Donald L Hardesty

Donald L. Hardesty is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada–Reno. He received his Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Oregon. Hardesty specializes in historical archaeology of the American West and is the author or editor of six books or monographs, including Ecological Anthropology, The Archaeology of Mining and Miners, and The Archaeology of the Donner Party, along with many articles in scholarly journals. He is a past president of the Society for Historical Archaeology, past president of the Mining History Association, and past president of the Register of Professional Archaeologists. He a past member of the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) Directorate for Arid Lands Ecosystems.