Robert Stuart Neitzel was an archaeologist born on May 6, 1911, in Falls City, Nebraska, and died in 1980.
When his sophomore year came, Stuart realized he did not want to be a doctor, but was merely fulfilling his parents’ wishes, so he decided to become a physical anthropology major.
Neitzel conducted his first fieldwork in 1933 as a physical anthropologist charged with identifying bones on a high bluff overlooking the Missouri Valley.
From 1941-1951 World War II caused archaeological work to cease for Stuart, but he did attempt to join the military multiple times.
He was denied every time for various reasons, but he was able to learn how to read topographical maps through his sparse experience with the military.