Rogers, J. Daniel

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Dr. J. Daniel Rogers is Curator Emeritus of Archaeology and former chair of the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. He received B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Oklahoma and a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Chicago. Over his career he has conducted archaeological field research in the Southeast, Southwest, the Great Plains, the Caribbean, Mexico, Peru, and eastern Asia. Since 2002 he has studied the early empires of Inner Asia and developed computational models to analyze the social and demographic implications of climate change. His research topics also include colonialism, culture contact, and the origins of complex societies.

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- 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 2019
- 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 2019
- 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 2017
- 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 2017
- 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 2017
- 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 2016
- 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, edited by Brosseder, Ursula, Reichert, Susanne, and Stickler, Timo., 89-113. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Bonn. 2015
- Rogers, J. Daniel. 2013. "Pastoralist Mobility and Social Controls In Inner Asia: Experiments Using Agent-Based Modeling." Structure and Dynamics 6 (2): 2013
- 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. 2012
- 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 2012
- 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 2012
- 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 2011
- Rogers, J. Daniel. 2011. "Spiro and the Development of a Regional Social System." in Artifacts from the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma, edited by Sievert, April K. and Rogers, J. Daniel., 1-12. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 2011
- Rogers, J. Daniel. 2011. "Stable Isotope Analysis and Diet in Eastern Oklahoma." Southeastern Archaeology 30:97-107. 2011
- 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, edited by Bemmann, Jan, Parzinger, Hermann, Pohl, Ernst, and Tseveendorzh, Damdinsuren., 445-459. Bonn University Press. 2009
- Rogers, J. Daniel. 2009. "Simulating the Past to Explore the Future." AnthroNotes 30 (2):8-9. https://doi.org/10.5479/10088/22443 2009
- 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, edited by Takahashi, S., Sallach, D., and Rouchier, J., 189-200. Springer. 2007
- 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 2007
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- 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. Center for Resilient Communities, University of Idaho. 2015
- 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. 2013
- Sievert, April K., Rogers, J. Daniel, and Urcid, Javier. 2011. Artifacts from the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810223.49.1 2011
- 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. Arctic Studies Center. 2007
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- Rogers, J. Daniel. 2018. "Strategies of Empire Expansion." in The Archaeology of Imperial Landscapes, edited by Düring, Bleda S. and Stek, Tesse D., 1 ed. 301-323. Cambridge University Press. 2018
- 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. 2015
- Cioffi-Revilla, Claudio, Linford, SamanthaJo, and Rogers, J. Daniel. 2015. "The Sustainability of Wealth among Nomads: An Agent-Based Approach." in Mathematics and Archaeology, edited by Barcelo, Juan A. and Bogdanovic, Igor., 431-448. CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b18530-28 2015
- 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, edited by Bemmann, J. and Brosseder, U., Bonn University Press. 2013
- 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, edited by Brosseder, Ursula and Miller, Brian., 97-110. Bonn University Press. 2011
- Sievert, April K. and Rogers, J. Daniel. 2011. "History of Spiro Research." in Artifacts from the Craig Mound at Spiro, Oklahoma, edited by Sievert, April K. and Rogers, J. Daniel., 13-18. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 2011
- 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, edited by Takadama, Keiki, Cioffi-Revilla, Claudio, and Deffaunt, Guillaumen., 193-204. Springer. 2010
- Rogers, J. Daniel. 2009. "Ancient Cities of the Steppe." in Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire, edited by Fitzhugh, William W., Rossabi, Morris, and Honeychurch, William., 127-131. Mongolian Preservation Foundation. 2009
- Rogers, J. Daniel. 2009. "Spiro Mounds Archaeological Park." in Archaeology in America: An Encyclopedia. Volume 1, Northeast and Southeast, edited by McManamon, Francis P., Cordell, Linda S., Lightfoot, Kent G., and Milner, George R., 324-327. Greenwood Press. 2009
- Rogers, J. Daniel. 2009. "The Harlan Site." in Archaeology in America: An Encyclopedia. Volume 1: Northeast and Southeast, edited by McManamon, Francis P., Cordell, Linda S., Lightfoot, Kent G., and Milner, George R., 322-323. Greenwood Press. 2009

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