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'''Kelly J. Dixon''' is an Associate Professor of Archaeology at the [[University of Montana]]. Her main area of work is the [[American West]], and is perhaps best known for her work with the [[Donner Party]] site, as well as research into [[Western saloon|saloon]]s in [[Virginia City, Nevada]]. |
'''Dr. Kelly J. Dixon''' is an Associate Professor of Archaeology at the [[University of Montana]]<ref name=anthro_faculty>{{cite web|url=http://www.anthro.umt.edu/faculty/dixon.htm|title=DIXON, Kelly|accessdate=2009-02-12}}</ref> and a member of the College of Arts And Sciences at UM<ref name=cas_faculty>{{cite web|url=http://www.cas.umt.edu/casweb/for_faculty/FacultyDetails.cfm?id=510|title=CAS - Faculty Details: Dr. Kelly Dixon|accessdate=2009-02-12}}</ref>. Her main area of work is the [[American West]], and is perhaps best known for her work with the [[Donner Party]] site<ref name=eureka>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-01/uoo-dpc011206.php|title=Donner Party cannibalism legends remain unproven|accessdate=2009-02-12}}</ref><ref name=research_view>{{cite web|url=http://www.umt.edu/urelations/rview/spring04/donner.htm|title=Unsoved History: UM Anthropologist Delves Into Old West Mystery|accessdate=2009-}}</ref>, as well as research into [[Western saloon|saloon]]s in [[Virginia City, Nevada]].<ref name=saloons>{{cite book |
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==Education== |
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Kelly Dixon attended the [[University of Minnesota]] at [[Duluth]], majoring in [[anthropology |
Kelly Dixon attended the [[University of Minnesota]] at [[Duluth]], majoring in [[anthropology]]. She went on to receive her Master of Science in Industrial Archaeology at [[Michigan Technological University]] in 1995 and her Doctorate in Anthropology at the [[University of Nevada]] in [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]]. While at the University of Nevada she worked on her dissertation based on the archaeology of an African American [[Western saloon|saloon]] with [[Donald Hardesty]]. |
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==Research== |
==Research== |
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Dixon's particular field of interest is the historical archaeology of the American West and in other settings where cultures from various parts of the world came into contact. Between 1997 and 2002 she conducted projects in [[Virginia City, Nevada]] and the [[Comstock]] Mining District while working for the [[Nevada State Historic Preservation Office]] at the Comstock Archaeology Center. |
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| ⚫ | Dixon has also done extensive work on the [[Donner Party]] site, continuing the work done by |
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| ⚫ | Dixon has also done extensive work on the [[Donner Party]] site<ref name=donner_team>{{cite web|url=http://www.anthro.umt.edu/donner/team.htm|title=Donner Party Archaeology Research Team 2004-2005|accessdate=2009-02-12}}</ref>, continuing the work done by Hardesty in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 2003, a production company affiliated with the [[Discovery Channel]] sponsored work there <ref name=natl_geo>{{cite web|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0722_040722_donnerparty.html|title="Donner Party" Hearth Yields Bones; DNA Analysis Planned|accessdate=2009-02-12|date=2004-07-22}}</ref>. This resulted in the show ''Unsolved History: The Donner Party''. Her team found numerous artifacts including ceramics, pieces of a lantern, writing slate, mirror fragments, glass from a medicine bottle, and musket balls. She returned in the summer of 2004 for five weeks to carry an excavation with her colleagues that was funded by various universities, a local foundation, and eventually, for part of the lab analysis, a production company affiliated with the [[History Channel]]<ref name=eureka /><ref name=donner_blog>{{cite web|url=http://donnerblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/unsolved-history-episode-available.html|title="Unsolved History" episode available|accessdate=2009-02-12|date=2008-12-07|first=Kristin|last=Johnson}}</ref>. Dixon and colleagues were not just concerned with the topic of cannibalism and whether it may have occurred at the Donner Party's [[Alder Creek]] camp, but what the individuals living in that camp endured and what, in general, humans do, or how they adapt, when faced desperate circumstances <ref name=newyorker>{{cite web|url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/04/24/060424fa_fact_goodyear|title=American Chronicles: What Happened At Alder Creek?, The New Yorker (abstract)|accessdate=2009-02-12|date=2006-04-24|last=Goodyear|first=Dana}}</ref>. The combined historical and archaeological evidence indicated that cannibalism did take place but not until the last few weeks. The History Channel aired the thirty minute segment on the Donner Party in the spring of 2006 as part of a documentary on [[cannibalism]]. |
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Dixon is currently an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Montana, where she teaches numerous courses. She and her group of graduate students have developed archaeological field schools and projects at various locations in Montana, including a ghost town called Coloma and at a series of Chinese sites. She is also the editor for the Society of Historical Archaeology’s Website. |
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Dixon is currently developing student-oriented multidisciplinary archaeological research at the mining ghost town of [[Coloma, Montana]] and at an isolated Chinese mining communities in western Montana <ref name=cas_faculty />. She currently serves as the website editor for the Society for Historical Archaeology <ref name=sha>{{cite web|url=http://www.sha.org/about/whoweare.htm|title=The Society for Historical Archeology: About|accessdate=2009-02-12}}</ref>. |
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==Selected Publications== |
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*''Survival of Biological Evidence on Artifacts: Applying Forensic Techniques at the Boston Saloon," Historical Archaeology (2006)'' |
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*''Sidling Up to the Archaeology of Western Saloons: Historical Archaeology Takes on the Wild of the West (2006)'' |
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*''Saloons in the "Wild" West and Taverns in Ancient Mesopotamia: Explorations Along the Timeline of Public Drinking (2006)'' |
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*''The Donner Party: An Archaeological Perspective on a Tragedy in the Sierras, Historical Methods (2007)'' |
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*''When Fancy Gets The Upper Hand of Fact: Historical Archaeology and Popular Culture in the American West, Archaeological Record (2007)'' |
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* ''Boomtown Saloons: Archaeology and History in Virginia City'', University of Nevada Press, 2005. (ISBN 0874176085) |
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*http://www.umt.edu/urelations/rview/spring04/donner.htm |
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*http://www.cas.umt.edu/casweb/for_faculty/FacultyDetails.cfm?id=510 |
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*http://www.anthro.umt.edu/faculty/dixon.htm |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.sha.org Society for Historical Archeology] |
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*http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/07/0722_040722_donnerparty_2.html |
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*[http://www.amazon.com/Unsolved-History-Season-Episode-Donner/dp/B001AHM3BG Unsolved History Season 2 - Episode 6: Donner Party] |
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*http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/04/24/060424fa_fact_goodyear |
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Revision as of 19:24, 12 February 2009
Dr. Kelly J. Dixon is an Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Montana[1] and a member of the College of Arts And Sciences at UM[2]. Her main area of work is the American West, and is perhaps best known for her work with the Donner Party site[3][4], as well as research into saloons in Virginia City, Nevada.[5]
Education
Kelly Dixon attended the University of Minnesota at Duluth, majoring in anthropology. She went on to receive her Master of Science in Industrial Archaeology at Michigan Technological University in 1995 and her Doctorate in Anthropology at the University of Nevada in Reno. While at the University of Nevada she worked on her dissertation based on the archaeology of an African American saloon with Donald Hardesty.
Research
Dixon's particular field of interest is the historical archaeology of the American West and in other settings where cultures from various parts of the world came into contact. Between 1997 and 2002 she conducted projects in Virginia City, Nevada and the Comstock Mining District while working for the Nevada State Historic Preservation Office at the Comstock Archaeology Center.
Dixon has also done extensive work on the Donner Party site[6], continuing the work done by Hardesty in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 2003, a production company affiliated with the Discovery Channel sponsored work there [7]. This resulted in the show Unsolved History: The Donner Party. Her team found numerous artifacts including ceramics, pieces of a lantern, writing slate, mirror fragments, glass from a medicine bottle, and musket balls. She returned in the summer of 2004 for five weeks to carry an excavation with her colleagues that was funded by various universities, a local foundation, and eventually, for part of the lab analysis, a production company affiliated with the History Channel[3][8]. Dixon and colleagues were not just concerned with the topic of cannibalism and whether it may have occurred at the Donner Party's Alder Creek camp, but what the individuals living in that camp endured and what, in general, humans do, or how they adapt, when faced desperate circumstances [9]. The combined historical and archaeological evidence indicated that cannibalism did take place but not until the last few weeks. The History Channel aired the thirty minute segment on the Donner Party in the spring of 2006 as part of a documentary on cannibalism.
Dixon is currently developing student-oriented multidisciplinary archaeological research at the mining ghost town of Coloma, Montana and at an isolated Chinese mining communities in western Montana [2]. She currently serves as the website editor for the Society for Historical Archaeology [10].
Publications
- Boomtown Saloons: Archaeology and History in Virginia City, University of Nevada Press, 2005. (ISBN 0874176085)
References
- ^ "DIXON, Kelly". Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ^ a b "CAS - Faculty Details: Dr. Kelly Dixon". Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ^ a b "Donner Party cannibalism legends remain unproven". Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ^ "Unsoved History: UM Anthropologist Delves Into Old West Mystery". Retrieved 2009-.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Dixon, Kelly (2005). Boomtown Saloons: Archaeology and History in Virginia City. University of Nevada Press. p. 219. ISBN 0874176085.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Donner Party Archaeology Research Team 2004-2005". Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ^ ""Donner Party" Hearth Yields Bones; DNA Analysis Planned". 2004-07-22. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ^ Johnson, Kristin (2008-12-07). ""Unsolved History" episode available". Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ^ Goodyear, Dana (2006-04-24). "American Chronicles: What Happened At Alder Creek?, The New Yorker (abstract)". Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- ^ "The Society for Historical Archeology: About". Retrieved 2009-02-12.