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Archaeology of desperation : exploring the Donner Party's Alder Creek camp
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- Creator
- edited by Kelly J. Dixon, Julie M. Schablitsky, and Shannon A. Novak
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 2011
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 390 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780806142104, 0806142103
- OCLC
- ocn704120570
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Sufferers in the mountains: the Donner Party disaster / Kristin Johnson -- The aftermath of tragedy : the Donner camps in later years / Kristin Johnson -- Historical perspectives on the archaeology of the Donner Party / Donald L. Hardesty -- An archaeology of despair / Kelly J. Dixon -- A family in crisis : archaeology of a survival camp / Julie M. Schablitsky -- What remains : species identification and bone histology / Gwen Robbins and Kelsey Gray, with contributions by Guy L. Tasa, Ryne Danielson, and Matt Irish -- Man and beast : skeletal signatures of a starvation diet / Shannon A. Novak -- The delicate question : cannibalism in prehistoric and historic times / G. Richard Scott and Sean McMurry -- Under watchful eyes : Washoe narratives of the Donner Party / Jo Ann Nevers and Penny Rucks, with contributions by Lana Hicks, Steven James, and Melba Rakow -- All remember the fate of the Donner Party : history and the disaster at cannibal camp / Will Bagley and Kristin Johnson -- Concluding thoughts / Kelly J. Dixon and Julie M. Schablitsky
Subjects
- Donner Party.
- Excavations (Archaeology) -- California -- Truckee Region.
- Archaeology and history -- California -- Truckee Region.
- Animal remains (Archaeology) -- California -- Truckee Region.
- Human remains (Archaeology) -- California -- Truckee Region.
- Cannibalism -- California -- Truckee Region.
- Alder Creek Site (Calif.)