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.

Series:

Historical archaeology of the American West.

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).

West (U.S.)--Antiquities.

West (U.S.).

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, [Nebraska] : University of Nebraska Press and the Society for Historical Archaeology, 2017.

Summary:

"The mythic American West, with its perilous frontiers, big skies, and vast resources, is frequently perceived as unchanging and timeless. The work of many western-based historical archaeologists over the past decade, however, has revealed narratives that often sharply challenge that timelessness. Historical Archaeology Through a Western Lens reveals an archaeological past that is distinct to the region--but not in ways that popular imagination might suggest. Instead, this volume highlights a western past characterized by rapid and ever-changing interactions between diverse groups of people across a wide range of environmental and economic situations. The dynamic and unpredictable lives of western communities have prompted a constant challenging and reimagining of both individual identities and collective understandings of their position within a broader national experience. Indeed, the archaeological West is one clearly characterized by mobility rather than stasis. The archaeologies presented in this volume explore the impact of that pervasive human mobility on the West--a world of transience, impermanence, seasonal migration, and accelerated trade and technology at scales ranging from the local to the global. By documenting the challenges of both local community-building and global networking, they provide an archaeologyofthe West that is ultimatelyfromthe West"--Provided by publisher.

"An exploration of Western historical archaeologists' role in American regionalism and a call for creating archaeologies of the West as an alternative to the isolated archaeologists working in the West"--Provided by publisher.

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:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781496200358

1496200357

OCLC:

973159665