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THANKS

The existence and continued success of a small analytical laboratory (and my career in archaeology) like Northwest Research would simply not have been possible without the help and interest over the years of a lot of different people. For all of you that provided moral support, financial support, technical expertise, source information, good ideas, good company on field work, and all those many obsidian and fine-grained volcanic source samples ... a sincere thanks! I couldn't have done it without you.

The original crew - from left to right: Jennifer Thatcher, Craig Skinner (me), and Kathy Davis (1996).

C. Melvin Aikens
Tad Allred
Alex Atkins
Linda Audrain
Ian Audrain-Skinner
Bill Ayres
Paul Baxter
Charlotte Beck
Adam Berg
Jeanne Binning
Bill Bloomer
BioSystems Analysis, Inc. *
Rob Bonnichsen *
Penni Borghi
Alyce Branigan
Kurt Braun
William Bryce
Bob Bryson
Carla Burnside
Scott Byram
Bill Cannon
Roy Carlson
Joell Castanza
Bill Cattrall
Grady Caulk
Paul Claeyssens
Vickie Clay
Steve Coffel
Clint Cole
Randy Cone
Tom Connolly
Tyrone Corn
Lisa Cresswell
Gary Curtis
Kathy Davis (a special thanks to you, Kathy)
Donna Day
Carolyn Dillian
Mike Dugas
Daron Duke
Don Dumond
Michelle Durant
Joshua Edwards
Steve Edwards
Jelmer Eerkens
Randy Elder
Roger Eldridge
Pam Enzweig
Jon Erlandson
John Fagan
Jeff Ferguson
Ann Fink
Gerry Gates
Phil Geib
Mark Giambastiani *
Thomas Gilg
Mike Glascock
Ted Goebel
Alan Gold
Gordon Goles (G3) *
Garry Graham
Rand Greubel
Lynn Haarklau
Bob Hafey *
Kirk Halford
Don Hann
Doug Harro
Paul Heinrich
Suzann Henrickson
Brian Hockett
Richard Hughes
INFOTEC Research, Inc.
Robert Jackson
Tom Jackson
Alden Jayes
Dennis Jenkins
Ann Johnson
Lynn Johnson
Denise Jurich
Russ Kaldenberg
Cari Keshak
Kurt Katsura
Jay King
Steve Kohntopp
Kim Kwarsick
Linsie Lafayette
Stephen LaValley
Amy Larsen
Paul Lawson *
Clay Lebow
Dana Lepofsky
Cathy Lindberg
Susan Lindstrom
Janine Loyd
Bill Lyons
Farrel Lytle
Quentin Mackie
Tom Mallard
Cheryl Martin
Allan McCabe
Ron Massone
Dan Matney
Clement Meighan *
Johnson Meninick
Jeff Merth
Bob Mierendorf
Fennelle Miller
Rick Minor
Joe Moore
Madonna Moss
Scott Murdock
Melissa Murphy
Erle Nelson
Leee Neri
Alex Nyers
Chris O'Brien
Mark O'Brien
Chip Oetting
Pat O'Grady
Tom Origer
Terry Ozbun
Bob Page
Dave Page
Robert Page
Lee Panich
Colleen Parsley
Lance Peterson
Rick Pettigrew
Dave Powell *
Diane Pritchard
Dick Pugh
Bert Rader
Stefan Radosevich *
John Rapp
Anan Raymond
Sue Reynolds
Ted Roberts
Ann Rogers
Mike Rondeau
Matt Root
Kristina Roper
Dick Ross *
George Scott
Steve Shackley
John Shafer
Jon Silvermoon
Joyce Skinner *
Leonard Skinner *
Geoff Smith
Liz Sobel
Jeff Speakman
Jason Spidell
Jim Stafford
Chris Stevenson
Mark Stiger
Rob Stone
Dan Stueber
Scott Stuemke *
Lisa Swillinger *
Mark Swisher
Joanne Tactikos
Amanda Taylor
Jennifer Thatcher (... and a very special thanks to you too!)
Kim Tremaine
Luke Trout
Jeff Van Raden
Sharon Waechter
Dave Wagner
Bob Walker *
Wayne Watson
Dave Weatherby
Dave Whitson
Scott Williams
Judy Willig *
Greg Willis
Chris Willson
Julie Wilt
Carol Winkler *
Quent Winterhoff
Ellen Withers
Teresa Wriston
D. Craig Young
Erik Zaborsky

My apologies to anyone that I missed - let me know.

The QuanX EC EDXRF spectrometer used at the lab for the last several years before I retired (2012).

The original Spectrace 5000 X-ray spectrometer that was used at the lab from 1992 until 2012 when the by-then irreplacable detector finally failed.

03/01/2024

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