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Title Archaeology of desperation : exploring the Donner Party's Alder Creek camp / edited by Kelly J. Dixon, Julie M. Schablitsky, and Shannon A. Novak.

Publication Info. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2011]
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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  979.401 ARCHAELOGY    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 390 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Donner Party.
Alder Creek Site (Calif.)
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.
Added Author Dixon, Kelly J., 1970-
Schablitsky, Julie M. (Julie Marie)
Novak, Shannon A.
ISBN 9780806142104 hardcover alkaline paper
0806142103 hardcover alkaline paper
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