Bones of a Hell Gap Site

Carlton Quinn Shield Chief Gover

Learn about how extinct bison skeletal remains and tools found at Jones-Miller, a Hell Gap Site, reveal that ancient humans processed every last bone as part of a thriving culture.

About Carlton Gover

Carlton Shield Chief Gover is a citizen of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. Carlton received his B.S. in Anthropology from Radford University, his M.A. in Anthropology from the University of Wyoming, and he is currently a Ph.D. student in Anthropology at the University of Colorado Boulder. He has done archaeological fieldwork in Virginia, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, and across Ukraine. Carlton’s research is primarily focused on answering qualitative questions using quantitative methods through an Indigenous and Collaborative Anthropological approach. Using Indigenous oral traditions from the Pawnee, Arikara, and Wichita, he uses the radiocarbon record from the Central Plains to date events distinguished in oral traditions and identifies periods of ethnogenesis and migrations. Carlton is also a passionate Science Communicator and believes Archaeology needs to do more public outreach. He is the host for the A Life In Ruins Podcast and the Museum Unlocked Podcast. He has appeared on several archaeology-based YouTube channels to promote Indigenous Archaeology and public outreach. He also produces video content on the A Life In Ruins YouTube channel.