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The tragic saga of the Donner Party has inspired both legend and scholarship ever since the survivors were rescued from the High Sierra snows in the spring of 1847. When archaeologist Donald L. Hardesty and four colleagues - a historian and three other archaeologists - turned their collective attention to the ordeal of the Donner Party, the result was an original and sometimes surprising new study of this pioneer group and their place in the history of overland migration. Now available for the first time in paperback, ""The Archaeology of the Donner Party"" combines the fruits of meticulous investigation of the Sierra Nevada sites with scientific analysis of artifacts discovered there and interpretation of the documents of the party and the memoirs of survivors. Through this interdisciplinary approach, Hardesty and his colleagues offer new insight into the ordeal of these ill-fated emigrants and demonstrate the vital role that archaeology can play in illuminating and expanding our understanding of historical events. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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From reading the publication, the excavation did not come up with a lot of evidence to answer their questions, except identifying the boundary of a shelter and questioning/disproving the location of the Alder Creek camp. There was the usual occupational material that would be expected such as ceramic and glass fragments, utensils, tools, buttons, and hearth areas etc., but I got the overall feeling the author was disappointed with the finds. The questions asked at the start of the publication could not be answered by the conclusion in my opinion.
This book is an ok starting point if you are interested in the archaeology of the Donner Party, but keep in mind there are later publications that do deal with oral history such as Julie M. Schablitsky, New Look at the Donner Party Archaeology, Vol. 65, No. 3 (May/June 2012), pp. 53-54, 56, 62, and detailed analysis of bone assemblages, "Men, Women and Children Starving": Archaeology of the Donner Family Camp, American Antiquity, Vol. 75, No. 3 (July 2010), pp. 627-656.
I would recommend this book as a start for anyone with an interest in the Donner Party or to someone who is doing a high school or 1st year paper. ( )