Steven G. Baker

Steven G. Baker, is a retired professional archaeologist and ethnohistorian from Montrose, Colorado. He is the founder and president of Centuries Research, Inc. He holds a BA in anthropology from the University of Kansas and an MA in American History from the University of South Carolina. He has done extensive work with the Catawba Indians of the Carolinas and the Utes of Colorado. He also specializes in historical archaeology and American Victorian culture, historic trail studies, and the...See more

Steven G. Baker, is a retired professional archaeologist and ethnohistorian from Montrose, Colorado. He is the founder and president of Centuries Research, Inc. He holds a BA in anthropology from the University of Kansas and an MA in American History from the University of South Carolina. He has done extensive work with the Catawba Indians of the Carolinas and the Utes of Colorado. He also specializes in historical archaeology and American Victorian culture, historic trail studies, and the early Native American contact experiences. He is the author of many articles and technical reports as well as the highly regarded book "Juan Rivera's Colorado, 1765," which was a finalist for the Colorado book award in 2017. See less