Dawn Duke
Biographic Data
| ID | 235396 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dawn Duke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dawn |
| FAMILY NAME | Duke |
| SIGNATURE | DUKE D |
| AFFILIATIONS | American Anthropological Association |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8352-013X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Owl Cave Revisited
The discovery of green-fractured mammoth bone in Owl Cave in the 1970s inspired the original investigators to focus primarily on the possible association between these remains and Folsom points recovered from the same stratum. With the Museum of Idaho's recent acquisition of the complete Owl Cave collection, we have gained a better understanding of the periglacial processes that appear to have displaced and mixed mammoth remains with a younger Fo…
Bayesian Analysis of Haskett Projectile Point Radiocarbon Dates in the Intermountain West Demonstrates Contemporaneity with Clovis and Folsom Points
We evaluate existing radiocarbon dates at sites containing Haskett stemmed projectile points, present 12 new dates from 5 components at 4 sites, and model the age of Haskett points in a multiphase Bayesian framework with trapezium boundaries. We present multiple models with variable prior information to explore the impacts of different interpretations of the archaeological record, and ultimately favor a model where Haskett points appeared between…
Western Stemmed Tradition Projectile Point Chronology in the Intermountain West
A Paleo-Lake and wetland paleoecology associated with human use of the distal Old River Bed Delta at the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in the Bonneville Basin, Utah, USA
Mollusk and ostracode assemblages from the distal Old River Bed delta (ORBD) contribute to our understanding of the Lake Bonneville basin Pleistocene-Holocene transition (PHT) wetland and human presence on the ORBD (ca. 13,000–7500 cal yr BP). Located on U.S. Air Force-managed lands of the Great Salt Lake Desert (GSLD) in western Utah, USA, the area provided 30 samples from 12 localities. The biological assemblages and the potential water sources…
Earliest evidence for human use of tobacco in the Pleistocene Americas
Reassessing the Radiocarbon Date from the Buhl Burial from South-Central Idaho and Its Relevance to the Western Stemmed Tradition-Clovis Debate in the Intermountain West
A single radiocarbon date derived from the Buhl burial in south-central Idaho has frequently been used as a data point for the interpretation of the Western Stemmed Tradition (WST) chronology and technology because of the stemmed biface found in situ with the human remains. AMS dating of bone collagen in 1991 produced an age of 10,675 ± 95 14C BP, immediately postdating the most widely accepted age range for Clovis. The Buhl burial has been cited…
The Western Stemmed Tradition
We review some of the current problems and prospects in ongoing Western Stemmed Tradition (WST) studies and highlight recent discoveries at important sites in the Intermountain West. While the region has traditionally not been the focus of peopling of the Americas studies, it has received considerable attention in recent years due to the discovery of WST points and other artifacts in Clovis-aged deposits. Fieldwork at sites in Oregon, Idaho, Neva…
Haskett Spear Weaponry and Protein-Residue Evidence of Proboscidean Hunting in the Great Salt Lake Desert, Utah
Recent finds in the Great Salt Lake Desert provide new evidence about Haskett projectile-point technology. Haskett is a large, early representative of the Western Stemmed Tradition. The collection includes the longest Haskett specimen yet documented and another that has yielded a positive result to elephant antiserum via protein-residue analysis. Technological evidence is provided that supports the interpretation of Haskett points as sophisticate…
A GIS model for predicting wetland habitat in the Great Basin at the Pleistocene–Holocene transition and implications for Paleoindian archaeology
Unreliability of the induced obsidian hydration method with abbreviated hot-soak protocols
Disconnect/Desencuentro by Nancy Alonso (review)
Reviewed by: Disconnect/Desencuentro by Nancy Alonso Dawn Duke Alonso, Nancy. Disconnect/Desencuentro. Trans. Anne Fountain. Chico, CA: Cubanabooks, 2012. Pp. 169. ISBN 978-0-9827860-1-7. Disconnect/Desencuentro is a bilingual collection of twelve short narratives well suited for the undergraduate Spanish program. This anthology presents a variety of contemporary topics specific to the Cuban national milieu including: experiencing other cultures,…
The Exploded Fine-Grained Volcanic Sources of the Desert West and the Primacy of Tool Function in Material Selection
Fine-grained volcanic (FGV) procurement sites in western North America are examined with regard to the apparent preference for their use over alternatives that would conventionally be considered higher quality. A flintknapping experiment is described that addresses this issue, and the results are discussed in light of functional requirements in prehistoric, especially Paleoindian, technologies. Variability in the selection of FGV material is foun…
An archaeologically validated protocol for computing obsidian hydration rates from laboratory data
Black Movement Militancy in Panama
The community of West Indians in Panama represents the presence of another identity within Hispanic space, one contrasting with the mestizo national identity of that space. Over time these Caribbean migrants built their own entities and structures to ensure their livelihood and wellbeing. This article examines this context focusing on the one major West Indian Panamanian organization that is most prominent today, the Sociedad de Amigos del Museo …
Alzira Rufino and Miriam Alves
This study seeks to present two women who feature among the leading black Brazilian writers of today. Alzira Rufino and Miriam Alves have both produced works and displayed through critical writings and activities their concern not only with other Brazilian women like themselves, but also with the Afro-Brazilian community on a broader scale. What I seek to do here is to describe them as writers, but especially to situate them within a context of b…
Alzira Rufino's a casa de cultura de mulher negra as a form of female empowerment
The Western Stemmed Tradition
We review some of the current problems and prospects in ongoing Western Stemmed Tradition (WST) studies and highlight recent discoveries at important sites in the Intermountain West. While the region has traditionally not been the focus of peopling of the Americas studies, it has received considerable attention in recent years due to the discovery of WST points and other artifacts in Clovis-aged deposits. Fieldwork at sites in Oregon, Idaho, Neva…
An archaeologically validated protocol for computing obsidian hydration rates from laboratory data
A GIS model for predicting wetland habitat in the Great Basin at the Pleistocene–Holocene transition and implications for Paleoindian archaeology
Haskett Spear Weaponry and Protein-Residue Evidence of Proboscidean Hunting in the Great Salt Lake Desert, Utah
Recent finds in the Great Salt Lake Desert provide new evidence about Haskett projectile-point technology. Haskett is a large, early representative of the Western Stemmed Tradition. The collection includes the longest Haskett specimen yet documented and another that has yielded a positive result to elephant antiserum via protein-residue analysis. Technological evidence is provided that supports the interpretation of Haskett points as sophisticate…
Earliest evidence for human use of tobacco in the Pleistocene Americas
Unreliability of the induced obsidian hydration method with abbreviated hot-soak protocols
The Exploded Fine-Grained Volcanic Sources of the Desert West and the Primacy of Tool Function in Material Selection
Fine-grained volcanic (FGV) procurement sites in western North America are examined with regard to the apparent preference for their use over alternatives that would conventionally be considered higher quality. A flintknapping experiment is described that addresses this issue, and the results are discussed in light of functional requirements in prehistoric, especially Paleoindian, technologies. Variability in the selection of FGV material is foun…
Reassessing the Radiocarbon Date from the Buhl Burial from South-Central Idaho and Its Relevance to the Western Stemmed Tradition-Clovis Debate in the Intermountain West
A single radiocarbon date derived from the Buhl burial in south-central Idaho has frequently been used as a data point for the interpretation of the Western Stemmed Tradition (WST) chronology and technology because of the stemmed biface found in situ with the human remains. AMS dating of bone collagen in 1991 produced an age of 10,675 ± 95 14C BP, immediately postdating the most widely accepted age range for Clovis. The Buhl burial has been cited…
Alzira Rufino's a casa de cultura de mulher negra as a form of female empowerment
Alzira Rufino and Miriam Alves
This study seeks to present two women who feature among the leading black Brazilian writers of today. Alzira Rufino and Miriam Alves have both produced works and displayed through critical writings and activities their concern not only with other Brazilian women like themselves, but also with the Afro-Brazilian community on a broader scale. What I seek to do here is to describe them as writers, but especially to situate them within a context of b…
Black Movement Militancy in Panama
The community of West Indians in Panama represents the presence of another identity within Hispanic space, one contrasting with the mestizo national identity of that space. Over time these Caribbean migrants built their own entities and structures to ensure their livelihood and wellbeing. This article examines this context focusing on the one major West Indian Panamanian organization that is most prominent today, the Sociedad de Amigos del Museo …
An archaeologically validated protocol for computing obsidian hydration rates from laboratory data
Disconnect/Desencuentro by Nancy Alonso (review)
Reviewed by: Disconnect/Desencuentro by Nancy Alonso Dawn Duke Alonso, Nancy. Disconnect/Desencuentro. Trans. Anne Fountain. Chico, CA: Cubanabooks, 2012. Pp. 169. ISBN 978-0-9827860-1-7. Disconnect/Desencuentro is a bilingual collection of twelve short narratives well suited for the undergraduate Spanish program. This anthology presents a variety of contemporary topics specific to the Cuban national milieu including: experiencing other cultures,…
The Exploded Fine-Grained Volcanic Sources of the Desert West and the Primacy of Tool Function in Material Selection
Fine-grained volcanic (FGV) procurement sites in western North America are examined with regard to the apparent preference for their use over alternatives that would conventionally be considered higher quality. A flintknapping experiment is described that addresses this issue, and the results are discussed in light of functional requirements in prehistoric, especially Paleoindian, technologies. Variability in the selection of FGV material is foun…
A GIS model for predicting wetland habitat in the Great Basin at the Pleistocene–Holocene transition and implications for Paleoindian archaeology
Unreliability of the induced obsidian hydration method with abbreviated hot-soak protocols
Haskett Spear Weaponry and Protein-Residue Evidence of Proboscidean Hunting in the Great Salt Lake Desert, Utah
Recent finds in the Great Salt Lake Desert provide new evidence about Haskett projectile-point technology. Haskett is a large, early representative of the Western Stemmed Tradition. The collection includes the longest Haskett specimen yet documented and another that has yielded a positive result to elephant antiserum via protein-residue analysis. Technological evidence is provided that supports the interpretation of Haskett points as sophisticate…
The Western Stemmed Tradition
We review some of the current problems and prospects in ongoing Western Stemmed Tradition (WST) studies and highlight recent discoveries at important sites in the Intermountain West. While the region has traditionally not been the focus of peopling of the Americas studies, it has received considerable attention in recent years due to the discovery of WST points and other artifacts in Clovis-aged deposits. Fieldwork at sites in Oregon, Idaho, Neva…
Earliest evidence for human use of tobacco in the Pleistocene Americas
Reassessing the Radiocarbon Date from the Buhl Burial from South-Central Idaho and Its Relevance to the Western Stemmed Tradition-Clovis Debate in the Intermountain West
A single radiocarbon date derived from the Buhl burial in south-central Idaho has frequently been used as a data point for the interpretation of the Western Stemmed Tradition (WST) chronology and technology because of the stemmed biface found in situ with the human remains. AMS dating of bone collagen in 1991 produced an age of 10,675 ± 95 14C BP, immediately postdating the most widely accepted age range for Clovis. The Buhl burial has been cited…
A Paleo-Lake and wetland paleoecology associated with human use of the distal Old River Bed Delta at the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in the Bonneville Basin, Utah, USA
Mollusk and ostracode assemblages from the distal Old River Bed delta (ORBD) contribute to our understanding of the Lake Bonneville basin Pleistocene-Holocene transition (PHT) wetland and human presence on the ORBD (ca. 13,000–7500 cal yr BP). Located on U.S. Air Force-managed lands of the Great Salt Lake Desert (GSLD) in western Utah, USA, the area provided 30 samples from 12 localities. The biological assemblages and the potential water sources…
Bayesian Analysis of Haskett Projectile Point Radiocarbon Dates in the Intermountain West Demonstrates Contemporaneity with Clovis and Folsom Points
We evaluate existing radiocarbon dates at sites containing Haskett stemmed projectile points, present 12 new dates from 5 components at 4 sites, and model the age of Haskett points in a multiphase Bayesian framework with trapezium boundaries. We present multiple models with variable prior information to explore the impacts of different interpretations of the archaeological record, and ultimately favor a model where Haskett points appeared between…
Western Stemmed Tradition Projectile Point Chronology in the Intermountain West
Owl Cave Revisited
The discovery of green-fractured mammoth bone in Owl Cave in the 1970s inspired the original investigators to focus primarily on the possible association between these remains and Folsom points recovered from the same stratum. With the Museum of Idaho's recent acquisition of the complete Owl Cave collection, we have gained a better understanding of the periglacial processes that appear to have displaced and mixed mammoth remains with a younger Fo…
Archaeology (11 works) · Geography (11 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (10 works) · Geology (7 works) · History (6 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Physics (4 works) · Pleistocene (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)