Robert Boszhardt

Robert F. “Ernie” Boszhardt is an archaeologist who has worked in the Upper Mississippi Valley for nearly four decades, much of that time at the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse. His research has touched upon nearly every aspect of Native American archaeology in that region, including rock art. He has authored numerous articles and three books, including Twelve Millennia: The Archaeology of the Upper Mississippi River Valley, which he coauthored with James L. Theler, Deep Cave Rock Art in the Upper Mississippi River Valley, and A Projectile Point Guide for the Upper Mississippi River. He continues to conduct field work and write from his home in the Madison area.