Dennis Jenkins
Dr. Dennis Jenkins | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Archaeologist |
Employer(s) | Museum of Anthropology, University of Oregon |
Known for | Identifying the earliest human settlement in the Americas. |
Dennis L. Jenkins is a research
Education and career
From 1975 to 1981 Jenkins was an assistant archaeologist for the Museum of Natural History at the
Jenkins' primary areas of research include the ancient peoples of the Americas, particularly hunter-gatherers in the
Since 2000, Jenkins has served as a Chautauqua Lecturer, explaining to people all over Oregon the techniques used to research the migration of early Americans.[3]
Publications
Jenkins has authored co-authored or edited over 80 papers and publications[2] among them are:
Jenkins, Dennis L.; Warren, Claude N. (1985), "Obsidian Hydration and the Pinto Chronology in the Mojave Desert.", Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology, 6 (1): 44–60
Jenkins, Dennis L. (1991), Site structure and chronology of 36 Lake Mojave and Pinto assemblages from two large multicomponent sites in the central Mojave Desert, southern California
Aikens, C. Melvin; Jenkins, Denis L., eds. (1994), "Archaeological Researches in the Northern Great Basin: Fort Rock Archaeology Since Cressman", University of Oregon Anthropological Papers., 50[2]
Jenkins, Dennis L. (2000). "Early to Middle Holocene Cultural Transitions in the Northern Great Basin of Oregon: The View From Fort Rock". In Schneider, Joan S.; Yohe II, Robert M; Gardner, Jill K (eds.). Archaeological Passages: a volume in honor of Claude Nelson Warren. Number 1. Hemet, California: Western Center for Archaeology and Paleontology, Publications in Archaeology. pp. 69–109.
Jenkins, Denis L.; Connolly, Thomas J.; Aikens, C. Melvin, eds. (2004), "Early and Middle Holocene Archaeology of the Northern Great Basin", University of Oregon Anthropological Papers., 62[2]
Jenkins, Dennis L.; Willerslev, Eske; Davis, Loren G. (13 February 2008), Preliminary Report of Archaeological, Geoarchaeological, and Molecular Genetic (mtDNA) Evidence for Pre-Clovis Occupation of the Paisley 5 Mile Point Caves in the Northern Great Basin, Paleoamerican Origins Workshop, Austin, Texas{{citation}}
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Gilbert, M. Thomas P.; Jenkins, Dennis L.; Götherstrom, Anders; Naveran, Nuria; Sanchez, Juan J.; Hofreiter, Michael; Thomsen, Philip Francis; Binladen, Jonas; Higham, Thomas F. G.; Yohe II, Robert M.; Parr, Robert; Cummings, Linda Scott; Willerslev, Eske (9 May 2008). "DNA from Pre-Clovis Human Coprolites in Oregon, North America". Science. 320 (5877): 786–789.
References
- ^ a b c Fried, Stephen (2010-06-13). "Who Were the First Americans?". Parade. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Dennis Leroy Jenkins Curriculum Vita" (PDF). University of Oregon. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Dennis Jenkins". Heritage Key. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
- S2CID 17671309. Retrieved December 2, 2010.