Archaeology in Western Mongolia
I spent this summer surveying and excavating stone, bronze and iron age archaeological sites in western Mongolia…
Visiting Fly and Marble Caves with the CU Caving Club
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…
Data Collection in Fairy Cave, Colorado
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…
Excavations at the Maya City of Xnoha
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…
Archaeology at Chief Looking's Village
The archaeological site of Chief Looking's Village sits on a hiltop along the Missouri river overlooking Bismarck, North Dakota…
Gandhi in the South African War
“We were marching towards Chievely Camp where Lieutenant Roberts, the son of Lord Roberts, had received a mortal wound”…
Archaeology on the Comanche National Grasslands
Today hikers, tourists and nature enthusiasts are the only denizens of the Comanche National Grasslands…
Excavations at Pine Ridge: Farmers and Hunters of the Ancient Great Plains
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…
Petroglyphs and Cliff Dwellings
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…