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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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Fall 2025 Recap
Read more: Fall 2025 RecapThe Fall 2025 semester is essentially over at Grinnell College, so I will use this opportunity to write a recap on the research team’s various activities. In mid-October, I attended the Rural Chinatowns and Hidden Sites: Chinese American History in the Deep South and Midwest Conference in Memphis, TN. The meeting included a field trip to…
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Upcoming archaeology talks on Chinese American sites in Wyoming & Texas
Read more: Upcoming archaeology talks on Chinese American sites in Wyoming & TexasI just returned from NYC, where I gave a talk at the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) on the archaeology of the Rock Springs Chinatown in Wyoming. I was also able to see the Port Henry Chinese jail ledger at MOCA, spend time with research collaborator Peter Lau, Rock Springs Chinatown descendant Arvin Chin,…
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