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
Oahe Dam Background: The Great Sioux Reservation
Oahe Dam Impacts: Cheyenne River Reservation
Oahe Dam Impacts: Standing Rock Reservation
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