An Archaeology of Desperation Exploring the Donner Party's Alder Creek Camp |
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| Editor:
| Dixon, Kelly J.
Schablitsky, Julie M.
Novak, Shannon A. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8061-4210-4 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2011 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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The Donner Party is almost inextricably linked with cannibalism. In truth, we know remarkably little about what actually happened to the starving travelers stranded in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846-47. Combining the approaches of history, ethnohistory, archaeology, bioarchaeology, and social anthropology, this innovative look at the Donner Party's experience at the Alder Creek Camp offers insights into many long-unsolved mysteries.
The Donner Party is almost inextricably linked with cannibalism. In truth, we know remarkably little about what actually happened to the starving travelers stranded in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846-47. Combining the approaches of history, ethnohistory, archaeology, bioarchaeology, and social anthropology, this innovative look at the Donner Party's experience at the Alder Creek Camp offers insights into many long-unsolved mysteries.