLIS LAKE
SURVEY, Kansas, 1984. Environmental Systems Analysis, Inc.
survey
crew at Kanapolis Lake in central Kansas.
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FORT LARNED
SURVEY, Kansas, 1984. University of Kansas Crew at the
Fort
Larned National Hitoric Site.
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QUINDARO
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT, Kansas City, Kansas, 1984.
Environmental
Systems Analysis, Inc. survey crew at 1850s Quindaro townsite.
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U.S. 56
EXCAVATIONS AT THE MEM SITE, Marion County, Kansas, 1986.
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FORT RANDALL
VOLUNTEER ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT, Lake Francis Case, South
Dakota, ca.
1989. U.S. Corps of Engineers contract supervisor Lees.
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OFFICE AT KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY,
Topeka, Kansas, ca. 1990.
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MINE CREEK
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT, Pleasanton, Kansas, ca. 1990. Oklahoma
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SHARPS CREEK SITE,
McPherson County, Kansas, 1993. William Lees and
Cleve Mulder (in pit) drawing profile of Great Bend Aspect
(proto-Wichita) storage pit during Kansas Archaeology Training Program
Dig.
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DOAKSVILLE ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT,
Choctaw County, Oklahoma, 1995. Crew of the first season of the
Oklahoma Historical Society's Doaksville Archaeological project. Doakvsville was a
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DOAKSVILLE
ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECT, Choctaw County, Oklahoma, 1996. Crew
of the
second season of the Oklahoma Historical Society's Doaksville
Archaeological Project.
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SAND CREEK
MASSACRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECT, Colorado, 1999. National
Park
Service survey to identify location of Black Kettle's village and
related places.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL
ARCHAEOLOGY, June 2002. SHA Board during their mid-year
meeting at St. Louis.
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RED RIVER SHIPWRECK PROJECT,
Oklahoma, 2003. Institute of Nautical Archaeology and Oklahoma
Historical Society Crew, excavation of 1838 western rivers steamboat Heroine.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL
ARCHAEOLOGY, June 2003. SHA Board during their mid-year
meeting at the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Lab in Solomons,
Maryland.
Left to Right: Kim McBride, Sara Mascia,
Barbara Heath, Julie King, Vergil Noble, Bob Neyland, Martha Zierden,
Mike Polk, Dan Roberts, Judy Bense, William Moss, William Lees.
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RED RIVER
SHIPWRECK PROJECT, Oklahoma, 2004. Institute of Nautical
Archaeology and Oklahoma Historical Society crew, excavation of 1838
western rivers steamboat Heroine.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL
ARCHAEOLOGY, June 2004. SHA Board during their mid-year
meeting in Rockville, Maryland.
Left to Right: Karen Hutchison (executive director),
Greg Waselkov, Bob Neyland, Dan Roberts, Martha Zierden, Judy Bense,
Sara Mascia, Kim McBride, Barbara Heath, Julie King, William Lees,
William Moss.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL
ARCHAEOLOGY, June 2005. SHA Board during their mid-year
meeting in Rockville, Maryland.
Left to Right: William Moss, Joe Joseph, Mark
Staniforth, William Lees, Barbara Heath, Anne Giesecke, Sara Mascia,
Terry Klein, Judy Bense, Kim McBride, Doug Scott, Greg Waselkov,
Rebecca Allen.
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STEERING COMMITTEE, FLORIDA PUBLIC
ARCHAEOLOGY NETWORK, September 2005. Meeting of the
Steering Committee at the temporary FPAN headquarters on Church Street,
Pensacola.
Left to Right: Jim Miller, William Lees, Elizabeth
Benchley, Ryan Wheeler, William Marquardt, Greg Cook, Lynne Goldstein,
Judy Bense, Sheila Stewart, Hester Davis.
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FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH,
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, April
2006. Lees volunteering at Kathy Deagan's excavation of the first
Spanish Settlement at St. Augustine; he is pictured next to a wooden
stake believed to date from John Goggin's earlier work at this site
(photo by Kathy Deagan).
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RED RIVER
SHIPWRECK PROJECT, Summer 2006.
Institute
of Nautical
Archaeology and Oklahoma Historical Society crew, excavation of 1838
western rivers steamboat Heroine.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL
ARCHAEOLOGY, June 2006. SHA Board during their mid-year
meeting in Rockville, Maryland.
Standing (Left to Right): Rebecca Allen, Nick
Honerkamp, Joe Joseph, Anne Giesecke, Michael Nassaney, Margaret
Purser, Lu Ann De Cunzo, William Lees.
Kneeling: Sara
Mascia.
Seated (Left to Right): Greg Waselkov, Doug Scott, Terry Klein, Mark
Staniforth.
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GROUND BREAKING
FOR ST. AUGUSTINE CENTER, FLORIDA PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY NETWORK, August
2006. Left to Right: Chuck Meide, Flagler College President
William Abare,
William Lees, Mayor George Gardner, City Archaeologist Carl Halbirt.
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FLORIDA PUBLIC
ARCHAEOLOGY NETWORK, Pensacola,
September 2006. First meeting of
directors, staff, and principals of the Network. Left to Right:
Christy Wood Pritchard, Sarah Miller, Kara Bridgman Sweeney, John
Worth, William Marquardt, Judy Bense, William Lees, Della Scott-Ireton,
Rich Eastabrook.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SOCIETY FOR HISTORICAL
ARCHAEOLOGY, June 2007. SHA Board during their mid-year
meeting at Gaithersberg, Maryland.
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