provides publication assistance to scientists, with special attention to archaeology and related fields.

Linda Forman

319-848-7577

E-mail: linda.forman@scribaltraditions.com

EDUCATION

• A.B.D., Anthropology. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  Research Topic: Prehistoric Water Management in the Northern Maya Lowlands
  Minor Field of Study: Geography
• M.A., Anthropology. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1980
• B.A., Anthropology. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1972
• University of Texas at Austin, 1968–1969

Awards:

• 1983–1985 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Graduate School Fellowship
• 1972 Phi Beta Kappa
• 1968–1972 Alcoa Foundation Scholarship

PUBLICATIONS EXPERIENCE

• 1998–present Managing Editor, Medical Anthropology Quarterly (ISSN 0745-5194). Department of Anthropology, University of Iowa, Iowa City. Manage editorial functions and assist in supervision of editorial office; handle direct relations with authors and with publisher’s office.
• 1996–present Editorial Assistant, Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology (ISSN 0146-1109). Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City. Manage editorial and production functions; assist editor with manuscript review, correspondence with authors, and journal promotion.
• 1990–present Freelance Editor, co-owner of Scribal Traditions, offering publications assistance to archaeologists and researchers in related disciplines. Editing for style and substance, manuscript formatting, bibliographic proofing, computer-generated maps and plans, production of camera-ready copy.
• 1992–1998 Associate Editor, Journal of the Iowa Archeological Society (ISSN 0535-5729). Edit submissions for style and substance, perform bibliographic checks, format text and lay out pages, create camera-ready copy.
• 1997 Editorial Assistant, Contemporary Psychology (ISSN 0010-7549). Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City. Prepared biographies of journal contributors and book authors, wrote short book reviews.
• 1994–1997 Editor and graphics assistant for 17 archaeological projects; General Contracts Program and Highway Archaeology Program, Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa. Edited reports for content and style, formatted text and laid out pages, created maps and figures.
• 1990–1992 Publications Assistant; Blooming Prairie Warehouse, Iowa City, Iowa. Proofed copy, formatted text, laid out pages for multiple commercial publications.

ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING EXPERTISE

• Microsoft Word, Macintosh and PC versions
• Adobe PageMaker, Macintosh and PC versions
• Twelve years experience with Macintosh systems; six years experience with PC systems

FOREIGN LANGUAGE CAPABILITIES

Proficiency in Spanish (written and spoken); reading knowledge of French

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• 1988–1989 Visiting Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Iowa
• 1986–1988 Lecturer, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Wisconsin Center-Rock County
• 1986 Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• 1985–1986 Instructor, Postsecondary Re-Entry Program, University of Wisconsin Center-Fond du Lac County
• 1981–1983 Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Courses Taught:

• The Ancient Maya
• Archaeology and the Prehistoric World
• Cultural Anthropology
• Digging up the Past: Approaches to Archaeology
• General Anthropology
• Introduction to Culture and Society
• Introduction to Physical Anthropology
• Introduction to Physical Anthropology and Archaeology
• Peoples of Mesoamerica, Past and Present

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE

• 1995–1997 Project Archaeologist, Burials Program, Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa. Archival research and collections documentation.
• 1975–1996 Field assistant, supervisor, and director on numerous archaeological projects in Yucatán (Mexico), Puebla (Mexico), Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin; Western Illinois University, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of Iowa.
• 1982–1983 Manager, Archaeological Research Laboratory, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
• 1980 Acting Staff Archaeologist, Historic Preservation Division, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison.
• 1978–1979 Archaeological research assistant, Historic Preservation Division, State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
• 1976 Lithics analyst, Arctic Archaeology Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

RELATED ARCHAEOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES

• 1994–present Treasurer, Iowa Archeological Society
• 1985–1986 Secretary-Treasurer, Wisconsin Archaeological Survey
• 1984–1986 Recording Secretary, Wisconsin Archaeological Society

PAPERS & PUBLICATIONS

• In press Plant Remains (Except Wood) from the Larson Site (with Thomas Haberman and William Green). Accepted for publication edited by Alan D. Harn in Reports of Investigation series, Illinois State Museum, Springfield.
• In press Belief and Ritual in Prehispanic Water Management among the Northern Lowland Maya. In Mounds, Modoc, and MesoAmerica: Papers in Honor of Melvin L. Fowler, edited by S. Ahler. Scientific Papers series, Illinois State Museum, Springfield.
• 1998 NAGPRA Inventory and Consultation: Human Remains and Funerary Objects in the Charles R. Keyes Collection (with Shirley J. Schermer, Robin M. Lillie, Jill Robinson, and Larry Zimmerman). Research Papers 23(1). Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
• 1996 Documentation and Consultation Under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act for Human Remains and Cultural Items from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District Archaeological Collections from Iowa Sites Curated at Various Repositories (with Jill Robinson, Curtis Nepstad-Thornberry, and Joseph A. Tiffany); Contract Completion Report 508, Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
• 1995 Phase III Archaeological Salvage of the Buck Creek Mounds (13CT34 and 13CT36), Local Systems Project GRS-1792(2) Clayton County, Iowa (with James M. Collins); Project Completion Report 18(16), Highway Archaeology Program, Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
• 1995 Documentation and Consultation Under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act for Human Remains and Cultural Items from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District Archaeological Collections at the Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (with Shirley J. Schermer and Robin Lillie); Contract Completion Report 470, Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
• 1992–94 Sole author of 22 technical reports detailing results of investigations conducted for the Highway Archaeology Program, Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
• 1991 (Co-editor) Blooming Prairie Product Guide. Blooming Prairie Warehouse, Iowa City, Iowa.
• 1982 Results of an Archaeological Survey of a Proposed Development Site in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Report of Investigations, Archaeological Research Laboratory, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
• 1980 Archaeological Reconnaissance along the Bear Creek and Rock Creek Drainages in Adams County, Illinois: A Study of Man-Land Relationships. Master's thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

PRESENTATIONS

• 1997 Summary of Data Salvaged from Buck Creek Mound 1, Clayton County, Iowa (with James M. Collins). Paper presented at the 109^th annual meeting of the Iowa Academy of Science, Davenport.
• 1996 New Data Salvaged from Old Excavations of the Buck Creek Mounds, Northeast Iowa (with James M. Collins). Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana.
• 1992–1994 Participated in Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa educational outreach program; made presentations on archaeology and Iowa prehistory to Iowa school groups.
• 1993 Recent Archaeological Discoveries Along the Coralville Lake Shoreline, Johnson County, Iowa. Field report presented at the annual meeting of the Iowa Archeological Society, Des Moines.
• 1992 Prehistoric Settlement Patterns in the Northern Maya Lowlands. Presentation for the annual meeting of the Iowa Archeological Society, Waterloo.
• 1986–1988 Participated in University of Wisconsin Center-Rock County Speaker’s Bureau; made presentations to Janesville, Wisconsin, area civic and school groups on archaeology and Wisconsin prehistory.
• 1983 Report on Preliminary Examination of Aguadas in the Puuc Region of Northwest Yucatán. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Midwest Mesoamericanists, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

Scientific editing and publishing; Mesoamerican archaeology; Midwestern prehistory; ecological anthropology; iconography and epigraphy; human osteology

REFERENCES available upon request

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