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Mark D. Mitchell, Ph.D.

7772 Everett Way Arvada, 80005 (303) 635-9816 [email protected]

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Anthropology University of Colorado, Boulder 2011 Master of Arts, Anthropology University of Colorado, 1997 Bachelor of Science, Geography University of Utah, Salt Lake City 1991

Professional Experience

2011-present Paleocultural Research Group, Broomfield, Colorado Research Director 2008-2011 Paleocultural Research Group, Broomfield, Colorado Principal Investigator Spring 2008 University of Colorado, Department of Anthropology, Boulder, Colorado Graduate Teaching Assistant Fall 2007 University of Colorado, Department of Anthropology, Boulder, Colorado Graduate Part-Time Instructor 2005-2008 Paleocultural Research Group, Flagstaff, Arizona Assistant Field Director, Field Director, Principal Investigator 2004-2005 University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, Colorado Research Associate Summer 2004 University of Colorado, Department of Anthropology, Boulder, Colorado Graduate Teaching Assistant Spring 2004 University of Colorado, Department of Sociology, Boulder, Colorado Graduate Teaching Assistant Fall 2003 University of Colorado, Department of Anthropology, Boulder, Colorado Graduate Teaching Assistant/Instructor Summer 2003 Paleocultural Research Group, Flagstaff, Arizona Assistant Field Supervisor Fall 2002 University of Colorado, Department of Anthropology, Boulder, Colorado Graduate Teaching Assistant 1998-2004 USDA Forest Service, La Junta, Colorado, and Laramie, Archaeologist (GS-11) 1996-1998 USDA Forest Service, La Junta, Colorado, and Steamboat Springs, Colorado Archaeologist (GS-9) 1995-1997 Intermountain Archaeological Services, Denver, Colorado Principal Investigator 1995-1996 University of Colorado, Department of Anthropology, Denver, Colorado Graduate Teaching Assistant 1994-1996 Native Cultural Services, Boulder, Colorado Field Supervisor and Project Archaeologist 1994-1995 USDA Forest Service, Steamboat Springs, Colorado Archaeologist 1993-1994 PaleoResearch Laboratories, Golden, Colorado Palynology Laboratory Technician

Grants and Research Agreements

2018-2019 Colorado Division of Wildlife. Archaeological and Biogeographical Investigations at the La Botica Site, Conejos County, Colorado. $20,000 2018-2020 State Historical Society of North Dakota. Geophysical Survey, Systematic Coring, and Limited Archaeological Testing at Molander Indian Village State Historic Site, Oliver County, North Dakota. $45,867 Mark D. Mitchell Page 2

2018-2020 Northern Plains Heritage Foundation. Community Involvement and Public Outreach at Molander Indian Village, Oliver County, North Dakota. $8,956 2018-2020 History Colorado State Historical Fund. Archaeological Assessment of Culturally Modified Trees, . $9,978 2018-2020 U.S. Forest Service, San Juan National Forest. Fire History and Traditional Use Study. $15,000 2018-2020 Denver Museum of Nature and Science. 2018 Field and Lab Investigation at the , Jefferson County, Colorado. $58,399. 2018-2020 History Colorado, State Historical Fund. Archaeological and Biogeographical Investigations at the La Botica Site, Conejos County, Colorado. $102,767 2017-2018 Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Analysis of 2017 Magic Mountain Site Collection. $36,102 2017-2018 Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area. Archaeological and Biogeographical Investigations at the La Botica Site, Conejos County, Colorado. $20,000 2017-2019 U.S. Forest Service, Carson National Forest. 2018 Old Spanish Trail Research in Miranda Canyon. $15,000 2017-2018 Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area. Archaeological Inventory and Site Evaluation in the Rio Grande Natural Area and Punche Valley, Conejos County, Colorado: Phase II. $10,722 2017-2018 Colorado State Land Board. Archaeological and Biogeographical Investigations at the La Botica Site, Conejos County, Colorado. $25,000 2017-2020 U.S. Forest Service, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests. Archaeological Investigations in North Park. $191,000 2017-2018 Fred Birner. Archaeological Assessment of the Casa de Crestones Site, Huerfano County, Colorado. $6,721 2017 Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Field Investigation During 2017 at the Magic Mountain Site, Jefferson County, Colorado. $23,584 2017-2018 U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region. Cultural Resource Stewardship Plans for Six Wilderness Areas. $13,095 2017-2018 Colorado State Land Board. Baca Land Exchange Cultural Resources Management Plan. $20,510 2017 Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area. Archaeological Inventory and Site Evaluation in the Rio Grande Natural Area and Punche Valley, Conejos County, Colorado: Phase I and II. $23,946 2016-2017 . Develop Long-Term Research Design and Monitoring Plan for Burrowing Rodent Impacts at River Indian Villages National Historic Site. $24,500 2016-2018 Bureau of Land Management. Playa Reconnaissance in the Solar Energy Zone. $10,000 2016-2018 U.S. Forest Service, Carson National Forest. Old Spanish Trail Research in Miranda Canyon. $30,000 2016-2017 Bureau of Land Management. GIS Mapping and Archaeological Reconnaissance in the Old Spanish National Historic Trail West Branch Corridor. $20,000 2016-2017 Bureau of Land Management. Archaeological Inventory and Site Evaluation in the Rio Grande Natural Area. $55,000 2016-2018 National Science Foundation. An Archaeological Study of Identity Negotiation within a Multicultural Community Context. [Award 1557421] $68,513 2016-2017 Northern Plains Heritage Foundation. 2016 Research in the Mandan and Hidatsa Homeland. $50,000 2016-2017 U.S. Forest Service, Rio Grande National Forest. Old Spanish Trail Research in the Baca Mountain Tract. $16,700 2016-2017 History Colorado, State Historical Fund. Archaeological Assessment of the Venado Enojado Site (5CF555). $9,989 2016-2017 Bureau of Land Management, Front Range District. Archaeological Investigation at 5CF555. $15,525 2015-2017 History Colorado, State Historical Fund. Dry Creek Site Assessment. $14,088 2015 Northern Plains Heritage Foundation. 2015 Research in the Mandan and Hidatsa Homeland. $50,000 2015-2017 History Colorado, State Historical Fund. Paleoindian Archaeology and Early Environmental History at Blackfoot (5DA2358). $34,155, plus $18,658 cash match 2015-2017 History Colorado, State Historical Fund. a Digital Toolkit for Archaeology and Historic Preservation in Colorado. $30,058, plus $11,800 cash match 2014-2016 History Colorado, State Historical Fund. Upper Crossing Stone Enclosures Research and Education Project. $33,924 2014-2016 U.S. Forest Service, Rio Grande National Forest. The Snow Mesa Archaeological Project. $25,000 2014-2015 University of Colorado. UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Niwot Ridge Survey. $22,631 2013-2015 U. S. Forest Service, Pike and San Isabel National Forest. Revisiting Renaud: Spanish Peaks Archaeology on the San Isabel National Forest. $20,043 2013-2016 U.S. Forest Service, Pike and San Isabel National Forest. Sites At Risk Assessment. $22,000 2013-2014 History Colorado, State Historical Fund. Archaeological Assessment of the Windy Ridge Bristlecone Pine Tree Site. $9,995 2013-2014 South Park National Heritage Area. Archaeological Assessment of the Windy Ridge Bristlecone Pine CMT Site. $4,745 2013 U.S. Forest Service, Pike and San Isabel National Forest. Windy Ridge Bristlecone Pine Scenic Area Assessment. $3,000 2012-2014 U.S. Forest Service, Pike and San Isabel National Forest. Sites Evaluation. $5,800 Mark D. Mitchell Page 3

2012-2013 State Historical Society of North Dakota. Limited Archaeological Testing at Fort Clark State Historic Site (32ME2). $24,466 2012-2015 U.S. Forest Service. National Archaeological Collections Assessment. $99,943 2012 Bureau of Land Management. Middle Saguache Creek Site Investigations, 2012. $12,000 2012 U.S. Forest Service, Rio Grande National Forest. Bunker Site Assessment. $10,000 2013-2014 Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area. Baca Mountain Tract Landscape Analysis. $4,700 2012-2014 History Colorado, State Historical Fund. The Baca Mountain Tract “New Lands” Cultural Landscape Analysis. $150,000 2011-2012 National Park Service and State Historical Society of North Dakota. Exhibit Development and Supplementary Analyses of Faunal Remains Recovered from Area A at the Beacon Island Site (32MN234), North Dakota, Under the Save America’s Treasures Grant Program. $85,709 2011-2013 Colorado Historical Society, State Historical Fund. Archaeological Assessment of the Stillwater Site. $9,958 2011-2012 U.S. Forest Service, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests. Archaeological Research on the Medicine Bow- Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin , $13,000 2010-2013 Colorado Historical Society, State Historical Fund. Archaeological Assessment of the Site. $9,997 2010-2011 Bureau of Land Management. Upper Crossing Archaeological Project, Phase 2. $83,418 2009-2010 U.S. Forest Service, Grand Mesa, Gunnison, and Uncompahgre National Forests. High Altitude Archaeology in the Uncompahgre Wilderness. $16,250 2009-2010 U.S. Forest Service, Region 2. Heritage Tourism Planning. $10,000 2009-2010 Bureau of Land Management. Upper Crossing Archaeological Project. $7,500 2009-2012 Colorado Historical Society, State Historical Fund. Archaeological Assessment of the Upper Crossing Site. $9,966 2009 The Field Museum. Elemental Characterization of Cuprous Artifacts from Four Sites in North Dakota. $2,880 2008-2010 National Park Service and State Historical Society of North Dakota. Analysis of Faunal Remains and Other Materials Recovered from Area A at the Beacon Island Site (32MN234), North Dakota. $77,802 2008-2009 Bureau of Land Management. Upper Crossing Guard Station Archaeological Assessment. $3,900 2008-2009 State Historical Society of North Dakota. Geophysical Survey and Limited Test Excavation at Chief Looking’s Village (32BL3). $61,412 2007-2008 State Historical Society of North Dakota. Larson Geophysical and Topographic Survey. $34,381 2006-2008 National Science Foundation. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: The Impact of the Colonial Economy on the Organization of Mandan Craft Production, A.D. 1600-1750. $11,606 2006-2007 American Museum of Natural History. Technological Analysis of Nineteenth-century Hidatsa . $1,500 2006-2007 State Historical Society of North Dakota. Larson (32BL9) Geophysical and Archaeological Project. $58,124 2006-2007 Department of Anthropology Pre-dissertation Research Grant. Technological Analysis of Nineteenth- century Mandan and Hidatsa Pottery. $1,379 2006-2007 University of Colorado Museum Burt Fund. Technological Analysis of Nineteenth-century Mandan and Hidatsa Pottery. $1,384 2003 MURR Archaeometry Lab Support Grant. Mineralogical and Compositional Characterization of Unfired Pottery Clays Recovered from Archaeological Contexts in the Middle Missouri Subarea of the Northern Plains. $750 2002-2003 Department of Anthropology Pre-dissertation Research Grant. Preliminary Characterization of Ceramic Raw Materials from the Knife-Heart Region, North Dakota. $2,450 1998-2000 Colorado Historical Society, State Historical Fund. The Vogel Canyon Conservation Project. $75,000 1996-1998 Colorado Historical Society, State Historical Fund. The Trinidad Lake Research and Education Project, Phase II. $4,150 1996-1998 Colorado Historical Society, State Historical Fund. The Trinidad Lake Research and Education Project. $2,630 1995-1997 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District. Research Support. $5,170 1995 Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists, Ward F. Weakly Memorial Fund. Research Support. $400

Fellowships

2009 University of Colorado Graduate School. Dissertation Completion Fellowship. $12,000 2004-2007 National Science Foundation. Graduate Research Fellowship. $115,000 2004-2005 Center for Humanities and the Arts. Seminar. $6,000 [Declined] 2002-2003 University of Colorado. Graduate Fellowship. $4,850 1994 University of Colorado. Graduate Tuition Assistance Grant. $500

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Publications

Books 2013 Mitchell, Mark D. Crafting History in the Northern Plains: A Political Economy of the Heart River Region, 1400- 1750. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. 2010 Scheiber, Laura L., and Mark D. Mitchell (editors). Across a Great Divide: Change and Continuity in Native North American Societies, 1400-1900. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.

Peer-reviewed Articles In press Falk, Carl. R., and Mark D. Mitchell. Animal Resource Use during the Middle and Late Holocene: A View from Upper Crossing, Saguache Creek Drainage, Colorado. Quaternary International. 2018 Mitchell, Mark D. Introducing Reviews in Colorado Archaeology, a New Online Journal for Archaeological Research and Cultural Resources Management. Reviews in Colorado Archaeology 1:1-9. 2016 Lee, Craig M., Michael Neeley, Mark D. Mitchell, Marcel Kornfeld, and Crae O’Connor. Microcores and in Northwestern Plains and Rocky Mountain Front Lithic Assemblages. Plains Anthropologist 61(238):136-158. 2015 Mitchell, Mark D. Pattern and Variety: Remembering Stanley A. Ahler’s Contributions to Plains Village Archaeology. Plains Anthropologist 60(235):266-278. 2014 Mandel, Rolfe D., Laura R. Murphy, and Mark D. Mitchell. Geoarchaeology and Paleoenvironmental Context of the Beacon Island Site, an Agate Basin (Paleoindian) Bison Kill in Northwestern North Dakota, USA. Quaternary International 342:91-113. 2012 Mitchell, Mark D. A High-Altitude Quarry Workshop in the Northern . Colorado Archaeology 78(1):10-15. 2007 Mitchell, Mark D. Communities Make Theory: A Reply to Bleed and Roper. American Antiquity 72(4):789-792. 2006 Mitchell, Mark D. Research Traditions, Public Policy, and the Underdevelopment of Theory in Plains Archaeology: Tracing the Legacy of the Missouri Basin Project. American Antiquity 71(2):381-396. 2004 Mitchell, Mark D. Tracing History: Eighteenth-Century Rock Art Depictions of Leather-Armoured Horses from the Basin, South-eastern Colorado, USA. Antiquity 78(299):115-126. 2001 Keyser, James D., and Mark D. Mitchell. Decorated Bridles: Horse Tack in Plains Biographic Rock Art. Plains Anthropologist 46(176):195-210.

Other Articles 2012 Mitchell, Mark D. Review of “Fort Clark and Its Indian Neighbors,” by W. Raymond Wood, William J. Hunt, and Randy H. Williams. Plains Anthropologist 57(221):73-75. 2008 Mitchell, Mark D. A Unique Northern Plains Ceramic Vessel in the Museum’s Lewis and Clark Collection. Expedition 50(3):45-47. 2000 Keyser, James D., and Mark D. Mitchell. Red Rock Ledge: Plains Biographic Rock Art in the Picketwire Canyonlands, Southeastern Colorado. Southwestern Lore 66(2):22-37.

Book Chapters In press Mitchell, Mark D., and Angie Krall. American Indian Lifeways in the San Luis Valley. In The San Luis Valley: Its Geology, Ecology, and History. University Press of Colorado, Boulder. 2018 Mitchell, Mark D. Modeling Middle Missouri Warfare. In Archaeological Perspectives on Warfare on the Great Plains, edited by Andrew J. Clark and Douglas B. Bamforth, pp. 275-294. University Press of Colorado, Louisville. 2012 Mitchell, Mark D. The Origins and Development of Farming Villages in the Northern Great Plains. In The Oxford Handbook of North American Archaeology, edited by Timothy R. Pauketat, pp. 359-372. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 2010 Mitchell, Mark D., and Laura L. Scheiber. Crossing Divides: Archaeology as Long-Term History. In Across a Great Divide: Change and Continuity in Native North American Societies, 1400-1900, edited by Laura L. Scheiber and Mark D. Mitchell, pp. 1-22. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. 2009 Cordell, Linda S., Glenda Deyloff, Mark D. Mitchell, and David H. Snow. Mapping Tijeras , a Work in Progress. In Between the Mountains, Beyond the Mountains, edited by Emily J. Brown, Karen Armstrong, David M. Brugge, and Carol J. Condie, pp. 23-32. Papers of the Archaeological Society of New Mexico 35. Archaeological Society of New Mexico, Albuquerque. 2009 Cameron, Catherine M., Christine G. Ward, Mark D. Mitchell, and Mark C. Bond. Great in the Northern San Juan Region: The Architecture and Stratigraphy of the Bluff Great . In Chaco and After in the Northern San Juan: Excavations at the Bluff Great House, edited by Catherine M. Cameron, pp. 196-263. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. 2008 Mitchell, Mark D. Making Places: Burned Rock , Feasting, and Changing Land Use in the Upper Arkansas River Basin. In Archaeological Landscapes on the High Plains, edited by Laura L. Scheiber and Bonnie J. Clark, pp. 41-70. University Press of Colorado, Boulder. Mark D. Mitchell Page 5

2007 Mitchell, Mark D. Conflict and Cooperation in the Northern Middle Missouri, 1450-1650. In Plains Village Archaeology: Bison Hunting Farmers in the Central and Northern Plains, edited by Stanley A. Ahler and Marvin Kay, pp. 155-169. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City. 2004 Mitchell, Mark D. Rio Grande Tradition Rock Art of the Upper Arkansas River Basin, Southeastern Colorado. In Ancient and Historic Lifeways in North America’s : Proceedings of the 2003 Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference, edited by Robert H. Brunswig and William B. Butler, pp. 110-119. Department of Anthropology, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley. 2002 Mitchell, Mark D. Interregional Interaction, Social Identity, and Household Reproduction: New Views on Ancient Frontiers. In Boundaries and Territories, edited by E. Villalpando, pp. 95-103. Anthropological Research Papers 54. Arizona State University, Tempe. 1999 Kalasz, Stephen M., Mark D. Mitchell, and Christian J. Zier. Late Prehistoric Stage. In Colorado : A Context for the Arkansas River Basin, edited by Christian J. Zier and Stephen M. Kalasz, pp. 141-263. Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists, Denver, Colorado. 1999 Kalasz, Stephen M., Christian J. Zier, and Mark D. Mitchell. Theoretical Considerations and Cultural Systematics. In Colorado Prehistory: A Context for the Arkansas River Basin, edited by Christian J. Zier and Stephen M. Kalasz, pp. 43-72. Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists, Denver, Colorado.

Online Reports and Articles 2016 Mitchell, Mark D. . In Colorado Encyclopedia Origins Section, edited by Kevin D. Black. Electronic resource, https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/earth-lodge 2016 Mitchell, Mark D. Apishapa Phase. In Colorado Encyclopedia Origins Section, edited by Kevin D. Black. Electronic resource, http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/apishapa-phase 2016 Mitchell, Mark D. Sopris Phase. In Colorado Encyclopedia Origins Section, edited by Kevin D. Black. Electronic resource, http://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/sopris-phase 2005 Mitchell, Mark D. The Archaeology of 5MT1, Stevenson and Porter Areas. Electronic resource, http://yellowjacket.colorado.edu/5MT1.html

Conference Presentations

2018 Mark D. Mitchell and Stephen M. Perkins. Design and Construction of Community Fortifications at the Molander Site, Oliver County, North Dakota. 76th Plains Anthropological Conference, San Antonio, Texas. 2018 Mark D. Mitchell, Michele L. Koons, and Rolfe D. Mandel. A Progress Report on Early Ceramic Period Research at the Magic Mountain Site. 40th Annual Meeting of the Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists, Longmont, Colorado, in the symposium “Recent Research Regarding the Early Ceramic Period of Northeastern Colorado.” 2018 Mark D. Mitchell. On the Trail of Conquest and Commerce: Documenting the Miranda Valley Road. Colorado Preservation, Inc. Saving Places Conference, Denver, Colorado, in the symposium “Archaeological and Historical Investigations along the Old Spanish Trail in Colorado.” 2017 Mark D. Mitchell. How Consequential Was the Introduction of the Bow and for Hunter-Gatherers in the San Luis Valley? 82nd Colorado Archaeological Society Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado. 2017 Mark D. Mitchell. Negotiating Household Identity During a Time of Historical Transformation. 75th Plains Anthropological Conference, Bismarck, North Dakota, in the symposium “Recent Archaeological and Geophysical Research at Chief Looking’s Village, a Sixteenth-Century Earthlodge Community in Burleigh County, North Dakota.” 2017 Michele L. Koons and Mark D. Mitchell. Community-Based Archaeology at Magic Mountain, Golden, Colorado. 13th Biennial Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference, Canmore, Alberta, in the symposium “Public Outreach in the Rocky Mountain Region.” 2017 Mark D. Mitchell. Reassessing the Age and Duration of the Sopris Phase: New Dates from Trinidad State Junior College Collections. 39th Annual Meeting of the Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists, Grand Junction, Colorado, in the symposium “Building on the Past: Honoring the Legacy of Colorado’s Archaeologists, A Symposium Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of CCPA’s Scholarship Program.” 2016 Mark D. Mitchell. Introducing Reviews in Colorado Archaeology: A New Refereed Online Journal. 74th Plains Anthropological Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska. 2016 Mark D. Mitchell. Public Archaeology in North Dakota’s Heart River Region: Combining Research, Student Training, Lifelong Learning, and Community Engagement at Chief Looking’s Village. 74th Plains Anthropological Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska, in the symposium “Innovations in Archaeological Outreach: Generating and Leveraging Public Interest on the Great Plains.” 2016 Mark D. Mitchell. Introducing “Online Resources for Colorado Archaeology”: A Toolkit for Research, Education, and Collaboration. 81st Annual Meeting of the Colorado Archaeological Society, Grand Junction, Colorado. 2016 Mark D. Mitchell. Return to Upper Crossing: What New Architectural Data Tell Us About Upland Settlement in the San Luis Valley. 38th Annual Meeting of the Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists, Salida, Colorado. 2016 Mark D. Mitchell. Introducing ORCA: A New Online Toolkit for Archaeology and Historic Preservation in Colorado. 38th Annual Meeting of the Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists, Salida, Colorado. Mark D. Mitchell Page 6

2015 Mark D. Mitchell. Hidatsa and Mandan Community Variation. 73rd Plains Anthropological Conference, Iowa City, Iowa, in the symposium “People of the Willows: Research Themes in the Study of Hidatsa Origins, Archaeology, History, and Culture.” 2014 Mark D. Mitchell. Picturing the Past in the Digital Age. 79th Colorado Archaeological Society Annual Meeting, Colorado Spring, Colorado, in the symposium “A Mini-Symposium on Recent and Remarkable Archaeological Research and Historic Preservation, with a Focus on Southeastern Colorado.” 2014 Christine G. Ward, Catherine M. Cameron, and Mark D. Mitchell. The Role of the Bluff Great Kiva in Temporal Perspective: From Integration to Dissolution of Chaco-era Communities. 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas, in the symposium “Integration and Disintegration: The Role of Public Architecture in the Prehispanic American Southwest.” 2014 Mitchell, Mark D. Diversity in San Luis Valley Stone Enclosures. 36th Annual Meeting of the Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, in the symposium “Dispatches from el Corazón: Public Archaeology in the Shadow of the Sangre de Cristos.” 2013 Mitchell, Mark D. Recent Archaeological and Geophysical Investigations at Fort Clark State Historic Site. 71st Plains Anthropological Conference, Loveland, Colorado, in the symposium “Middle Missouri Archaeology: Updates on Current and Ongoing Research Projects in the Dakotas.” 2013 Martorano, Marilyn A., Angie M. Krall, and Mark D. Mitchell. El Paraje: New Discoveries on the High Potential Old Spanish National Historic Trail Bunker Site (5SH614), Rio Grande National Forest, San Luis Valley, Colorado. 71st Plains Anthropological Conference, Loveland, Colorado. 2013 Mitchell, Mark D. The Next Generation of Archaeological Contexts: How We Get There. 35th Annual Meeting of the Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists, Denver, Colorado, in the symposium “Updating the 1999 Colorado Prehistoric Contexts: How a Digital Research Context for Southwestern Colorado Could Be Organized and Assembled.” 2012 Mitchell, Mark D. Compositional and Technological Analyses of Copper Artifacts from Four Heart River Communities: Chronological and Cultural Implications. 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Memphis, Tennessee, in the poster symposium “Plains Village and Settlements: Recent Research in the Northern Middle Missouri.” 2012 Mitchell, Mark D. Panel member in the symposium “Keeping Colorado’s Historic Contexts Relevant: A Discussion of Future Alternatives,” Saving Places Conference 2012, Denver, Colorado. 2011 Mitchell, Mark D. Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Pottery from Like-A-Fishhook Village and the Fort Berthold Reservation. 69th Plains Anthropological Conference, Tucson, Arizona, in the symposium “Ceramic Analyses Beyond Taxonomy: New Approaches to the Study of Plains Pottery.” 2011 Mitchell, Mark D. Discussant for the symposium “Recent and Remarkable Archaeological Research in Colorado,” Colorado Archaeological Society Annual Meeting, Boulder, Colorado. 2011 Mitchell, Mark D., and Leigh Ann Hunt. A High-Altitude Lithic Workshop in the Uncompahgre Wilderness, Northern San Juan Mountains. 33rd Annual Meeting of the Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists, La Junta, Colorado, in the symposium “The View from the Summit: Papers in Honor of James B. Benedict.” 2011 Mitchell, Mark D. and Leigh Ann Hunt. A High-Altitude Lithic Workshop in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains. 76th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Sacramento, California, in the symposium “Crown of the West: Mountain Archaeology from the Sierra Nevada to the Rocky Mountains.” 2010 Mitchell, Mark D. Overview of the Chief Looking’s Village Project. 68th Plains Anthropological Conference, Bismarck, North Dakota, in the symposium “Archaeological, Geophysical, and Geoarchaeological Investigations During 2008 at Chief Looking’s Village, Burleigh County, North Dakota.” 2010 Mitchell, Mark D. Agate Basin Archaeology at the Beacon Island Site. 68th Plains Anthropological Conference, Bismarck, North Dakota, in the symposium “A View from the North: Agate Basin Archaeology at the Beacon Island Site, North Dakota. 2010 Mitchell, Mark D. Heart River Pottery Technology. 68th Plains Anthropological Conference, Bismarck, North Dakota. 2010 Mitchell, Mark D. Modeling Middle Missouri Warfare. 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, St. Louis, Missouri, in the symposium “Combat in the Grass: Diverse Plans of Attack for Warfare Studies of the North American Great Plains.” 2010 Mitchell, Mark D., and Angie M. Krall. Archaeological Investigations During 2009 at the Upper Crossing Site. 32nd Annual Meeting of the Colorado Council of Processional Archaeologists, Montrose, Colorado. 2008 Mitchell, Mark D. Stanley A. Ahler and Plains Village Archaeology. 66th Plains Anthropological Conference, Laramie, Wyoming, in the symposium “Pattern and Variety in Plains Village Archaeology: Papers in Honor of Stanley A. Ahler.” 2007 Mitchell, Mark D., and Laura L. Scheiber. Crossing the Divide: Archaeology as Indigenous History. 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas, in the symposium “Across the Great Divide: Continuity and Change in Native North American Societies, A.D. 1400-1850.” 2006 Mitchell, Mark D., Stacey Madden, Fern E. Swenson, and Stanley A. Ahler. The Archaeology of Larson Village, North Dakota: Results of the 2006 Field Investigations in Regional Context. 64th Plains Anthropological Conference, Topeka, Kansas. 2006 Mitchell, Mark D. Communities of Practice in Seventeenth-century Mandan Craft Production. 71st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Mark D. Mitchell Page 7

2005 Mitchell, Mark D., Stanley A. Ahler, Kenneth L. Kvamme, and Fern E. Swenson. Integrated Geophysical Surveys and Test Excavations Provide New Information on Settlement Plan and Chronology for Boley Village, North Dakota. 63rd Plains Anthropological Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 2005 Mitchell, Mark D., and Christine G. Ward. The Bluff Great Kiva in Regional Context. 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Salt Lake City, Utah, in the poster symposium “Chaco and Post-Chaco in the Northern San Juan Region: The Bluff/Comb Wash Project.” 2004 Mitchell, Mark D. Technological Style in Heart River Pottery Manufacture. 62nd Plains Anthropological Conference, Billings, Montana. 2004 Mitchell, Mark D. Preliminary Report on the 2004 Excavations in the Bluff Great Kiva. 77th Pecos Conference, Bluff, Utah. 2004 Mitchell, Mark D. Progress Report on the Yellow Jacket Sites Collection Preservation Project. 77th Pecos Conference, Bluff, Utah. 2003 Mitchell, Mark D. Property and Mobility on the Southwestern High Plains. 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the symposium “Landscape Perspectives on the North American High Plains.” 2003 Mitchell, Mark D. Rio Grande Tradition Rock Art of the Upper Arkansas River Basin, Southeastern Colorado. 6th Biennial Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference, Estes Park, Colorado, in the symposium “Athapaskan Material Culture and Migrations.” 2003 Mitchell, Mark D. Preparing for War: Fortification Systems and Patterns of Conflict in the Middle Missouri. 61st Plains Anthropological Conference, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in the symposium “Social Perspectives on Plains Village Communities.” 2002 Mitchell, Mark D. A Call to Action—Fixing the Curation Crisis. Saving Places 2002: Preserving Public Places Conference, Denver, Colorado, in the symposium “New Archaeological Research and a Crisis in Curation.” 2002 Mitchell, Mark D. Protohistoric Rock Art in the Arkansas River Basin: Integrating Archaeology, Rock Art and Ethnohistory. 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Denver, Colorado, in the symposium “Plains, Plateau, and Northwest Coast: Rock Art of North America—Part I.” 2002 Mitchell, Mark D. Addressing the Curation Crisis in Colorado: Examining the Social and Institutional Dynamics of Collections Management. 60th Annual Plains Anthropological Conference, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in the symposium “Facing Curation Issues Through the Dynamics of Collections Management.” 2001 Mitchell, Mark D. Hot Rock in the Picketwire Canyonlands, Southeastern Colorado. 59th Plains Anthropological Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska, in the symposium “Tasting the Past: A Look at Pit Features, Marrow Extraction, Lipids, and Patterned Distribution of Remains.” 2000 Keyser, James D., and Mark D. Mitchell. Red Rock Ledge: Biographic Rock Art on the Southern Plains. Joint Midwest Archaeological and 58th Plains Anthropological Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota. 2000 Mitchell, Mark D., Sarah Herr, and Mark Elson. Current Trends in Frontier Research. 65th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the symposium “Social Perspectives on Anthropological and Historical Frontiers.” 2000 Mitchell, Mark D. The Mental and the Material: Mapping the Social Geography of the Southwestern High Plains. 65th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the symposium “Social Perspectives on Anthropological and Historical Frontiers.” 1999 Keyser, James D., and Mark D. Mitchell. Scalps to Chain Mail: Halter Decorations in Plains Biographic Rock Art. 57th Plains Anthropological Conference, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. 1998 Mitchell, Mark D. Utilitarian Ceramic Exchange and Household Reproduction in Small-Scale Societies. Paper presented in the symposium “Can’t We Just Throw It Away? New Approaches to Plain Pottery,” at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Seattle, Washington. 1998 Mitchell, Mark D. The Box Canyon Site: A Possible Late Plains Biographic Style Rock Art Panel in the Purgatoire River Valley, Southeastern Colorado. 63rd Annual Meeting of the Colorado Archaeological Society, Pueblo, Colorado. 1998 Mitchell, Mark D. Social Identity, Household Reproduction, and Interregional Interaction Among Small-Scale Societies. 6th Biennial Southwest Symposium, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. 1998 Mitchell, Mark D. Plains Biographic Rock Art from the Lower Purgatoire River Valley, Southeastern Colorado. 56th Annual Plains Anthropological Conference, Bismarck, North Dakota. 1998 Mitchell, Mark D., and J. Claire Dean. Rock Art Site Management and Conservation on the Comanche National Grassland, Southeastern Colorado. 25th Annual American Rock Art Research Association Symposium, Ridgecrest, California. 1998 Kalasz, Stephen M., Mark D. Mitchell, and Christian J. Zier. Ceramic Stage Architectural Sites Along the Eastern Flanks of the . 63rd Annual Meeting of the Colorado Archaeological Society, Pueblo, Colorado. 1997 Butler, William B., Mark D. Mitchell, and Jeffery Overturf. The View From Above: High Altitude Archaeology and the Mountain Tradition. 55th Plains Anthropological Conference, Boulder, Colorado, in the symposium “The View From Above: High Altitude Archaeology and the Mountain Tradition.” 1997 Mitchell, Mark D. High Altitude Mobility and the Organization of . 55th Annual Plains Anthropological Conference, Boulder, Colorado, in the symposium “The View From Above: High Altitude Archaeology and the Mountain Tradition.” Mark D. Mitchell Page 8

1997 Mitchell, Mark D. The Archaeology of Southeastern Colorado and Northeastern New Mexico, and Its Relevance for Archaeological Research. 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Nashville, Tennessee, in the symposium “An Undiscovered Country: The Archaeology of Southeastern Colorado and Northeastern New Mexico.” 1996 Mitchell, Mark D. The Upper Purgatoire Complex in Regional Perspective. Annual Meeting of the Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists, Cortez, Colorado. 1996 Mitchell, Mark D. Prehistoric Frontiers in Southeastern Colorado. 61st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Public Lectures

2018 “American Indian Lifeways in the San Luis Valley.” Pueblo Archaeological and Historical Society. 2018 “Early Holocene Archaeology of Colorado’s Front Range and Plains: Blackfoot Cave and Beyond.” Denver Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society. 2017 “Ancient American Indian Lifeways in the Arkansas River Headwaters.” Humanists, Salida. 2016 “Archaeology of the San Juan High Country.” Chipeta Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society. 2016 “Hidatsa and Mandan Community Variation.” Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site Archaeoblitz. 2016 “Return to Upper Crossing: What New Architectural Data Tell Us About American Indian Settlement Systems in the Southern Rocky Mountains.” Indian Peaks Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society. 2014 “Before Lewis and Clark: The Rise and Fall of the Heart River Confederacy, A.D. 1400-1750.” Denver Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society. 2013 “Before Lewis and Clark: The Rise and Fall of the Heart River Confederacy, A.D. 1400-1750.” Archaeological Institute of America, Denver Chapter. 2013 “Windy Ridge Bristlecone Pine CMT Research 2013.” Presentation and site tour for the Indian Peaks Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society and the Pueblo Archaeological and Historical Society. 2013 “Archaeology of the San Juan High Country.” Indian Peaks Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society. 2012 “Archaeology of the San Juan High Country.” Denver Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society. 2009 “New Archaeological Investigations at Chief Looking’s Village.” Featured speaker at the annual meeting of the North Dakota Archaeological Association, Bismarck. 2006 “Ute Rock Art in the Arkansas River Basin, Southeastern Colorado.” Utah Rock Art Research Association, Vernal, Utah. 2005 “The Rock Art of Southeastern Colorado.” Colorado Historical Society Tour Series, La Junta, Colorado. 2005 “Rock Art as Cultural Practice.” Featured speaker at the annual meeting of the Colorado Rock Art Association, Norwood, Colorado. 2005 “Native American Rock Art Traditions of the Upper Arkansas River Basin, 1500-1850.” Pikes’ Peak Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society, Colorado Springs. 2004 “Ute Rock Art in Southeastern Colorado.” Denver Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society. 2004 “Reconstructing the Social Context of Warfare in the Middle Missouri.” University of Colorado Department of Anthropology Brown Bag Series. 2004 “Places of Power: Saving America’s Rock Art Legacy.” University of Colorado Museum, Boulder. 2004 “Native American Rock Art Traditions of the Upper Arkansas River Basin, 1500-1850.” Indian Peaks Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society, Boulder. 2004 “Native American Rock Art Traditions of the Upper Arkansas River Basin, 1500-1850.” Roaring Fork Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. 2003 “Grassland Archaeology.” National Grasslands Managers Meeting, Greeley, Colorado. 2001 “The in Historical Perspective.” Holly Historical Society, Holly, Colorado. 2001 “Sopris Phase Ceramics of Southeastern Colorado: A Tale of Two Pots.” Denver Chapter of the American Institute of Archaeology. 2001 “Archaeology and Rock Art of the Lower Purgatoire River Valley.” Pikes Peak Chapter of the Colorado Historical Society, Colorado Springs, Colorado. 2000 “Archaeology and Rock Art of the Lower Purgatoire River Valley.” Archaeology and Historic Preservation Week, Boggsville Historic Site, Las Animas, Colorado. 1999 “Pots, People, and the Practice of Archaeology.” Keynote address, Archaeology and Historic Preservation Week, Trinidad State Junior College, Trinidad, Colorado. 1999 “Archaeology and Rock Art of the Lower Purgatoire River Valley.” Denver Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society. 1998 “The Archaeology of .” Summer Campfire Lecture Series, Trinidad Lake State Park, Trinidad, Colorado. 1998 “The Archaeology and Rock Art of Southeastern Colorado.” Fall Equinox Festival, Springfield, Colorado. 1998 “Middle Ceramic Period Ceramic Exchange and Community Dynamics on the Park Plateau.” Pikes Peak Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society, Colorado Springs. 1997 “The Archaeology of the Park Plateau.” Pueblo Archaeological and Historical Society, Pueblo, Colorado. 1997 “Interregional Interaction on the Park Plateau.” Denver Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society. Mark D. Mitchell Page 9

1997 “Ceramic Exchange on the Park Plateau.” Anthropology 331—Colorado Archaeology. University of Colorado, Denver. 1996 “Social Identity and Interregional Interaction in Small-Scale Societies.” Department of Anthropology Lecture Series, University of Colorado, Denver. 1996 “History of U.S. Cultural Resource Management Law.” Introduction to Archaeology, Metropolitan State College, Denver.

Selected Technical Publications

2018 Mitchell, Mark D. An Archaeological Assessment of the Dry Creek Site, Otero County, Colorado. Research Contribution 105. Paleocultural Research Group, Broomfield, Colorado. Submitted to the U.S. Forest Service, Pike and San Isabel National Forests, Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, Pueblo, Colorado, and History Colorado State Historical Fund, Denver. [63 pages] 2017 Mitchell, Mark D., and Carl R. Falk. Archaeology of the Upper Crossing Stone Enclosures. Research Contribution 99. Paleocultural Research Group, Broomfield, Colorado. Submitted to the Bureau of Land Management, Monte Vista, Colorado, and History Colorado, State Historical Fund, Denver. [131 pages] 2016 Mitchell, Mark D., and Christopher M. Johnston. An Archaeological Assessment of the Stillwater Site, Garfield County, Colorado. Research Contribution 93. Paleocultural Research Group, Broomfield, Colorado. Submitted to History Colorado, State Historical Fund, Denver. [52 pages] 2015 Mitchell, Mark D., and Kathie Joyner. Forest Service National Curation Study. Research Contribution 97. Paleocultural Research Group, Broomfield, Colorado. Submitted to the USDA Forest Service, Washington, D. C. [82 pages] 2015 Mitchell, Mark D. Archaeological Investigations During 2013 at the Pole Creek Stone Enclosures, Saguache County, Colorado. Research Contribution 94. Paleocultural Research Group, Broomfield, Colorado. Submitted to History Colorado, State Historical Fund, Denver. [62 pages] 2014 Mitchell, Mark D. (editor, with 8 contributing authors). Archaeological and Geophysical Investigations at Fort Clark State Historic Site During 2012. Research Contribution 90. Paleocultural Research Group, Broomfield, Colorado. Submitted to the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck. [182 pages] 2013 Mitchell, Mark D. (editor, with 7 contributing authors). Archaeological, Geophysical, and Geoarchaeological Investigations During 2008 at Chief Looking’s Village, Burleigh County, North Dakota. Research Contribution 85. Paleocultural Research Group, Broomfield, Colorado. Submitted to the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck. [234 pages] 2012 Mitchell, Mark D. High-Altitude Archaeology in the Uncompahgre Wilderness: Archaeological Investigations During 2010 at the Uncompahgre Cirque Site, Hinsdale County, Colorado. Research Contribution 87. Paleocultural Research Group, Broomfield, Colorado. Submitted to the Colorado Historical Society, Denver, and the USDA Forest Service, Delta, Colorado. [76 pages] 2012 Mitchell, Mark D. An Archaeological Assessment of the Upper Crossing Site, Saguache County, Colorado. Research Contribution 88. Paleocultural Research Group, Broomfield, Colorado. Submitted to the Colorado Historical Society, Denver, and the USDI Bureau of Land Management, Del Norte, Colorado. [116 pages] 2012 Mitchell, Mark D. (editor, with 19 contributing authors). Agate Basin Archaeology at Beacon Island, North Dakota. Research Contribution 86. Paleocultural Research Group, Broomfield, Colorado. Submitted to the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck. [278 pages] 2008 Mitchell, Mark D. (editor, with 4 contributing authors). Archaeological and Geophysical Investigations During 2007 at Larson Village, Burleigh County, North Dakota. Research Contribution 81, Paleocultural Research Group, Broomfield, Colorado. Submitted to the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck. [104 pages] 2007 Mitchell, Mark D. (editor, with 9 contributing authors). Geophysical Survey and Test Excavations During 2006 at Larson Village, Burleigh County, North Dakota. Research Contribution 80, Paleocultural Research Group, Flagstaff, Arizona. Submitted to the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck. [230 pages] 2006 Ahler, Stanley A., Stacey Madden, and Mark D. Mitchell. Pottery Analysis. In Geophysical Survey and Test Excavation During 2005 at Boley Village (32MO37), North Dakota, edited by Stanley A. Ahler, pp. 83-137. Research Contribution 74, Paleocultural Research Group, Flagstaff, Arizona. Submitted to the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck. 2006 Mitchell, Mark D., and Stanley A. Ahler. The Excavation Program. In Geophysical Survey and Test Excavation During 2005 at Boley Village (32MO37), North Dakota, edited by Stanley A. Ahler, pp. 49-70. Research Contribution 74. Paleocultural Research Group, Flagstaff, Arizona. Submitted to the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck. 2005 Mitchell, Mark D. Hudson-Meng Excavation Program and Site Stratigraphy. Paleocultural Research Group, Flagstaff, Arizona. Submitted to the USDA Forest Service, Nebraska National Forest, Chadron, Nebraska. 2005 Mitchell, Mark D., and Stanley A. Ahler. Summary Progress Report on the 2005 Investigations at the Hudson- Meng Site, Sioux County, Nebraska. Paleocultural Research Group, Flagstaff, Arizona. Submitted to the USDA Forest Service, Nebraska National Forest, Chadron, Nebraska. 2004 Mitchell, Mark D. 2004 Excavations in the Great Kiva at the Bluff Great House Site (42SA22674). Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder. Mark D. Mitchell Page 10

2002 Mitchell, Mark D. Protohistoric and Early Historic Rock Art Resources of Picture Canyon, Comanche National Grassland, Baca County, Colorado. Cultural Resources Investigation 1817. USDA Forest Service, Pike and San Isabel National Forests, La Junta, Colorado. [93 pages] 2002 Mitchell, Mark D. Archaeological Testing at 48CR1278 for the South Fork Big Creek Bridge Replacement Project, Brush Creek-Hayden Ranger District, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, Carbon County, Wyoming. Cultural Resources Investigation R200202060202002. USDA Forest Service Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, Laramie, Wyoming. 2002 Mitchell, Mark D. Archaeological Test Excavations on Two Prehistoric Sites on the North Fork of the Cimarron River, Cimarron National Grassland, Morton County, Kansas. Cultural Resources Investigation 1507. USDA Forest Service, Pike and San Isabel National Forests, La Junta, Colorado. 2001 Mitchell, Mark D. A Class III Cultural Resources Inventory for the Iron Springs Pipeline Project, Comanche National Grassland, Otero County, Colorado. Cultural Resources Series 1667. USDA Forest Service, Pike and San Isabel National Forests, La Junta, Colorado. 2000 Mitchell, Mark D. A Visitor Experience Assessment and Adaptive Re-Use Plan for the Rourke Ranch Historic District, Comanche National Grassland. USDA Forest Service, Pike and San Isabel National Forests, La Junta, Colorado. 1999 Mitchell, Mark D. Preliminary Report on an Inadvertent Discovery of Human Remains at 14MT138, Cimarron National Grassland, Morton County, Kansas. Cultural Resources Series 1507. USDA Forest Service, Pike and San Isabel National Forests, La Junta, Colorado. 1998 Mitchell, Mark D. Picketwire Canyonlands Rock Art Resurvey Project. USDA Forest Service, Pike and San Isabel National Forests, La Junta, Colorado. 1998 Mitchell, Mark D. A Cultural Resources Inventory of the Cedar Mountain Fuelwood Sale, Garfield County, Colorado. Intermountain Archaeological Services. Submitted to the USDI Bureau of Land Management, Glenwood Springs Resource Area, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. 1998 Mitchell, Mark D. A Cultural Resources Inventory of the 32-Mile Mesa Fuelwood Sale and Vegetation Treatment, Garfield County, Colorado. Intermountain Archaeological Services. Submitted to the USDI Bureau of Land Management, Glenwood Springs Resource Area, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. 1997 Mitchell, Mark D. A Class II Cultural Resource Inventory of the St. Louis Grazing Allotment, Sulphur Ranger District, National Forest, Grand County, Colorado. Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. 1997 Mitchell, Mark D. A Class II Cultural Resource Inventory of the Nunn Creek Grazing Allotment, Larimer County, Colorado. Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests, Fort Collins, Colorado. 1997 Mitchell, Mark D. A Class II Cultural Resource Inventory of the Deadman Grazing Allotment, Larimer County, Colorado. Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests, Fort Collins, Colorado. 1997 Overturf, Jeffrey L., and Mark D. Mitchell. A Class II Cultural Resource Inventory for the Long Park Timber Sale, Yampa Ranger District, Medicine-Bow Routt National Forest, Routt County, Colorado. Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. 1996 Mitchell, Mark D. A Class II Cultural Resources Inventory of the Stillwater Grazing Allotment, Grand County, Colorado. Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. 1996 Mitchell, Mark D., Scott Phillips, and Peter J. Gleichman. A Class III Cultural Resource Inventory of the Beebe Draw Farms Metropolitan District, Weld County, Colorado. Native Cultural Services, Boulder Colorado. 1996 Overturf, Jeffrey L., and Mark D. Mitchell. A Class II Cultural Resource Inventory of the Beaver and Cottonwood Grazing Allotments, Sulphur Ranger District, Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest, Grand County, Colorado. Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. 1995 Mitchell, Mark D. Test Excavation Results, 5RT933. In A Class II Cultural Resource Inventory for the Gore Pass Integrated Resource Analysis, Yampa Ranger District, Routt National Forest, Routt and Grand Counties, Colorado, edited by Jeffrey L. Overturf. Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. 1995 Mitchell, Mark D., and Peter J. Gleichman. A Cultural Resource Inventory of the Contiguous Boulder Mountain Park. Native Cultural Services, Boulder, Colorado. Submitted to the Boulder Parks and Recreation Department. 1994 Mitchell, Mark D. Archaeological Testing at 5BL4838, Boulder County, Colorado. Native Cultural Services, Boulder, Colorado. Submitted to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests, Fort Collins, Colorado. 1994 Mitchell, Mark D., and Peter J. Gleichman. Cultural Resource Inventory of the Button Rock Land Exchange, Boulder County, Colorado. Native Cultural Services, Boulder, Colorado. Submitted to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forest, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Public Interpretation Media

2018 Chief Looking’s Village Interpretive Panels. Eleven 2 x 3 ft. high-pressure laminate panels; text and images. 2017 Saguache Creek Valley, A.D. 635 Interpretive Guide. Tri-fold brochure; text and layout. 2016 People of the High Mountain Valley. Video, 10 minutes; script. 2016 Saguache Creek Valley, A.D. 635. Poster, 27 x 21 inches; text and layout. 2014 A Cultural Crossroads: Discovering the Baca Mountain Tract. Video, 21 minutes; project oversight. Mark D. Mitchell Page 11

2012 Beacon Island Exhibit Components. Two paintings depicting the Agate Basin occupation at Beacon Island, North Dakota. North Dakota Heritage Center, Bismarck; project oversight. 2001 Rock Art of the Comanche National Grassland. Four-fold brochure; text and layout. 2000 Vogel Canyon Picnic Area/Timpas Picnic Area. Four-fold brochure; text and layout. 2000 Vogel Canyon Interpretive Trail Wayside Exhibits. Nine 2 x 3 ft embedded fiberglass panels; text and images. 2000 National Historic Trail Routes. Four-fold brochure; text and layout. 2000 Comanche National Grassland: A Rich History. Four-fold brochure; text and layout. 2000 Carrizo Canyon Picnic Area/Picture Canyon Picnic Area. Four-fold brochure; text and layout. 1999 Vogel Canyon: A Renewed Face, A Renewed Spirit. Video, 21 minutes; script and project oversight. 1998 The Archaeology of the Upper Purgatoire River Valley. Tri-fold brochure; text and layout. 1998 The Archaeology of Southeastern Colorado. Teaching guide and lesson plans to accompany Intrigue of the Past, 52 pages; text.

Organized Symposia

2017 “Recent Archaeological and Geophysical Research at Chief Looking’s Village, a Sixteenth-Century Earthlodge Community in Burleigh County, North Dakota.” 75th Plains Anthropological Conference, Bismarck, North Dakota. 2014 “Dispatches from el Corazón: Public Archaeology in the Shadow of the Sangre de Cristos.” 36th Annual Meeting of the Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. 2012 “Plains Village Technology and Settlements: Recent Research in the Northern Middle Missouri.” 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Memphis, Tennessee. 2010 “Archaeological, Geophysical, and Geoarchaeological Investigations During 2008 at Chief Looking’s Village, Burleigh County, North Dakota.” 68th Plains Anthropological Conference, Bismarck, North Dakota. 2010 “A View from the North: Agate Basin Archaeology at the Beacon Island Site, North Dakota.” 68th Plains Anthropological Conference, Bismarck, North Dakota. 2008 “Pattern and Variety in Plains Village Archaeology: Papers in Honor of Stanley A. Ahler.” 66th Plains Anthropological Conference, Laramie, Wyoming. With Dale R. Henning. 2007 “Across the Great Divide: Continuity and Change in Native North American Societies, A.D. 1400-1850.” 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas. With Laura L. Scheiber 2003 “Social Perspectives on Plains Village Communities.” 61st Plains Anthropological Conference, Fayetteville, Arkansas. With Curtis Nepstad-Thornberry and Doug Bamforth. 2000 “Social Perspectives on Anthropological and Historical Frontiers.” 65th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With Sarah Herr. 1997 “The View From Above: High Altitude Archaeology and the Mountain Tradition.” 55th Annual Plains Anthropological Conference, Boulder, Colorado. With William B. Butler and Jeffrey Overturf. 1997 “An Undiscovered Country: The Archaeology of Southeastern Colorado and Northeastern New Mexico.” 62nd Annual Meeting, Society for American Archaeology, Nashville, Tennessee.

Awards

2007 Outstanding Symposium, Society for American Archaeology 72nd Annual Meeting. The Amerind Foundation, Dragoon, Arizona. 2007 Earl Morris Award in Archaeology. Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder. 2002 Windows on the Past National Award for Excellence. USDA Forest Service. 2000 Special Recognition for Outstanding Performance. Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina. 2000 Certificate of Merit, USDA Forest Service, Pike and San Isabel National Forests, Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, Pueblo Colorado. 2000 Chapter Achievement Award. Colorado Archaeological Society, Pikes Peak Chapter. 1999 Stephen H. Hart Award, Colorado Historical Society, Denver, Colorado. [Jointly awarded to the Pikes Peak Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society and the USDA Forest Service, Comanche National Grassland] 1999 Certificate of Merit, USDA Forest Service, Pike and San Isabel National Forests, Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, Pueblo Colorado. 1998 Certificate of Merit, USDA Forest Service, Pike and San Isabel National Forests, Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, Pueblo, Colorado. 1997 Nominated for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Graduate Student of the Year by the faculty of the Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado, Denver. 1996 Certificate of Merit, USDA Forest Service, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

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Professional Service

2017-present Chair. Ward F. Weakly Memorial Scholarship Fund Committee. 2016-present Editor. Reviews in Colorado Archaeology. 2013-2014 President. Plains Anthropological Society. 2011-2015 Board Member. Plains Anthropological Society. 2012-2013 President. Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists. 2011-2014 Board Member. Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists. 2003 Chair. Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists’ Liaison Committee to the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs. 2001-2002 President. Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists. 2000-2003 Board Member. Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists. 2001 Program Chair. Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists 33rd Annual Meeting. 2000-2005 Assistant Editor. Southwestern Lore, Colorado Archaeological Society. 2000 President. Bent’s Fort Chapter, Santa Fe Trail Association. 1999-2002 Board Member. Louden-Henritze Archaeology Museum Advisory Board. 1999 Vice President. Bent’s Fort Chapter, Santa Fe Trail Association. 1998-2000 Secretary. Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists.