Carlton Shield Chief Gover
- Acting Assistant Professor
- Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Acting Assistant Curator
- Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum
- Ph.D., University of Colorado - expected May 2024
- M.A. University of Wyoming
- B.S. Radford University
- Spring 2024 Office Hours: Mon. and Wed. 3:30 - 4:30pm and Fri. 9-10am in 611 Fraser Hall; and by appointment - send email to mailto:carlton.shieldchief@ku.edu
Contact Info
Lawrence
1415 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence, KS 66045
Biography —
Research Interests
Indigenous Archaeology; Decolonial Anthropology; Community-Based Research; Ethnogenesis; Identity; Migration; Bayesian Statistics; Radiocarbon Analysis; Chronology Analysis; Plains Town Formation; Introduction of Horses; Diaspora of Mesolithic Peoples; Public Outreach; Science Communication; Underwater Archaeology
Education —
Specialization
Geographical Areas of Specialization
North America; Great Plains; Central Plains; Missouri River Valley; Ukraine; Hispaniola
Teaching —
Teaching
ANTH 318 Peoples of the Great Plains
ANTH 397 Museum Anthropology
ANTH 523 Great Plains Archaeology
ANTH TBD Indigenous Archaeology
Selected Publications —
Selected Publications
2024 Van Alst, E. & Shield Chief Gover, C. Indigenizing Archaeology: Applying Theory into practice. Edited Volume for University of Florida Press. In Press.
2024 Shield Chief Gover, C. History within Radiocarbon. In Indigenizing Archaeology: Applying Theory into Practice, Eds. Van Alst, E., Shield Chief Gover, C. University of Florida Press. In Press.
2024 Shield Chief Gover, C. Becoming a Čâhiksičâhiks Archaeologist. In Being Indigenous Archaeologists: Reckoning New Paths Between Past and Present Lives, Eds. Nicholas, G., & Watkins, J. Routledge Press. In Press.
2023 Taylor, W., Librado, P., Running Horse Collin, Y., Shield Chief Gover, C., et al. Early Dispersal of Domestic Horses into the Great Plains and Northern Rockies. In Science.379(6639): 1316-1323.
Selected Presentations —
Selected Presentations
2023 Shulist, S., Shield Chief Gover, C., Krupa, K., Karyl Franz, M., & Buschmann, R., Moderated by Yang, B., The Anthropology of Colonial Hoarding: History, Repatriation, and the Future of Colonial Institutions. American Anthropological Association / Canadian Anthropology Society joint Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario.
2023 Shield Chief Gover, C. Horse’n Around the Archaeological Record: Saddling Archaeological Science with Indigenous Knowledge. Hosted by The University of Kentucky Department of Anthropology and 2nd Story Museum. Lexington, KY.
2023 Shield Chief Gover, C. Changing Perspectives in Central Plains Archaeology: Bison, Maize, and Horses. Hosted by the Oklahoma University Department of Anthropology and the Native American and Indigenous Studies Department. Norman, OK.
Creative Works —
Creative Works
The A Life in Ruins Podcast hosted by the Archaeology Podcast Network
The Site Bite’s Podcast hosted by the Archaeology Podcast Network
Memberships —
Memberships
Society for American Archaeology
American Anthropological Association
Plains Anthropological Society
Society for Historic Archaeology