June 2026 – Buried Chinatowns

2026 Rock Springs Chinatown Excavation: Week 1

Hi everyone, Alice again. I’m here to update you all on our first week excavating the Chinatown in Rock Springs, Wyoming. On the morning of June 13th, we departed from the Grinnell College Humanities and Social Sciences Center promptly at 9:00 AM. We made several stops to fill up on gas and snacks on the way to the first Quality Inn in…

Re-evaluating “ginger jars”

This is a follow-up post to summer research assistant Amber Remington’s post on different types of ginger jars that she found in her research. We received a wonderful email from subscriber Myron Lee who shared that the green hexangonal stonewares jars did not always hold preserved ginger! He sent Amber and I photos of similar…

Blue-on-White Asian Porcelains of Interest from Rock Springs Chinatown

Hello, I am Alice, one of the new summer research assistants, and I will be discussing Chinese and Japanese porcelains found in the 1991 Rock Springs Chinatown excavation. When examining our current assemblage of Chinese porcelains, specifically from Stratum C, three artifacts in particular stood out: a part of a planter, a Chinese teapot spout, and the rim…

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