The Curious Case of Colorado Cannibal Alferd Packer

Presented virtually by the County Library’s Taylorville branch

Dr. Erin Baxter provides a 21st century take on Alferd Packer, analyzing historical information, new archaeological data, and experimental archaeology to the tell the story of the Colorado Cannibal.

Baxter is particularly interested in utilizing museum collections to answer questions about ancient times. Her expertise comes from working in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Turkey, Bolivia, Ireland, and Tunisia. In addition to her research, she is an instructor of archaeology at University of Colorado Boulder, where she teaches courses covering Southwestern archaeology, method and theory, human prehistory, and her favorite topic, the archaeology of death. Baxter is currently working on projects related to cannibalism, ancient witchcraft, the superlative architecture from Aztec Ruins, the Toriette Lakes Great Kiva, Magic Mountain, and W.S. Ranch.

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