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Spring 2026: New research grant & upcoming Wyoming Chinatowns Presentations

April 4, 2026

Thanks 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

February 16, 2026

Returning 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

December 14, 2025

The 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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