Robert J. Bischoff

COMPUTATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGY · ASU

Reading the past
through connections.

I use network science, spatial analysis, 3D methods, and computational tools to investigate people, objects, and landscapes across the ancient Southwest.

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Wupatki Pueblo at sunset, with layered stone rooms in the foreground and the desert landscape beyond
Wupatki Pueblo · Photo credit: Robert Bischoff
01Southwest
archaeology
02Network
analysis
03Digital
methods
04Open
research

/ RESEARCH TOOLKIT

Computational approaches
to the past.

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Networks

Material culture, social interaction, multilayer networks, and agent-based models.

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02

Shape & space

Geometric morphometrics, GIS, spatial analysis, and machine learning.

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03

Digital heritage

3D modeling, photogrammetry, data integration, and reproducible tools.

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Fajada Butte in Chaco Canyon beneath a star-filled night sky and the Milky Way
Fajada Butte, Chaco Canyon · Photo credit: Emily Bischoff

/ SELECTED PROJECTS

From artifacts
to infrastructure.

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Diagram comparing social and material-culture networks
RESEARCH UPDATE

Can artifacts reveal social networks?

Testing how well material-culture patterns reflect past interaction.

CatMapper data integration application walkthrough
DATA SYSTEMS

CatMapper

Making complex archaeological data easier to connect.

Collage of archaeological photogrammetry images
3D METHODS

Artifact photogrammetry

Turning photographs into research-ready 3D models.

/ KEEP EXPLORING

Curious about the data
behind the past?

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/ SELECTED WORK & WRITING

Projects in motion,
ideas in progress.

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CatMapper search interface showing a category search page and contextual results
PROJECT / DATA INTEGRATION

CatMapper

Making complex archaeological data easier to connect.

Dissertation research illustration representing material networks and social interaction
PROJECT / DISSERTATION RESEARCH

Material culture and social networks

Testing how archaeological evidence can represent past interaction.

Diagram comparing social and material-culture networks
POST / RESEARCH UPDATE

Can artifacts reveal social networks?

Testing how well material-culture patterns reflect past interaction.

Collage of archaeological photogrammetry images
POST / 3D METHODS

Artifact photogrammetry

Turning photographs into research-ready 3D models.