Derick Juptner is an archaeology graduate student advised by Dr. Matt Hill. He received his bachelors in anthropology at Texas A&M University (’19) and his Masters in Anthropology at Iowa (’22). His research focuses on the environmental archaeology of Indigenous groups on the Great Plains during the contact period. His studies involve questions about understanding the subsistence patterns, environmental interactions, and the extent of peri-colonial impacts on Plains people over the past 1000 years.