Faculty Profiles

Dr. James David Kilby

Ph.D. University of New Mexico
M.A. Eastern New Mexico University
B.A. Appalachian State University

Kilby, David. Internal Research Grant: Le Volgu Artifact Cache and its Purported Relationship to Clovis: Testing the Controversial “Solutrean Hypothesis” for the Origins of Prehistoric American Populations., ENMU, $3000. (Funded: 2015). Grant.
Kilby, David. New Mexico EPSCoR Infrastructure Seed Grant: Tracing the Impacts of Prehistoric Climate Change, National Science Foundation/Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, $50000. (Funded: 2011). Grant.
Kilby, David, Huckell, Bruce. National Geographic Society Research and Exploration Grant: A Cache of Clovis Artifacts near Beach, ND, $18000. (Funded: 2007). Grant.
Krause, Samantha Marie (Principal), Radoman-Shaw, Brandon Gregory (Co-Principal), Smith, Heather Lynn (Co-Principal), Wernette, Shelly Jean (Co-Principal), Kilby, James David (Co-Principal). EMBRACE-EAR-Growth: From Places to Peoples: A survey of geological materials and human-environment interaction on the Edwards Plateau that prioritizes student learning., National Science Foundation, Federal, $400000. (Submitted: May 15, 2024). Grant.
Kilby, James David. A new look at Bonfire Shelter: Using Structure from Motion photogrammetry to investigate the earliest Americans, National Geographic Society, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $18000. (Funded: February 2018 - December 2024). Grant.

Kilby, J. D., Surovell, T. A., Huckell, B. B., Ringstaff, C. W., Hamilton, M. J., & Haynes, C. V. (2022). Evidence Supports the Efficacy of Clovis Points for Hunting Proboscideans. Journal of Archaeological Science:Reports. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103600
Buchanan, B., Kilby, J. D., LaBelle, J. M., Surovell, T. A., Holland-Lulewicz, J., & Hamilton, M. J. (2022). Bayesian modeling of the Clovis and Folsom radiocarbon records indicates a 170-year multi-generational transition. American Antiquity, 87(3). https://doi.org/doi:10.1017/aaq.2021.153
Kilby, J. D., Farrell, S. P., & Hamilton, M. J. (2020). New Investigations at Bonfire Shelter, Texas Examine Controversial Bison Jumps and Bone Beds. Plains Anthropologist. https://doi.org/10.1080/00320447.2020.1812795
Kilby, J. D. (2018). A North American Perspective on the Volgu Biface Cache from Upper Paleolithic France and its Relationship to the “Solutrean Hypothesis” for Clovis Origins. Quaternary International, 197–207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.06.019
Huckell, B. B., & Kilby, J. D. (Eds.). (2014). Clovis Caches: Recent Discoveries and New Research. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. Retrieved from https://unmpress.com/books/clovis-caches/9780826354822

Award / Honor Recipient: Heritage Publication Award for Clovis Caches: Recent Discoveries and New Research, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, Historic Preservation Division, Santa Fe, NM. 2015
Award / Honor Recipient: Honorary Professor of International Studies, Center for International Studies. January 2024 - Present
Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. April 2021
Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. 2018
Award / Honor Recipient: e2M Distinguished Achievement Award, engineering-environmental Management, Inc. 2005