"men, women, and children starving": Archaeology of the Donner family camp

American Antiquity

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 627-656

  Dixon, Kelly J ^a   Novak, Shannon A ^b   Robbins, Gwen ^c   Schablitsky, Julie M ^d   Scott, G Richard ^e   Tasa, Guy L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 77956147529     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7183/0002-7316.75.3.627     Document Type: Article

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