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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Twelve authors have contributed to the making of this book. Their nationali-
ties, ages, interests and careers range widely, and this is clearly reflected in the
variety of the topics and treatments of the essays which they have submitted.
The authors were asked to supply a few paragraphs about their lives,
to inform on their backgrounds and qualifications, and to indicate how they
became involved with the subject of knots. Although a very small sample of
people is involved, the following collection of their replies constitutes a written
contribution on the sociology of the current knotting world. At the very least,
it supplies evidence that such a world exists!

Robert G. Bednarik

Robert Bednarik is an Australian, born in Vienna in 1944. He has produced
some 400 refereed scientific publications in nine languages, mostly in cognitive
archaeology. He edits three archaeological journals and a series of monographs.
As Permanent Convener and Editor of the International Federation of Rock
Art Organisations he plays a leading role in the world-wide study of palaeoart,
and he has conducted extensive field work in most continents. In 1983, Robert
Bednarik founded the Australian Rock Art Research Association, of which
he remains the Editor and Secretary, and which has become the flagship of
the discipline of global palaeoart studies. Since 1990, he has also been the
Editor of the Archaeological and Anthropological Society of Victoria. He is
an independent publisher and scientific writer.

Geoffrey Budworth
Geoffrey Budworth was born on 22 February 1937 in Oakham, a rural market
town of Rutland, England's smallest county; but from the age of seven, he
grew up on the South coast, in Bournemouth, and there acquired a love of
swimming and boats (with both of which he remains besotted).
He completed 25 years with the Metropolitan Police, doing undercover
work with the London West End's vice squad, nine years afloat in Thames
Division (London's river police), and several stints lecturing criminal law and

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