Dr. Byerly specializes in desert archaeology and vertebrate taphonomy and has worked on multiple contract-based and academic archaeological projects throughout the western United States. Since 2011, he has overseen multi-scaled archaeological surveys and site evaluations throughout the Mojave Desert and Great Basin. Ryan has also participated in several archaeological projects in Germany, Egypt, Armenia, and Tanzania throughout his career.
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Ryan’s Featured Publications
Byerly, Ryan M., Chelsea Karthauser, Erik P. Martin, Andrew J. Hoskins, D. Craig Young, Joanna C. Roberson, and Eric L. Gingerich
2022 Hunter-Gatherer Settlement Patterns in the South-Central Mojave Desert: Perspectives from Emerson Lake, San Bernardino County, California. California Archaeology 14(2):1-28.
Byerly, Ryan M., and Joanna C. Roberson
2015 Late Pleistocene to Middle Holocene Archaeology in the Mojave Desert: Recent Discoveries in Twentynine Palms, California. Paleoamerica 1(2):197-201.
Byerly, Ryan M., Joanna C. Roberson, and C. P. Egeland
2015 The Coffin Bison Kill (5JA7): Bridging Perspectives on the Past at the Door to North Park, Colorado. North American Archaeologist 36(4):266-288.