Ken Cannon
Doctoral Candidate, Geography Program
M.A., 1989, Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
B.A., 1983, Anthropology, University of South Florida
Office: National Park Service
Midwest Archeological Center
Federal Bldg., Rm. 474
100 Centennial Mall North
Email: ken_cannon@nps.gov
Phone: 402.437.5392 ex. 139
Research Interests
Ken's dissertation research is the study of the biogeography of bison in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. This is part of his long-term research interest in hunter-gatherers subsistence in the intermountain west and the region's paleoenvironment. His other research interests include intermountain mammalian biogeography, intermountain fire history, and the application of prehistoric data to contemporary ecosystem management.
Teaching Experience
North American Archaeology (University of Nebraska-Omaha, Spring 2005, 2006)
Introduction to Anthropology (University of Nebraska - Omaha, Spring 1991)
Grants/Awards
2007-09. Challenge Cost Share Grant from Bureau of Land Management for the reinvestigation of the Challis Bison Kill site, pending.
2006. Grant from the National Speleological Society for research at the Stinking Springs Rockshelter, Teton County, Wyoming.
2005. Grant from Teton County Historic Preservation Board for Quaternary research at the Goetz site (48TE455).
2004. Grant from Jackson Archaeological Society for investigating precontact archaeology at the Goetz site, Teton County, Wyoming.
2002-04. Challenge Cost Share Grant from US Fish and Wildlife Service for investigating the role of bison in the precontact ecology of Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
2003. Grant from Teton County Historic Preservation Board for archeological research at the Goetz site (48TE455).
2002-03. Private donations for study of prehistoric bison ecology in Jackson Hole.
2002. Frison Institute Visiting Scholarship, University of Wyoming.
2001-04. Earthwatch Institute Grant for the role of bison in the ecology and economy of prehistoric Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
1999. University of Nebraska Dissertation Improvement Grant.
Professional Presentations
2006. Biogeography of Bison in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, Illinois.
2005. Archeology in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem: The Role of the Midwest Archeological Center. 7th Biennial Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference, Park City Utah.
2005. They Went as High as They Chose: Recent Studies of High Altitude Bison from the Western United States. Poster presented in the symposium Current Perspectives on Bison Paleoecology and Archeology, 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Salt Lake City, Utah.
2005. Molly Boeka Cannon and Kenneth P. Cannon , New Interpretations at the Challis Bison Kill Site (19CR196). Paper presented in the symposium Archaeology in Idaho: Research, Partnerships, and Volunteers, 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Salt Lake City, Utah.
2003. Kenneth P. Cannon and Molly B. Cannon, "Recent Investigations at the Goetz Site, Jackson Hole, Wyoming", 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Milwaukee.
2002. Kenneth P. Cannon and Molly S. Boeka, "Archaeology and Wildlife Management in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem", 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Denver.
Publications
2007. They Went as High as They Chose: A Case Study on the Ecology of High Altitude Bison Remains from the Uinta Mountains, Utah. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research. Vol.39, No.1, 2007, pp.44-56
2006. Interagency Archaeological Investigations: An Example from the Goetz Site on the National Elk Refuge, Wyoming, by Kenneth P. Cannon and Molly Boeka Cannon. In The SAA Archaeological Record, pp. 32-35.
2005. Post-Glacial Inflationa-Deflation Cycles, Titling, and Faulting in the Yellowstone Caldera Based on Yellowstone lake Shorelines, by K.L. Pierce, K.P. Cannon, Grant A. Meyer, Matthew J. Trebesch, and Raymond D. Watts. US Geological Survey Professional Paper, edited by Lisa Morgan, in press.
2004. Zoorchaeology and Conservation Biology, edited by R. Lee Lyman and K.P. Cannon. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
2004. Applied Zooarchaeology, Because It Matters, by R. Lee Lyman and K.P. Cannon. In Zoorchaeology and Conservation Biology, edited by R. Lee Lyman and K.P. Cannon, pp. 1-24. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
2004. Zooarchaeology and Wildlife Management in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, by K.P. Cannon and M.B. Cannon Cannon, In Zooarchaeology and Conservation Biology, edited by R. Lee Lyman and K.P. Cannon, pp. 45-60. University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City.
2004. Hunter-Gatherers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming: Testing Assumptions about Site Function, by K.P. Cannon, Dawn R. Bringelson, and M.B. Cannon Cannon. In Hunters and Gatherers in Theory and Archaeology, edited by George M. Crothers, pp. 103-124. Occasional Paper No. 31, Center for Archaeological Investigations, Southern Illinois University.
2003. Quaternary Geology and Ecology of the Greater Yellowstone Area, by K.L. Pierce, Don G. Despain, Cathy Whitlock, K.P. Cannon, Grant Meyer, Lisa Morgan, and Joe M. Licciardi. INQUA 2003 Field Guide Volume, edited by D.J. Easterbrook, pp. 313-344. Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada.
2001. What the Past Can Provide: Contribution of Prehistoric Studies to Modern Bison Management. Great Plains Research, 11(1):145-174.
