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Spring 2026: New research grant & upcoming Wyoming Chinatowns Presentations
Read more: Spring 2026: New research grant & upcoming Wyoming Chinatowns PresentationsThanks to a $10,000 grant from the Far Western Foundation, we will be able to continue archaeological research on the Evanston and Rock Springs Chinatown and investigate transnational connections between these Chinatowns and home villages in the Pearl River Delta Region of China. Read about the award here: https://www.grinnell.edu/news/professor-ng-receives-grant-advance-archaeological-research Below is a list of upcoming…
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Evanston Chinatown: Dating Archaeological Deposits
Read more: Evanston Chinatown: Dating Archaeological DepositsReturning to artifact analysis, this post will focus on a cluster of whole artifacts found during the 2024 Evanston Chinatown excavation and how maker’s marks on Euroamerican ceramics, in conjunction with historical maps, can help us date archaeological deposits. In 2024, Dr. Dudley Gardner and I had a small field crew of volunteers who assisted…
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The 1892 Geary Act, “Chinese catchers,” and federal efforts to deport Chinese immigrants
Read more: The 1892 Geary Act, “Chinese catchers,” and federal efforts to deport Chinese immigrantsConnie Young Yu and Barre Fong have created an online exhibit titled The Geary Act Project which focuses on late 19th century “Certificates of Residence” required to be carried by Chinese immigrants living in the U.S. to prove that they were legal residents and not in violation of the Chinese Exclusion Act. The Geary Act…
Author: Laura W. Ng
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