Don’t call him “Mike” or Michael”--he will know you are a telemarketer or insurance salesman! Smoke grew up in Omaha and after a stint in the Army from 1968 to 1970, decided to go to college. Smoke received his B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, in 1975 and his M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Idaho, Moscow seven years later. Before moving to Arkansas in 1989, he worked for the University of Idaho Laboratory of Anthropology, USDA Forest Service and USDI Bureau of Land Management all over Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. Smoke also participated in salvage excavations for Idaho State University (at Idaho City and the Silver Bridge site) and Oregon State University (at Roseberg Water Treatment Expansion site). While a USDA Forest Service archaeologist in Arkansas, Smoke has participated with the Arkansas Archeological Society since 1993 in a number of ways—frequently serving as Field Lab Supervisor for the annual society training program--and has held several organizational positions (currently AAS president).

Smoke has published 23 articles, monographs (including Master’s Thesis), and book reviews on Clay Tobacco Pipes, co-authored another, and given eight presentations at professional archaeological conferences on the subject. More pipe articles are in the works. In addition, Smoke has a 30 year long association with smoke-belching black powder firearms. Add these two interests up and you can pretty well understand the moniker!

On the rare occasions where he has energy left, Smoke goes to gun shows, goes target shooting with WWI and WWII military rifles and pistols, and goes turkey hunting a few days every spring. Smoke is also an Arkansas Hunting Education Instructor (primarily for muzzleloaders) and an Arkansas State Police certified Concealed Handgun License Safety Instructor (http://www.asp.state.ar.us/divisions/rs/rs_chl_inst.php). Smoke and his wife Teri are regular participants at Buckskinner Rendezvous. Smoke is also a member of the Hog Heaven Muzzleloaders (http://www.hogheavenmuzzleloaders.com), and from October to April goes to Rendezvous with the Early Arkansas Reenactors Association in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana (http://www.arkie.net/~eara/). Then, of course, there is always the Groundhog Pipe Smoker's Society (http://www.ramshornstudio.com/groundhog_smokers.htm). Smoke researches extensively on Lookout Towers and has been the Arkansas Chapter Director for the Forest Fire Lookout Association since 1995 (http://www.firelookout.org/chapters.htm). Smoke edits The Bead Forum, the semi-annual newsletter of The Society of Bead Researchers (http://sbrwebsite.home. comcast.net/index/), and is very well known for his numerous topical bibliographies posted on the internet. [Photograph by Teri Pfeiffer.]

Smoke's Clay Pipe & Tobacco Related Publications

1981a Clay Tobacco Pipes From Spokane House and Fort Colvile. Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 15(2):221-235.

1981b Notes on Unusual Clay Tobacco Pipes Found in Seattle. Historical Archaeology 15(1):109-12.

1982a The Clay Pipes. In: Kanaka Village/Vancouver Barracks, 1975. Reports in Highway Archaeology No. 7:113-127. Office of Public Archaeology, Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Washington, Seattle.

1982b Clay Tobacco Pipes and the Fur Trade of the Pacific Northwest and Northern Plains. M.A. Thesis, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Idaho, Moscow.

1983a Clay Tobacco Pipes from Hudson's Bay Company's Bellevue Farm, San Juan Island, Washington (45-SJ-295). In: The Archaeology of the Clay Tobacco Pipe VIII. America. British Archaeological Reports, International Series 175:162-183.

1983b The Tobacco-Related Artifact Assemblage from the Martinez Adobe, Pinole, California. In: The Archaeology of the Clay Tobacco Pipe VIII. America. British Archaeological Reports, International Series 175:185-194.

1983c Clay Tobacco Pipes From Five Archaeological Sites in Nebraska. Historic Clay Tobacco Pipe Studies 2:39-47.

1983d W. White Pipes From the Foote House Dump, 10 AA 96. Historic Clay Tobacco Pipe Studies 2:48

1983e Clay Tobacco Pipes From the Town of Lillooet, British Columbia. Historic Clay Tobacco Pipe Studies 2:61-68.

1983f Book Review of "Northhampton Clay Tobacco Pipes and
Pipemakers" by W.R.G. Moore. Historic Clay Tobacco Pipe Studies 2:75-76.

1983g [Sudbury, Byron, and Michael A. Pfeiffer] Clay Pipes in an 1875 Wm. DeMuth & Co. Catalogue. Historical Clay Tobacco Pipe Studies 2:72-73.

1984 Book Review of "The Archaeology of the Clay Tobacco Pipe II, The United States of America." edited by Peter Davey. Historical Archaeology 18(1):124-125.

1985 Tobacco. In: Archaeological Investigations at the Cabinet Landing Site (10BR413), Bonner County, Idaho. By Landreth Keith, Keo Borenson, and Mary Condon. Eastern Washington University Reports in Archaeology and History Number 100-45, pp 114,116- 120, Archaeological and Historical Services, Cheney, Washington.

1986a Tobacco Pipes from the Arrowtown Chinese Settlement, Central Otago, New Zealand. Historic Clay Tobacco Pipe Studies 3:79-88.

1986b Book Review of "Augustin: The European Picture Book of Clay Pipes", Vols 1 & 2. Historic Clay Tobacco Pipe Studies 3:135-136.

1989 Clay Tobacco Pipes. In: Curation Manual for the Archaeological Collection from 45 SA 11, North Bonneville, Washington. Topel, Katherine Anne (Ed.) Heritage Research Associates Report No. 81:89-91. Heritage Research Associates, Inc., Eugene.

1998 Clay Tobacco Pipes from 3MN383, Blaylock Creek Site. In:
Archeological Investigation at The Epperson Farmstead Site,
3MN383, Historic Component. By Roger E. Coleman. Ouachita
National Forest, Hot Springs, Arkansas. pp.59-60.

1998 Review of John Taber and John Taber Jr., Two New England Clay Tobacco Pipe Makers: A Family History and Illustrated Catalogue. By S. Paul Jung Jr. Privately Published, Bel Air, Maryland. Historical Archaeology 32(2):106-107

1998 Clay Tobacco Pipes from the Fontenelle Site. In: Jensen, Richard E., The Fontenelle & Cabanne Trading Posts. The History and Archaeology of Two Missouri River Sites 1822-1838. pp. 143-160. Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln.

1999 Clay Tobacco Pipes From 3MN383, Blaylock Creek Site. In: Early, Ann M., Randall L. Guendling, Roger E. Coleman, & Michele L. Williams, Archaeological Excavations at the Winding Stair Locality, Montgomery County, Arkansas. AAS Project 941 Final Report pp.227(Appendix 2). Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville.

2006 Clay Tobacco Pipes and the Fur Trade of the Pacific Northwest and Northern Plains. Historic Clay Tobacco Pipe Studies Research Monograph-1, edited by J. Byron Sudbury. Phytolith Press, Ponca City, Oklahoma, USA. Ordering Information

Conference Papers Presented

1975 Smoking in Style at Fort Union Trading Post. Nebraska Academy of Sciences, 85th Annual Meetings (Anthropology Section). April.

1977 An Analysis of the Tobacco Pipes from the 1975 Excavations of Kanaka Village/Vancouver Barracks. 30th Annual Northwest Anthropological Conference, Victoria, B.C., Canada. April

1978 Utility of Clay Tobacco Pipes and Stems as a Time Marker in the Pacific Northwest. 31st Annual Northwest Anthropological
Conference, Pullman, Washington. April.

1980 Clay Tobacco Pipes from Spokane House and Fort Colvile. 33rd Annual Northwest Anthropological Conference, Bellingham,
Washington. March.

1981 Comparative and Temporal Distribution of Historic Tobacco Pipes in the Pacific Northwest and Northern Plains. Paper presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for Historic Archaeology, New Orleans, LA.

1981 Clay Tobacco Pipes from Fort Okanogan, Washington (45 OK 64). 34th Annual Northwest Anthropological Conference, Portland. March.

2006a [Michael A Pfeiffer, Richard T. Gartley, and J. Byron Sudbury]. President Pipes: Origin and Distribution. South Central Historical Archeology Conference.October.

2006b [Michael A Pfeiffer, Richard T. Gartley, and J. Byron Sudbury]. President Pipes: Origin and Distribution. Southeastern Archaeological Conference, 63rd Annual Meeting, Little Rock, Arkansas. November 9.