Historical archaeology through a Western lens / edited and with an introduction by Mark Warner and Margaret Purser.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Warner, Mark S., editor.

Purser, Margaret Sermons, editor.

JSTOR (Online Service)

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Historical archaeology of the American West

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology and history--West (U.S.).

Archaeology and history.

Historic sites--West (U.S.).

Historic sites.

Excavations (Archaeology)--West (U.S.).

Excavations (Archaeology).

Archaeologists--West (U.S.).

Archaeologists.

Regionalism--United States--History.

Regionalism.

Social archaeology--West (U.S.).

Social archaeology.

Ethnoarchaeology--West (U.S.).

Ethnoarchaeology.

Archaeology--United States--Philosophy.

Archaeology.

Philosophy.

History.

West (U.S.)--Antiquities.

West (U.S.).

West (U.S.)--History, Local.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 350 pages).

Place of Publication:

[Lincoln, NE] : University of Nebraska Press ; [Germantown, MD] : Society for Historical Archaeology, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction: Historical Archaeology Through a Western Lens / Margaret Purser and Mark Warner

Part 1. Economics and Economies

Boomtimes and Boomsurfers : Toward a Material Culture of Western Expansion / Margaret Purser

The Archaeology of San Francisco's Gold Rush Waterfront, 1849-1851 : Building a New Model of the 19th Century Pacific Rim Maritime "Frontier" / James P. Delgado

"Where Ornament and Function are so Agreeably Combined" : A New Look at Consumer Choice Studies Using English Ceramic Wares at Hudson's Bay Company, Fort Vancouver / Robert J. Cromwell

Approaching Transient Labor through Archaeology / Mark Walker

Part 2. Archaeologies of Race and Racism

"Can We Separate the 'Indian' from the 'American' in the Historical Archaeology of the American Indian?" / Joe Watkins

Rock Hearths and Rural Wood Camps in Jīn Shān/Gām Saan : National Register of Historic Places Evaluations of 19th-century Chinese Logging Operations at Heavenly Ski Resort in the Lake Tahoe Basin / Kelly J. Dixon and Carrie Smith

Archaeology of the Chinese and Japanese Diasporas in North America and a Framework for Comparing Material Lives of Transnational Migrant Communities / Douglas E. Ross

Digging Yesterday : The Archaeology of Living Memory at Amache / Bonnie J. Clark

Part 3. Reassessing the West

The Cultural Context of Commerce : Historical Anthropology and Historical Silences along the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail / Minette Church

Our Dangerous Discipline : Doing Historical Archaeology in Utah / Timothy James Scarlett

The Mild Wild West : Settling Communities and Settling Households in Turn of the Century Idaho / Mark Warner

Epilogue / Matthew Johnson.

Notes:

Places of publication from publishers' websites.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 24, 2017).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Historical archaeology through a Western lens

ISBN:

9781496200358

1496200357

9781496200372

1496200373

Publisher Number:

99973866069

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.