Nineteenth Century Homesteads in Wyoming and Montana and a comparison to Mongolian "Homesteads" on the Russian Mongolian Border.
Author(s): Dudley Gardner; William Gardner
Year: 2016
Summary
A.Dudley Gardner and William Gardner
In north central Mongolia the Buryats (Buriad) herders build log cabins for homes. While different from nineteenth century log cabins built in the American West, there are similarities. As part of our analysis we noted that the proximity of houses to corrals in both northern Mongolia, Montana, and Wyoming are similar enough to one another that choices on how to utilize space in herding cultures may be based on economic and environmental considerations that are informed by cultural preferences but are primarily driven by animal needs instead of cultural mandates. In this paper we will focus on how construction and use of wooden structures lead to a distinct material culture foot print that reflects the economics of herding and the environment the herders lived in.
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Nineteenth Century Homesteads in Wyoming and Montana and a comparison to Mongolian "Homesteads" on the Russian Mongolian Border.. Dudley Gardner, William Gardner. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Washington, D.C. 2016 ( tDAR id: 434655)
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Keywords
General
Spatial Use Herders and Mobile People's
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
1800-2000
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 58