Faculty Profile for Dr. James David Kilby
Biography Section
Biography and Education
Ph.D. University of New MexicoM.A. Eastern New Mexico University
B.A. Appalachian State University
Research Interests
North American Paleoindians, hunter-gatherer archaeology, Southwest prehistory, the organization of lithic technology, geoarchaeology, paleoenvironments, landscape archaeology, human evolutionary ecology, Cultural Resource Management and applied archaeology.Selected Scholarly/Creative Work
- 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
Selected Awards
- 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
Selected Grants
- 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.
- 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 - Present). Grant.
- Kilby, James David (Principal). Investigations at Bonfire Shelter: New dates for one of Americas oldest sites, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: December 2017 - December 2018). Grant.
Selected Service Activities
Advisory Board/Outside Trustee
Argonaut Archaeological Research Fund
2019-Present
Chair
Ancient Southwest Texas Project
2017-Present
Chair
JMK Endowment for Graduate Research in Anthropology
August 2017-Present
Member
Personnel Committee
2016-Present
Speaker
Texas Archaeological Societies
2014-Present