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DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael Betsinger.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Roads, Rivers, Rails and Trails (and more): The Archaeology of Linear Historic Properties" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The lives of the people in Moorhead, Minnesota were changed when in 1890 the neighboring state of North Dakota became dry. Saloons expanded greatly in Moorhead, reaching 47 to serve the combined city populations of Fargo and Moorhead. These saloons were positioned nearest to the Red...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Brenna J Moloney.

Community-engaged archaeology has played a role in reshaping the city of Detroit’s popular heritage narrative from one of decline and decay to one more rich and complex. In 2013, archaeologists from Wayne State University investigated Tommy's Bar, a rumored Prohibition-era speakeasy and haunt of the infamous Purple Gang. The project was a partnership between the University, a historic preservation non-profit, and the bar's owner. The project culminated in a theme party where archaeologists...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Leah D. Rogers. Jonathan R. Sellars.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Catherine Losier.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "In Small Islands Forgotten: Insular Historical Archaeologies of a Globalizing World", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Nothing speaks more of smuggling, and illicit activities than a small forgotten island. Such is the case for Saint-Pierre et Miquelon where contraband was and still is a tradition. In the 19th century (and most probably before that), it is known that French fisherfolks were trading alcohol...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Dana Campbell. Norman D. Jefferson. Clarence R. Geier. Bernadine McGuire. Elwood Fisher.

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DOCUMENT Citation Only Taylor W Brown.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Prohibition is often remembered as the wild and roaring Jazz Age, filled with flappers, mobsters, federal agents, and hidden speakeasies. In today’s imagination, despite strict anti-alcohol laws, booze flowed freely in the streets and people drank with reckless abandon. But how did resistance to Prohibition manifest in Pensacola,...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Michael P. Betsinger.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Archaeology of Meat and Ale (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Archaeological investigations of the Saloon Row site in Moorhead, Minnesota, have revealed a high quantity of flask artifacts. While not unusual for a saloon site, this artifact type has received little if any attention in archaeological reports of saloons. Moreover, the presence and variety of these flasks in the context of a...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Kelli Casias.

One unintended consequence of the Prohibition Era in the U.S. was an unorganized but national collective social resistance movement based in individual civil disobedience.  Recent research into the town of Anaconda, Montana during alcohol prohibition has revealed that men and women participated in moonshining activities. Comparison of male and female offenders in Anaconda indicated that the informal economy in which alcohol resided, was formalized by city officials as a legitimate economic...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Maclaren A Guthrie. Alexandra C Kelly. Jason L Toohey.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The American Wild West was characterized by illicit activity. During the Temperance period (1800-1933) of American history, alcohol consumption became an increasingly policed activity. This paper will present the findings of an analysis of the material culture at the Red Buttes Dugout in comparison to other known bootlegging and...

DOCUMENT Citation Only Jack B. Irion. Peter Morrison. Paul V. Heinrich. Danton Kostandarithes.

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DOCUMENT Full-Text Katherine G Parker.

Hell Hole Swamp, located in Berkeley County, South Carolina, was home to some of the largest moonshine distillation operations in the nation during the Prohibition Era.  Although liquor distillation sites in the state date as early as the 1750s, few of these sites have been formally documented.  These sites may have only ephemeral remains due to short and clandestine periods of use, and can be frequently overlooked as modern debris or refuse scatters.  Utilizing archaeological models established...