ABSTRACT
In this chapter Jeffrey Hantman describes his decade-long collaboration with the Monacan tribe, located near Virginia's Natural Bridge. It is a history of small steps and unexpected alliances, suggesting that effective collaboration requires no small degree of flexibility and patience on the part of all the parties involved. In this case, for instance, Hantman finds that collaboration can be furthered in interesting and productive ways, even as his own identity as an archaeologist is considered and occasionally redefined by his Monacan collaborators.
