April Nowell

April Nowell is a Paleolithic archaeologist and professor of anthropology at the University of Victoria. She directs an international team of researchers in the study of Lower and Middle Paleolithic sites in Jordan and is known for her publications on cognitive archaeology, the archaeology of children, Paleolithic art, and the relationship between science, pop culture, and the media. She is the author of Growing Up in the Ice Age: Fossil and Archaeological Evidence of the Lived Lives of Plio-Pleistocene Children and coeditor of Stone Tools and the Evolution of Human Cognition. Watch her TEDx talk “Paleo Porn” here.

Check out this TEDx talk given by University Press of Colorado author April Nowell (Stone Tools and the Evolution of Human Cognition). TEDx talks are presented "by independent organizers who want to create a TED-like event in their own community." More information can be found here.

Life After Dark in the Ancient World

Listen to Nancy Gonlin and April Nowell talk about The Archaeology of the Night on The Archaeology Show!

Grants and Donations

The University Press of Colorado is a 501(c)3 nonprofit membership organization that relies on the ongoing support of its members, as well as funds from other institutions, granting agencies, and individuals, to fulfill our mandate as a scholarly publisher. We thank the following institutions and individuals for their generous contributions to our publishing program this year.

• Augustana College, $1,000 in support of Leisure and Death edited by Adam Kaul and Jonathan Skinner
• Denver Museum of Nature & Science, $10,000 in support of Navajo Textiles by Laurie D. Webster, Louise I. Stiver, D. Y. Begay, and Lynda Teller Pete
• Knowledge Unlatched, $8,745 in support of Archaeological Perspectives of Warfare on the Great Plains edited by Andrew J. Clark and Douglas B. Bamforth
• Montclair State University, $2,000 in support of Writing at the State U by Emily J. Isaacs
• Purdue University, $4,000 in support of The Internationalization of US Writing Programs edited by Shirley K Rose and Irwin Weiser
• Turner Endangered Species Fund, $5,000 in support of The Last Stand of the Pack by Arthur H. Carhart in collaboration with Stanley P. Young, edited by Andrew Gulliford and Tom Wolf
• University of Nevada, Las Vegas, $2,000 in support of Life beyond the Boundaries edited by Karen G. Harry and Sarah Herr
• University of Victoria, $3,700 in support of Archaeology of the Night edited by Nancy Gonlin and April Nowell
• Vassar College, $900 in support of Words and Worlds Turned Around edited by David Tavárez

Contributions toward the University Press of Colorado Endowment Fund: 

Director's Circle 2017–2018 ($500+ annually)

Friends of the Press 2017–2018 ($100+ annually)

2017–2018 Donors

Contributions toward the General Fund: 

2017–2018 Donors

Member Institutions

Ongoing support for the publishing program at the University Press of Colorado is provided by the following sustaining members:

• Adams State University
• Colorado State University (Fort Collins/Pueblo)
• Fort Lewis College
• Metropolitan State University of Denver
• Regis University
• University of Colorado (Boulder/Colorado Springs/Denver)
• University of Northern Colorado
• Utah State University
• Western State Colorado University

UPC authors Nancy Gonlin and April Nowell have a featured blog post on Sapiens! Check in out, and then learn even more in their book Archaeology of the Night: Life After Dark in the Ancient World.