He pioneered work on the Spiro Mounds archaeological site in eastern Oklahoma.
A Partial Bibliography of Dr. Robert E. Bell: 1947, Preliminary Report On the Archeological Activities Conducted By the Department of Anthropology in the Wister Reservoir Area In the Summer of 1947.
1949, Archaeological Excavations at the Harlan Site, Fort Gibson Reservoir, Cherokee County, Oklahoma.
& Fay-Cooper Cole, John Bennett, Joseph R. Caldwell, Norman Emerson, Richard S. MacNeish, Kenneth Orr, Roger Willis 1951, Kincaid: a Prehistoric Illinois Metropolis.
& Richard H. Fraser 1952, Archaeological Discoveries at the Morris Site, Cherokee County, Oklahoma.
& Roland Scott Hall 1953, Selected Projectile Point Types of the United States.
1954, Projectile Points from West-Central Oklahoma: Dan Base Collection.
1958, Archaeological Investigations at the Boat Dock Site (34MA1) in the Lake Texoma Area, Marshall County, Oklahoma.
& George Garrett Huffman, Tyson A. Cathey, James E. Humphrey 1963, Prehistory.
In: Guide to the State parks and Scenic Areas in the Oklahoma Ozarks pp.
1963, The Fred Loomis Site: a Small Group Burial Near Freedom, Oklahoma.
Brown 1964, First Annual Report of Caddoan Archaeology, Spiro Focus Research.
& Edward B. Jelks & W.W. Newcomb 1967, A Pilot Study of Wichita Indian Archaeology and Ethnohistory.
& et al. 1969, The Robinson-Solesbee Site, (34HS9), a Fulton Aspect Occupation, Robert S. Kerr Reservoir, Eastern Oklahoma.
A four book set, spiral bound composed of Special Bulletins.
1972, Harlan Site (34CK6), a Prehistoric Mound Center in Cherokee County, Eastern Oklahoma.
1972, The Harlan Site, (34CK6), A Prehistoric Mound Center in Cherokee County, Eastern Oklahoma.
1974, Report on burials found at Crenshaw Mound C, Miller Co., AR.
1979, Ferdinandina: Biography of a French-Indian Trading Community On the Southern Plains.
(tDAR id: 136352) 1980, Archeological Survey of Mack Oil Company's Well #4 Frazier, Carter County.
(tDAR id: 98971) 1980, Fourche Maline: An Archaeological Manifestation in Eastern Oklahoma.
& John L. Gibson 1980, Fourche Maline: An Archeological Manifestation in Eastern Oklahoma.
In: Caddoan and Poverty Point Archeology: Essays in Honor of C. H. Webb.
& Christopher R. Lintz, Leon George Zabawa 1984, Kenton Caves of Western Oklahoma.
& Jack L. Hofman 1984, Western Protohistoric: a Summary of the Edwards and Wheeler Complexes.
& Charles L. Rohrbaugh 1984, Arkansas Valley Caddoan: Fort Coffee and Neosho Foci.
& Jerry R. Galm 1984, Arkansas Valley Caddoan Formative: the Wister and Fourche Maline Phases.
& Lois E. Albert, Don G. Wyckoff 1984, Oklahoma Environments: Past and Present.
Edited by Robert E. Bell, Academic Press, Inc. New York 1984, Plains Villagers: the Washita River.
Handbook of North American Indians, Plains, 13:207-221.Smithsonian Institution, Washington.