Category: Ceramics

Hey y’all. This is Jorge, one of the four new summer research assistants for the Wyoming Chinatowns project. This is my first blog post here and I’ll be discussing an opium-related artifact. While doing some cataloging of artifacts that were excavated from Rock Springs, Wyoming, in 1991, I came across these sherds from opium smoking…

Hello Everyone! This is Julia, a new member of the 2025 summer team for the Wyoming Chinatowns archaeology project. Today I wanted to tell you about the ironstone china found at Rock Springs that our team just reconstructed! Ironstone china originated in England in the early 18th century and, despite its name, does not contain…