Bill Dancey, professor emeritus, department of anthropology, has been selected for the Distinguished Career Award by Midwest Archaeological Conference (MAC).

The Midwest Archaeological Conference Distinguished Career Award recognizes an archaeologist who has demonstrated excellence and contributed significantly and regularly to the advancement of Midwestern archaeology. This award is the highest one conveyed by MAC and truly honors someone with a lifetime commitment to and achievement in Midwestern Archaeology.

Dancey is the author of two books, Archaeological field methods: An introduction, and The First Discovery of America: Archaeological Evidence of The Early Inhabitants of The Ohio Area. His research interests include testing of methods of recovering and analyzing regional scale archaeological data. He is also interested in researching internal settlement structure along with analytic approaches to measuring functional and social properties of settlements. He is involved in the investigation of culture change during the Woodland Period of central Ohio, including the demise of the Hopewell Phenomenon, through regional and site specific analysis.