In may of 1798, a French armada set sail across the Mediterranean, heading for Alexandria. In command of the expedition was a 29 year old Napoleon Bonaparte- not yet emperor, but already a rising star in the French military. He had been given nearly 200 vessels and 13 ships of the line, alongside the newly formed Army of the Orient….

When we imagine ice age people, maritime lifeways are often overshadowed by more iconic elements of that lost world; bands of hunters pursuing mammoths, or a shaman winding between stalagmites, torch in hand. Many researchers have worked to establish the importance of the seas and rivers to paleolithic hunter-gatherers….

“The beginnings of inequality do not start with the onset of farming, or any other ecological input, they lie far back in the varied social configurations and ideologies of gatherer-hunter societies.” (Barbara Bender, 1989: 93) ​…

An essay on the problems with the concept of “wilderness”. Humankind’s footprint is deeper than you think.

Alaska is a big place. The middle third of the state - itself the size of Texas - is bounded by the Brooks range in the North, and the Alaska range in the South. With a population of only…

During the spring of 2020 I spent three months working at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History as a Bioarchaeology Collections Intern…

Among the most central topics of debate in Paleoindian archaeology is the role humans played in the extinction of dozens of species of Pleistocene animals, which disproportionally fall into the category of megafauna…

Memories and thoughts from my Peace Corps experience…

In the year 1862, Emperor Tewodros of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) found himself in dire straits…

I spent a weekend excavating with researchers from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, after construction workers in Broomfield, Colorado uncovered the remains of a Torosaurus…

I spent this summer surveying and excavating stone, bronze and iron age archaeological sites in western Mongolia…

I went on a caving trip last spring to Fly and Marble Caves, located in the sunburnt south of Colorado. The landscape is marked by mesas and cacti, and stunted conifers…

I recently drove up I70 from Boulder to Glenwood Springs, CO to go caving in Fairy Cave. This cave system is one of the largest in the state…

I spent a few weeks last summer as a volunteer with the Maya Research Program, excavating at the ancient city of Xnoha in northwest Belize…

The archaeological site of Chief Looking's Village sits on a hiltop along the Missouri river overlooking Bismarck, North Dakota…

“We were marching towards Chievely Camp where Lieutenant Roberts, the son of Lord Roberts,  had received a mortal wound”…

Today hikers, tourists and nature enthusiasts are the only denizens of the Comanche National Grasslands…

My first archaeological field experience was a field school through the University of Colorado at Boulder, studying pre-columbian archaeology on the northern great plains…

I visited Mesa Verde National Park, and the Ute Tribal Mountain Park near Cortez, Colorado. while Mesa Verde contains the larger and more impressive sites…