Exploring Place in the American West

Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2017

In its exploration of culture contact, colonialism, labor, migration, and identity, historical archaeology in the American West often emphasizes the role of place. This session sets the idea of place in myriad permutations at the center of analysis. Papers explore place as defined by geography, environment, people, community, ideology, and theoretical approach. In bringing together diverse perspectives on place, the papers make connections around the theme of place, highlighting characteristics that both unite and distinguish approaches to and concepts of historical archaeology of the American West.

Other Keywords
Mining • place • Rio Grande • Industry • Logging • Chinese • Homesteading • Emigrant Trails • Colonialism • Monuments

Temporal Keywords
20th Century • 1860S To 1920S • 19th-20th Century • 19th Century • Historic • 1860-1930 • 1850-1900 • 1900-1940 • 1898-1950

Geographic Keywords
North America • Coahuila (State / Territory) • New Mexico (State / Territory) • Oklahoma (State / Territory) • Arizona (State / Territory) • Texas (State / Territory) • Sonora (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • Chihuahua (State / Territory) • Nuevo Leon (State / Territory)

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  1. The Battlefields Are the Only Thing We Have: Archaeology, Race, and Thanatourism in the Trans-Mississippi South (2017)
  2. A Comparison of Urban and Rural Chinese Sites in Nevada (2017)
  3. The International Boundary Commission Monuments – 1848 to Today. (2017)
  4. The Luxury Of Cold: The Natural Ice Industry In Boca, California: 1868-1927 (2017)
  5. Negotiation, Landscape and Material Use: Agency Expression in Aurora, Nevada (2017)
  6. The Road to Wealth: How the EP & NE Railroad Changed New Mexico (2017)
  7. Sisneros and Cisneros: Place-Based Community Development Among Hispanic Homesteaders in Northeast New Mexico (2017)
  8. "Welcome to Nowhere": Temporary and Permanent Life in the Remote Black Rock Desert at Granite Creek Station (2017)
  9. What if the place is gone? Reinvigorating Place, Memory, and Identity through New Media (2017)