Kelly J Dixon
Biographic Data
| ID | 353269 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kelly J Dixon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kelly J |
| FAMILY NAME | Dixon |
| SIGNATURE | DIXON K J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Montana |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Inscribed in Stone
Historical Archaeologies of the American West
Historical archaeology in western North America includes a vast collection of research that underscores the region’s dynamic cultural heritage. Here, I review a sample of the literature related to this research and organize them into four conceptual themes: colonialism and postcolonialism, landscape transformation, migration and diaspora, and industrial capitalism. I conclude that the future of historical archaeology in the West will be grounded …
Verily the Road was Built with Chinaman’s Bones”
The Signature of Starvation
Men, Women, and Children Starving
In spring of 1846, the George and Jacob Donner families and some 80 traveling companions began their overland trek to California. When the party ascended the Sierra Nevada in late October, a snowstorm forced the group to bivouac. At this point, the train became separated into two contingents; the larger party camped near Donner Lake and the smaller group-including the Donner families-settled at Alder Creek. Though written accounts from the Lake s…
From Stonehenge to Las Vegas
Saloons in the Wild West and Taverns in Mesopotamia
Survival of Biological Evidence on Artifacts
Forensic Technology and the Historical Archaeologist
Sidling up to the archaeology of western saloons
The historic period in the American West retains an infamous reputation because of sensational tales that sold newspapers. Nineteenth-century media audiences were subsequently exposed to a wilder West than the one of reality. This pattern continued into the modern era, as western films and television shows built upon the existing, romanticized imagery. The western story has been told most powerfully on film, providing mass audiences with a surfac…
Boomtown Saloons
"The image of Old West saloons as sites of violence and raucous entertainment has been perpetuated by film and legend, but the true story of such establishments is far more complex. In Boomtown Saloons, archaeologist Kelly J. Dixon recounts the excavation of four historic saloon sites in Nevada's Virginia City, one of the West's most important boomtowns, and shows how the physical traces of this handful of disparate drinking places, affiliated wi…
Historical Archaeologies of the American West
Historical archaeology in western North America includes a vast collection of research that underscores the region’s dynamic cultural heritage. Here, I review a sample of the literature related to this research and organize them into four conceptual themes: colonialism and postcolonialism, landscape transformation, migration and diaspora, and industrial capitalism. I conclude that the future of historical archaeology in the West will be grounded …
Verily the Road was Built with Chinaman’s Bones”
Men, Women, and Children Starving
In spring of 1846, the George and Jacob Donner families and some 80 traveling companions began their overland trek to California. When the party ascended the Sierra Nevada in late October, a snowstorm forced the group to bivouac. At this point, the train became separated into two contingents; the larger party camped near Donner Lake and the smaller group-including the Donner families-settled at Alder Creek. Though written accounts from the Lake s…
Sidling up to the archaeology of western saloons
The historic period in the American West retains an infamous reputation because of sensational tales that sold newspapers. Nineteenth-century media audiences were subsequently exposed to a wilder West than the one of reality. This pattern continued into the modern era, as western films and television shows built upon the existing, romanticized imagery. The western story has been told most powerfully on film, providing mass audiences with a surfac…
The Signature of Starvation
Survival of Biological Evidence on Artifacts
Inscribed in Stone
Forensic Technology and the Historical Archaeologist
Boomtown Saloons
"The image of Old West saloons as sites of violence and raucous entertainment has been perpetuated by film and legend, but the true story of such establishments is far more complex. In Boomtown Saloons, archaeologist Kelly J. Dixon recounts the excavation of four historic saloon sites in Nevada's Virginia City, one of the West's most important boomtowns, and shows how the physical traces of this handful of disparate drinking places, affiliated wi…
Saloons in the Wild West and Taverns in Mesopotamia
Survival of Biological Evidence on Artifacts
Forensic Technology and the Historical Archaeologist
Sidling up to the archaeology of western saloons
The historic period in the American West retains an infamous reputation because of sensational tales that sold newspapers. Nineteenth-century media audiences were subsequently exposed to a wilder West than the one of reality. This pattern continued into the modern era, as western films and television shows built upon the existing, romanticized imagery. The western story has been told most powerfully on film, providing mass audiences with a surfac…
From Stonehenge to Las Vegas
Men, Women, and Children Starving
In spring of 1846, the George and Jacob Donner families and some 80 traveling companions began their overland trek to California. When the party ascended the Sierra Nevada in late October, a snowstorm forced the group to bivouac. At this point, the train became separated into two contingents; the larger party camped near Donner Lake and the smaller group-including the Donner families-settled at Alder Creek. Though written accounts from the Lake s…
The Signature of Starvation
Verily the Road was Built with Chinaman’s Bones”
Historical Archaeologies of the American West
Historical archaeology in western North America includes a vast collection of research that underscores the region’s dynamic cultural heritage. Here, I review a sample of the literature related to this research and organize them into four conceptual themes: colonialism and postcolonialism, landscape transformation, migration and diaspora, and industrial capitalism. I conclude that the future of historical archaeology in the West will be grounded …
Inscribed in Stone
Archaeology (11 works) · History (11 works) · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies (10 works) · History (9 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 works) · Geography (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Ethnology (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Art (3 works)