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E. James Dixon
Professor of Anthropology
jdixon@unm.edu
505.277.4210

Anthropology Courses Taught at UNM since 2002

  • Anth 4020/5020, Arctic Archeology

Education

University of Alaska, Anthropology, BA 1970,
MA 1972 Brown University, Anthropology,
PhD 1979
Dissertation: A Predictive Model for the Distribution of Archeological Sites on the Bering Continental Shelf.


Research

Arctic archeology, Paleoindian archeology, Quaternary paleoecology, high altitude - high latitude adaptations, museum studies.


Selected Publications

1999                Dixon, E. James

                                    Bones, Boats and Bison: Archeology and the First Colonization of Western North America. 322 pages, including 91 illustrations, 4 tables, foreword, acknowledgements, table of contents , dedication, and index. (second printing 2001). University of New Mexico Press. 

2001                Dixon, E. James

                                    Human Colonization of the Americas: Timing, Technology and Process. Beringian Paleoenvironments: Festschrift in Honor of David M. Hopkins, S. E. Elias and J. Brigham-Grette guest eds.  Quaternary Science Reviews, London 1-3:277-299.

2005                Dixon, E. James, William M. Manley and Craig M. Lee

The Emerging Archaeology of Glaciers and Ice Patches: Examples from Alaska’ Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. American Antiquity 70(1):129-143

2006   Dixon, E. James

Paleo-Indian: Far Northwest. Environment, Origins, and Population. Handbook of North American Indians, Vol. 3:129-14, Douglas H. Ubelabaker,Volume Editor. Dennis Stanford, Bruce D. Smith, Douglas H. Ubelaker, and Emöke J.E. Szathmáry (associate eds), Smithsonian Institution Press. 

2008    Dixon, E. James

Bifaces from On Your Knees Cave, Southeast Alaska. in Projectile Point Sequences in Northwestern North America. Roy L. Carlson and Martin P.R. Magne, eds. Archaeology Press, Simon Fraser University, 35:11-18, Canada.


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