Scott G. Ortman is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Collaborative Synthesis in Archaeology at the University of Colorado Boulder, and External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. Ortman received his PhD from the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University in 2010, and his dissertation won the Society for American Archaeology Dissertation Award in 2011. His research focuses on the contemporary relevance of archaeological research and findings for the social sciences and for local, Indigenous, and descendant communities.