Microcomputers can be highly effective tools for archaeological field work. General strategies that allow microcomputers to save, rather than consume, time are suggested. The general strategies are illustrated with examples from work at Shoofly Village, Arizona State University's Archaeological Field School and Research Project near Payson, Arizona. Principles affecting the structure of data files and the generation of simple but flexible descriptive reports are discussed. Examples of descriptive reports and statistical analyses of the depositional and distributional contexts at Shoofly Village are presented. -- AATA