We have a lot of posts, so if you're new here, take a look at some of the categories that interest you. Don't miss Dr. Roger's five-part series on his field work in Mongolia! For more information about the NSF grant that Dr. Rogers is working on, please click here. To see the rest of Dr. Rogers' academic publications, see his Publications page.
Archaeology, Collections, and Museums:
Welcoming the Redcorn Pottery to NMNH.
Archaeology’s Rocks! Lithic Type Collections.
Newcomers and Collection Moves!
Internology: What Do Interns Do at NMNH?
Machetes to Lasers! The Archaeology of the Future.
Seal Skin Baby Pants and Ancient Diapers.
Broken Pots: More than the Sum of their Parts.
Recent Happenings in Roger's Archaeology Lab: Collections Updates and New Publications.
Travels in North Dakota, Part I: Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park.
Travels in North Dakota, Part II: Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center and Fort Mandan.
Travels in North Dakota, Part III: Fort Clark State Historic Site.
A New Publication on the Architecture and Early Empires of Inner Asia.
Travels in North Dakota, Part IV: Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site.
Travels in North Dakota, Part V: Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site.
End of Year Update, Part I: Writing About the Aztec Empire.
End of Year Update, Part II: Cataloging and Field Work.
New Publication: Assessing Human Global Impact.
River Basin Survey Collections Series:
Introducing the Arikara and Mandan Ceramic Type Collection.
Objects with Many Voices; People with Two Spirits.
History of Cattle Oiler and the River Basin Surveys.
In the Kitchen with…Middle Missouri Indians.
Archaeologists are in your trash, digging up your stories.
What is Historical Archaeology?
How the River Basin Surveys Shaped Historical Archaeology.
The Upper Missouri River Basin in the Nineteenth Century: Fur Trade (Historical Context).
The Upper Missouri River Basin in the Nineteenth Century: Military Frontier (Historical Context).
The Upper Missouri River Basin in the Nineteenth Century: Indian Agencies (Historical Context).
Our Summer with Sommers Site: A Site for All Seasons.
Cataloging the Larson Site: Metal Artifacts.
Cataloging the Larson Site: Bone Tool Artifacts.
Cataloging the Larson Site: Ceramic Artifacts.
Cataloging the Larson Site: Stone Artifacts.
Ready for Research: The Larson Site Cataloging Project is Complete!
Lake Sakakawea and the Woman It Was Named After.
Cataloging the Medicine Crow Site (39BF2).
End of Year Update, Part II: Cataloging and Field Work.
Garrison Dam Archaeology: Village Sites.
Garrison Dam Archaeology: 32MN1 - Fort Floyd.
Garrison Dam Archaeology: 32ML2 – Like-A-Fishhook Village and Fort Berthold.
Garrison Dam Archaeology: 32ML1 – Fort Stevenson.
Anthropological Theory and Computer Modeling:
Simulating the Past to Explore the Future.
Collapse: Things Don’t Just Fall Apart.
Resilience: Adaptation on the Rebound.
Panarchy: Out with the Old, In with the New.
Working Together: Ethnography and Archaeology.
Northlands in a Changing World.
New Publication—Building a Better Past….
In the Field:
Travels in Mongolia Part II: The North Gobi.
Travels in Mongolia Part III: The Orhkon Valley, 2002.
Travels in Mongolia, Part IV—The Northern Mountains.
Travels in Mongolia, Part V—Back to the City.
Movies
Real Stories Behind The Revenant: The Grand River Arikara/Sahnish Villages.
Real Stories behind The Revenant, part II: Ashley’s Hundred.
Real Stories behind The Revenant, part III: Fort Kiowa.
Women in Science Series:
Seriously Amazing Women: Kari Bruwelheide.
Seriously Amazing Women: Briana Pobiner.
Anthrocakes: Archaeology in Cake Series:
Have Your Anthropology and Eat It Too!
Anthrocakes 2013 Revealed: King Tutankhamen's Tomb.
Guest Posts:
100+ Inuit Words for Sea Ice: A Guest Post by Igor Krupnik.
SIMA Intern Guest Post: Explorations in Classical Plaster Casts at NMNH.