The Louisiana Archaeological Society
Officers

President: Velicia Bergstrom Pineville Velicia is an archaeologist for Kisatchie National Forest. Vice President & President Elect: John H. (Johnny) Guy Jr P.O. Box 503 / 4105 Main St Anacoco La 71403 337-238-3277 or cell 337-718-2026 e-mail address: johnnyguy at earthlink dot net and catherineguy at earthink dot net The photo shows Johnny Guy working in Pompeii. Born in Many Louisiana in 1953, Johnny attended Anacoco High School and graduated in 1971. He then attended Northwestern State University, studying Anthropology. In 1974 he joined the United States Navy. After Retiring in November 1994 from the Naval Service, he came back to Vernon Parish where he finished his BS in Human Services at Upper Iowa University, Fort Polk, in 2000. John now works for the US Army at Chesser Dental Center, Fort Polk. John became interested in archaeology while he was a Boy Scout. While stationed in the Navy he worked at sites at Pompeii, Herculaneum, Cuma, and Wells of Lacraium in Italy, Okinawa, Japan,and Patuxant River Naval Air Station, Maryland. He has also worked many sites in Louisiana and Texas. His latest projects include volunteering as a member of passport in time for the U.S. Forest Service. He is the President of the West Louisiana Archaeology Club. He has been a member of UPPA since its founding, and he has been a member of the Louisiana Archaeological Society since 1977. Secretary: Rachel Watson Division of Archaeology Office of Cultural Development Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism P.O. Box 44247 Baton Rouge, LA 70804 (225) 342-8170 (225) 342-4480 Fax Treasurer: Jason A. Emery 406 Tricou St. New Orleans, LA 70117 Bulletin Editor: Dr. Charles R. "Chip" McGimsey State Archaeologist Division of Archaeology PO Box 44247 Baton Rouge, La. 70804 225-342-8170 Chip grew up in Arkansas and began his archaeological career there, before moving on to Illinois for 17 years. After grad school, he took the job as Southwest Regional Archaeologist at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. In general, the older something is, the more interesting he finds it, but during his time in Louisiana he has worked on Civil War sites, Acadian farmsteads, historic Indian burials, and American Indian sites of all time periods. He has a particular fondness for the Marksville Period, and the chronology of technological and stylistic change over time. Newsletter Editor: Dennis Jones 224 W. Parkland Drive Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806 ofc ph # 225 381 8201 cell ph # 225 572 5464 Dennis, born in Arkansas, was raised in Memphis, TN. After experiencing an epiphany with a lithic scatter in his grandfather's plowed field near Forrest City, Arkansas, he pondered a caeer in archaeology. Despite being relatively sober for most of his life, he pursued that career anyway. With a B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis and an M.A. from LSU, he has worked in many places: Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Florida, Texas, Louisiana, and even exotic Mississippi. A longtime LAS member, he now has the dubious honor of being the newsletter editor. Please feel free to send him any announcements, news, complaints, or praise (?). Webmaster: Junior Doughty 190 Major Doughty Road Tullos, Louisiana 71479 (318) 534-6290 Junior is a 1960 graduate of LaSalle High School in Olla, Louisiana. Some thirty-five years later, in 1995, he graduated with honors from NSU in Natchitoches, receiving a degree in anthropology with a minor in English. He presently lives in Tullos where he researches Mississippi Delta culture and publishes his research on his popular website, "Junior's Juke Joint," located at http://www.deltablues.net Among many other honors, Junior's Juke Joint was recently selected by the Smithsonian Institution, National Anthropological Archives, as "The Most Entertaining Online Ethnography."

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