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OverviewWhen gold was discovered in the far northern regions of Alaska and the Yukon in the late nineteenth century, thousands of individuals headed north to strike it rich. This massive movement required a vast network of supplies and services and brought even more people north to manage and fulfill those needs. In this volume, archaeologists, historians, and ethnologists discuss their interlinking studies of the towns, trails, and mining districts that figured in the northern gold rushes, including the first sustained account of the archaeology of twentieth-century gold mining sites in Alaska or the Yukon. The authors explore various parts of this extensive settlement and supply system: coastal towns that funneled goods inland from ships; the famous Chilkoot Trail, over which tens of thousands of gold-seekers trod; a host of retail-oriented sites that supported prospectors and transferred goods through the system; and actual camps on the creeks where gold was extracted from the ground. Discussing individual cases in terms of settlement patterns and archaeological assemblages, the essays shed light on issues of interest to students of gender, transience, and site abandonment behavior. Further commentary places the archaeology of the Far North within the larger context of early twentieth-century industrialized European American society. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Catherine Holder Spude , Robin O. Mills , Karl Gurcke , Roderick SpraguePublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9780803210998ISBN 10: 080321099 Pages: 376 Publication Date: 01 December 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations 000 List of Maps 000 List of Tables 000 Acknowledgments 000 Part I. Rediscovering Eldorado: An Introduction to This Volume 000 Catherine Holder Spude and Robin O. Mills 1. An Overview History of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rushes, 18801918 000 Robert L. Spude 2. Theoretical Perspectives on the Frontier Mining Pattern 000 Donald L. Hardesty 3. A Proposed Model for a Placer Gold Mining Settlement System 000 Robin O. Mills 4. Predicting Social and Economic Function at Residential and Commercial Site Types in the Far North, 18801920 000 Catherine Holder Spude 5. New Perspectives from the North: Comparative Opportunities and Challenges in an Archaeology of Eldorado 000 Margaret Purser Part II. Intermediate Coastal Transfer and Supply Settlements: Supplying the Upper Yukon through Skagway and Dyea 000 Robin O. Mills and Catherine Holder Spude 6. Already Here and Rich: A Brief Ethnohistory of Upper Lynn Canal 000 Thomas F. Thornton 7. Tobacco Pipes, Medicinals, and Decorated Dishes: The Archaeology of Gender and Economic Class in Households from Skagway, Alaska 000 Doreen C. Cooper and Catherine Holder Spude 8. Faunal Remains in Skagway: Gold Rush to Working Class 000 David R. Huelsbeck PART III. Getting around the Landscape: Links in the Interior Transportation System 000 Robin O. Mills and Catherine Holder Spude 9. An Overview of Chilkoot Trail Archaeology 000 Eve Griffin and Karl Gurcke 10. Canyon City: The Archaeology of a Company Town on the Transportation Network to the Klondike 000 T. J. Hammer PART IV. Central and Secondary Distribution Settlements: Supplying the Mining Districts 000 Robin O. Mills and Catherine Holder Spude 11. Explaining Variability in Northern Gold Mining Saloons 000 Catherine Holder Spude, Robert M. Weaver, and Tim A. Kardatzke 12. Living at the Edge of a Boomtown: Transient Life in Dawson City during the Klondike Gold Rush 000 Michael Brand 13. Boom through Bust and Beyond: Changing Settlement System Functions at Coldfoot, a Placer Mining Town in Alaska 000 Robin O. Mills 14. Alder Smoke and Shoe Nails: Life in an Early-20th-Century Mining Camp 000 Howard L. Smith, Robin O. Mills, and Catherine Holder Spude PART V. Extracting the Wealth: Sites on the Gold Creeks 000 Robin O. Mills and Catherine Holder Spude 15. Living the Solitary Life: Placer Mining Camps in Alaska, 19001950 000 Becky M. Saleeby 16. Alaska Natives in the Gold Rush: A Look at Valdez Creek in the Early- to Mid-20th Century 000 Robert E. King 17. Cabin Comforts: The Archaeology of Bachelor Cabins on Fish Creek, Alaska 000 Andrew S. Higgs and Robert A. Sattler References Cited 000 List of Contributors 000 Index 000ReviewsThe authors make a compelling case for the preservation and study of the Klondike Gold rush. A cultural and scientific Eldorado awaits. --Mark Michael, American Archaeology --Mark Michael American Archaeology The authors make a compelling case for the preservation and study of the Klondike Gold rush. A cultural and scientific Eldorado awaits. -Mark Michael, American Archaeology -- Mark Michael American Archaeology By employing Donald L. Hardesty's frontier mining pattern composed of cross-cultural communities, Eldorado's authors enables readers to imagine its applicability to mining sites and systems around the glove. -Lynn Furnis, Alaska History -- Lynn Furnis Alaska History Eldorado! is simply great history and well worth the time... Western historians will profit by having this book in their collections. -Ronald M. James, Pacific Historical Review -- Ronald M. James Pacific Historical Review This volume will be very useful to anyone interested in the archaeology of mining, and it is an essential text for anyone conducting historical archaeology in the North. -Paul J. White, Industrial Archeology -- Paul J. White Industrial Archeology This volume will be very useful to anyone interested in the archaeology of mining, and it is an essential text for anyone conducting historical archaeology in the North. --Paul J./i>--Paul J. White Industrial Archeology Author InformationCatherine Holder Spude is a retired archaeologist with the National Park Service. She is the author of Sin and Grace: The True Story of Skagway’s Underworld and has published articles in the Journal of Historical Archaeology, Arctic, and Alaska History. Robin O. Mills is an archaeologist with the Bureau of Land Management in the Fairbanks District Office. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Historical Archaeology and Arctic Anthropology. Karl Gurcke is a historian with the National Park Service at Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. He is the author of Bricks and Brickmaking: A Handbook for Historical Archaeology. Roderick Sprague is a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Idaho, Moscow. He is the author of Burial Terminology: A Guide for Researchers. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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