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Daniel Rogers

Curator Emeritus (North American Archaeology)
Department / Division
Anthropology
Education
  • Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Chicago (1987)
  • M.A. in Anthropology, University of Oklahoma (1982)
  • B.A. in Anthropology, minor in Zoology, University of Oklahoma (1976)
Research Interests

Dr. Rogers is a specialist in archaeology, history, and computational modeling.  He studies the development of empires, culture contact, colonialism, and theories of social complexity.

Publications
Journal Article
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 2019. "The Complexity of Nomadic Empires." Social Evolution & History, 18, (2) 145–162. https://doi.org/10.30884/seh/2019.02.08.
  • Stephens, Lucas, Fuller, Dorian, Boivin, Nicole, Rick, Torben C., Gauthier, Nicolas, Kay, Andrea, Marwick, Ben, Armstrong, Chelsey Geralda Denise, Barton, C. Michael, Denham, Tim, Douglass, Kristina, Driver, Jonathan, Janz, Lisa, Roberts, Patrick, Rogers, J. Daniel, Thakar, Heather, Altaweel, Mark, Johnson, Amber L., Sampietro Vattuone, Maria Marta, Aldenderfer, Mark, Archila, Sonia, Artioli, Gilberto, Bale, Martin T., Beach, Timothy, Borrell, Ferran et al. 2019. "Archaeological assessment reveals Earth's early transformation through land use." Science, 365, (6456) 897–902. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax1192.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 2017. "Dynamic Trajectories, Adaptive Cycles, and Complexity in Culture Change." Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 24, (4) 1326–1355. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-017-9314-6.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 2017. "Inner Asian polities and their built environment." Archaeological Research in Asia, 11 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ara.2017.03.002.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel and Cegielski, Wendy H. 2017. "Opinion: Building a better past with the help of agent-based modeling." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114, (49) 12841–12844. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1718277114.
  • Cegielski, Wendy H. and Rogers, J. Daniel. 2016. "Rethinking the role of Agent-Based Modeling in archaeology." Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 41 283–298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2016.01.009.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 2013. "Pastoralist Mobility and Social Controls In Inner Asia: Experiments Using Agent-Based Modeling." Structure and Dynamics, 6, (2).
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 2012. "Inner Asian States and Empires: Theories and Synthesis." Journal of Archaeological Research, 20, (3) 205–256. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10814-011-9053-2.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 2012. "Comment on "Multi-Regional Emergence of Mobile Pastoralism and Non-Uniform Institutional Complexity Across Eurasia"." Current Anthropology, 53, (1) 27–28.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel, Nichols, Teresa, Emmerich, Theresa, Latek, Maciej, and Cioffi-Revilla, Claudio. 2012. "Modeling scale and variability in human–environmental interactions in Inner Asia." Ecological Modelling, 241 5–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.11.025.
  • Cioffi-Revilla, Claudio, Rogers, J. Daniel, and Hailegiorgis, Atesmachew. 2011. "Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Agent-Based Model Simulations for Sustainable Development." ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Transaction in Intelligent Systems and Technologies, 3, (1). https://doi.org/10.1145/2036264.2036274.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 2011. "Stable Isotope Analysis and Diet in Eastern Oklahoma." Southeastern Archaeology, 30 97–107.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 2009. "Simulating the Past to Explore the Future." AnthroNotes, 30, (2) 8–9. https://doi.org/10.5479/10088/22443.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 2007. "The Contingencies of State Formation in Eastern Inner Asia." Asian Perspectives, 46, (2) 249–274. https://doi.org/10.1353/asi.2007.0017.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 2006. "Chronology and the Demise of Chiefdoms: Eastern Oklahoma in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries." Southeastern Archaeology, 25, (1) 20–28.
  • Benson, Kristin M. and Rogers, J. Daniel. 2005. "Wichita Archaeology and the Harris Collection." Oklahoma Archeology, 53, (4) 13–19.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel, Ulambayar, E., and Gallon, M. 2005. "Urban Centres and the Emergence of Empires in Eastern Inner Asia." Antiquity, 79 801–818.
  • Barker, Alex W., Skinner, Craig E., Shackley, M. Steven, Glascock, Michael D., and Rogers, J. Daniel. 2002. "Mesoamerican Origin for an Obsidian Blade from the Pre-Columbian Southeastern United States." American Antiquity, 67, (1) 103–108.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel, Dove, Carla J., Heacker, Marcy, and Graves, Gary R. 2002. "Identification of Feathers in Textiles from the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma." Southeastern Archaeology, 21 245–251.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel, Albert, Lois E., and Winchell, Frank. 2000. "Chronometrics at the Norman Site." Caddoan Archaeology, 11, (1-2) 61–68.
  • Brown, James A. and Rogers, J. Daniel. 1999. "AMS Dates on Artifacts of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex from Spiro." Southeastern Archaeology, 18, (2) 11–18.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1999. "Culture Contact and the Analysis of Change in Artifact Assemblages: The Arikara Case." Cuadernos de ArqueologA-a MediterrAnea, 3 83–95.
  • Goodman, Dean, Nishimura, Yasushi, and Rogers, J. Daniel. 1995. "GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) Time Slices in Archaeological Prospection." Archaeological Prospection, 2 85–89.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1994. "A Look Back at the 1994 Annual Meeting." SAA Bulletin, 12, (3) 14–15.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1992. "Bloody Knife's Last Stand." Natural History, 37–43.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1992. "America's First Discoverers." Aboard, 43–50.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1991. "A Perspective on Arkansas Basin and Ozark Highland Prehistory." Caddoan Archaeology, 2, (1) 9–16.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1991. "Regional Prehistory and the Spiro Site." Southeastern Archaeology, 10 63–68.
  • Brown, James A. and Rogers, J. Daniel. 1989. "Linking Spiro's Artistic Styles: The Copper Connection." Southeastern Archaeology, 8 1–8.
  • Fischbeck, Helmut J., Rogers, J. Daniel, Ryan, Stuart R., and Swenson, Fern E. 1989. "Sourcing Ceramics in the Spiro Region: A Preliminary Study Using Proton-Induced X-Ray Emission (PIXE) Analysis." Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, 14, (1) 3–17.
Book Chapter
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 2018. "Strategies of Empire Expansion." In The Archaeology of Imperial Landscapes. 1 ed. Düring, Bleda S. and Stek, Tesse D., editors. 301–323. Cambridge University Press.
  • Cioffi-Revilla, Claudio, Honeychurch, William, and Rogers, J. Daniel. 2015. "MASON Hierarchies: A Long-Range Agent Model of Power, Conflict, and Environment in Inner Asia." In Complexity of Interaction Along the Eurasian Steppe Zone in the First Millennium CE. Brosseder, Ursula, Reichert, Susanne, and Stickler, Timo, editors. 89–113. Bonn: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Bonn. 7 in Bonn Contributions to Asian Archaeology.
  • Cioffi-Revilla, Claudio, Linford, SamanthaJo, and Rogers, J. Daniel. 2015. "The Sustainability of Wealth among Nomads: An Agent-Based Approach." In Mathematics and Archaeology. Barcelo, Juan A. and Bogdanovic, Igor, editors. 431–448. CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b18530-28.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 2015. "Empire Dynamics and Inner Asia." In Complexity of Interaction Along the Eurasian Steppe Zone in the First Millennium CE. 73–88. 7
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 2013. "Empire Dynamics." In The Complexity of Interaction Along the Eurasian Steppe Zone in the First Millennium AD: Empires, Cities, Nomads and Farmers. Bemmann, J. and Brosseder, U., editors. Bonn: Bonn University Press.
  • Cioffi-Revilla, C., Rogers, J. Daniel, and Latek, M. 2011. "Computing the Steppes: Data Analysis for Agent-Based Models of Polities in Inner Asia." In Xiongnu Archaeology: Multidisciplinary Perspectives of the First Steppe Empire in Inner Asia. Brosseder, Ursula and Miller, Brian, editors. 97–110. Bonn: Bonn University Press.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 2011. "Spiro and the Development of a Regional Social System." In Artifacts from the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Sievert, April K. and Rogers, J. Daniel, editors. 1–12. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 49 in Contributions to Anthropology.
  • Sievert, April K. and Rogers, J. Daniel. 2011. "History of Spiro Research." In Artifacts from the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Sievert, April K. and Rogers, J. Daniel, editors. 13–18. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 49 in Contributions to Anthropology.
  • Cioffi-Revilla, Claudio, Rogers, J. Daniel, and Latek, Maciej. 2010. "The MASON HouseholdsWorld Model of Pastoral Nomad Societie." In Simulating Interacting Agents and Social Phenomena: The Second World Congress. Takadama, Keiki, Cioffi-Revilla, Claudio, and Deffaunt, Guillaumen, editors. 193–204. Tokyo: Springer.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 2009. "The Harlan Site." In Archaeology in America: An Encyclopedia. Volume 1: Northeast and Southeast. McManamon, Francis P., Cordell, Linda S., Lightfoot, Kent G., and Milner, George R., editors. 322–323. Westport: Greenwood Press.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 2009. "Spiro Mounds Archaeological Park." In Archaeology in America: An Encyclopedia. Volume 1, Northeast and Southeast. McManamon, Francis P., Cordell, Linda S., Lightfoot, Kent G., and Milner, George R., editors. 324–327. Westport: Greenwood Press.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 2009. "Ancient Cities of the Steppe." In Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire. Fitzhugh, William W., Rossabi, Morris, and Honeychurch, William, editors. 127–131. Washington: Mongolian Preservation Foundation.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel and Cioffi-Revilla, Claudio. 2009. "Expanding Empires and the Analysis of Change." In Current Archaeological Research in Mongolia: Papers from the 1st International Conference on Archaeological Research in Mongolia held in Ulaanbaatar, August 19th-23rd, 2007. Bemmann, Jan, Parzinger, Hermann, Pohl, Ernst, and Tseveendorzh, Damdinsuren, editors. 445–459. Bonn: Bonn University Press.
  • Cioffi-Revilla, C., Luke, S., Parker, D. C., Rogers, J. Daniel, Fitzhugh, William W., Honeychurch, William, Frohlich, Bruno, DePriest, Paula T., and Amartuvshin, C. 2007. "Agent-Based Modeling Simulation of Social Adaptation and Long-Term Change in Inner Asia." In Advancing Social Simulation: The First World Congress. Takahashi, S., Sallach, D., and Rouchier, J., editors. 189–200. Tokyo: Springer.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 2006. "Ceramics and Chronology." In The Prehistory of Nevis, A Small Island in the Lesser Antilles. Wilson, Samuel M., editor. 65–102. Yale University Publications in Anthropology.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 2006. "Latin America and Latino Projects." In Hispanic Heritage at the Smithsonian: A Decade of Latino Initiatives. 150–151. Smithsonian Institution.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 2005. "Archaeology and the Interpretation of Colonial Encounters." In The Archaeology of Colonial Encounters: Comparative Perspectives. Stein, G., editor. 331–354. School of American Research.
  • Redman, Charles L., Fish, Paul, James, Steven, and Rogers, J. Daniel. 2004. "Introduction: Human Impacts on Past Environments." In The Archaeology of Global Change: The Impact of Humans on Their Environment. Charles, L. Redman, James, Steven R., Fish, Paul R., and Rogers, J. Daniel, editors. 1–8. Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 2004. "A View from the Past." In The Archaeology of Global Change: The Impact of Humans on Their Environment. Charles, L. Redman, James, Steven R., Fish, Paul R., and Rogers, J. Daniel, editors. 243–247. Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 2004. "The Global Environmental Crisis: An Archaeological Agenda for the 21st Century." In The Archaeology of Global Change: The Impact of Humans on Their Environment. Charles, L. Redman, James, Steven R., Fish, Paul R., and Rogers, J. Daniel, editors. 271–277. Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel and Sabo, G. 2004. "The Caddos." In Handbook of North American Indians. Sturtevant, William C., editor. 616–631. Smithsonian. 14
  • Berman, Tressa L. and Rogers, J. Daniel. 1996. "Arikara (Sahnish)." In Encyclopedia of North American Indians. 42–44.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1996. "Markers of Social Integration: The Development of Centralized Authority in the Spiro Region." In Political Structure and Change in the Prehistoric Southeastern United States. John, F. Scarry, editor. 53–68. University Press of Florida.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1995. "Introduction." In Mississippian Communities and Households. Rogers, J. Daniel and Bruce, D. Smith, editors. 1–6. University of Alabama Press.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1995. "The Archaeological Analysis of Domestic Organization." In Mississippian Communities and Households. Rogers, J. Daniel and Bruce, D. Smith, editors. 7–31. University of Alabama Press.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1995. "Dispersed Communities and Integrated Households: A Perspective from Spiro and the Arkansas Basin." In Mississippian Communities and Households. Rogers, J. Daniel and Bruce, D. Smith, editors. 81–98. University of Alabama Press.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1994. "A Chronology of Native North Americans Before 1500." In The Native North American Almanac: A Reference Work on Native North Americans in the United States and Canada. Duane, Champagne, editor. 1–16. Gale Research.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1994. "50,000 B.C. to A.D. 1499." In Chronology of Native North American History: From Pre-Columbian Times to the Present. Duane, Champagne, editor. 3–32. Gale Research.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1993. "Various entries on North, Central, and South America." In Smithsonian Timelines of the Ancient World. Christopher, Scarr, editor. 256. Dorling-Kindersley, London and Smithsonian Press.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1993. "The Social and Material Implications of Culture Contact on the Northern Plains." In Ethnohistory and Archaeology: Approaches to Post-Contact Change in the Americas. Rogers, J. Daniel and Samuel, M. Wilson, editors. 73–87. Plenum Press.
  • Wilson, Samuel M. and Rogers, J. Daniel. 1993. "Historical Dynamics in the Contact Era." In Ethnohistory and Archaeology: Approaches to Post-Contact Change in the Americas. Rogers, J. Daniel and Samuel, M. Wilson, editors. 3–15. Plenum Press.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1991. "Patterns of Change on the Western Margin of the Southeast, A.D. 600-900." In Stability, Transformation, and Variation: The Late Woodland Southeast. Michael S.Nassaney and Charles, R. Cobb, editors. 221–248. Plenum Press.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1989. "Context for a Regional Perspective." In Contributions to Spiro Archaeology: Mound Excavations and Regional Perspectives. Rogers, J. Daniel and Peterson, Dennis A., editors. 113–115. Oklahoma Archaeological Survey.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1989. "Settlement Contexts for Shifting Authority in the Arkansas Basin." In Contributions to Spiro Archaeology: Mound Excavations and Regional Perspectives. Rogers, J. Daniel, Wyckoff, Don G., and Peterson, Dennis A., editors. 159–176. Oklahoma Archaeological Survey.
Book
  • Alessa, Lilian, Kliskey, Andrew, Altaweel, Mark, Barton, Michael, Bankes, Steve, Bondizio, Eduardo, Brown, Dan, Feddema, Johannes, Grier, Colin, Liu, Jianguo, Moran, Emilio, Ozik, Jonathan, Park, Thomas, Rand, William, Rogers, J. Daniel, and Wang, Shaowen. 2015. Best Practices for Integrating Social Science into Social Ecological Systems Science: Future Directions for Building a More Resilient America. Moscow, Idaho: Center for Resilient Communities, University of Idaho.
  • Payette, Nicholas, Bujorianu, Marius, Ropella, Glen, Cline, Ken, Schank, Jeffrey, Miller, Matt, Jonsson, Sara, Gulyas, Laszlo, Legendi, Richard, Bochmann, Olaf, Luís, de Sousa, Voudouris, Vlasios, Kiose, Daniil, Szufel, Przemyslaw, Saul, Steve, McManus, John, Scarano, Vittorio, Cordasco, Gennaro, Hollander, Chris, Wiegand, Paul, Kazakova, Vera, Hrolenok, Brian, Rogers, J. Daniel, Schader, Michael, Luke, Sean et al. 2013. Future MASON Directions: Community Recommendations, Report of the 2013 MASON NSF Work. In George Mason University Computer Science Technical Report 2013-9.
  • Sievert, April K., Rogers, J. Daniel, and Urcid, Javier. 2011. Artifacts from the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, 49. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810223.49.1.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel and Fitzhugh, William W. 2007. Progress Report on the 2004 Memorandum of Understanding: Report on the MOU between The Mongolian Academy of Sciences, The National Museum of Mongolian History, and the Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center.
  • Redman, Charles L., James, Steven R., Fish, Paul R., and Rogers, J. Daniel. 2004. The Archaeology of Global Change: The Impact of Humans on Their Environment. Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel and Bruce, D. Smith. 1995. Mississippian Communities and Households. University of Alabama Press.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel and Samuel, M. Wilson. 1993. Ethnohistory and Archaeology: Approaches to Postcontact Change in the Americas. Plenum Press.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1990. Objects of Change: The Archaeology and History of Arikara Contact with Europeans. Smithsonian Institution Press.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel, Wyckoff, Don G., and Peterson, Dennis A. 1989. Contributions to Spiro Archaeology: Mound Excavations and Regional Perspectives. Oklahoma Archaeological Survey.
Book Review
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1997. [Book review] "The Spiro Ceremonial Center: The Archaeology of Arkansas Valley Caddoan Culture in Eastern Oklahoma." Journal of Anthropological Research, 53, (4), 480–481.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1997. [Book review] "Beyond Subsistence: Plains Archaeology and the Postprocessual Critique." American Antiquity, 62, 159–160.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1995. [Book review] "Traditional Narratives of the Arikara, 4 Vols." American Indian Quarterly, 19, 570–572.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1992. [Book review] "The Mississippian Emergence." American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 16, 219–222.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1992. [Book review] "Towns and Temples Along the Mississippi." The American Indian Quarterly, 16, (3), 427–428.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1990. [Book review] "Bibliography of the Catawba." American Indian Quarterly, 14, 67–68.
  • Rogers, J. Daniel. 1989. [Book review] "Vectors of Death: The Archaeology of European Contact." American Antiquity, 54, 658–660.