A Chinese Camp in Nevada’s Cortez Mountains
Author(s): Robert W. McQueen
Year: 2017
Summary
Recorded in 1994 and excavated in 2009, site 26LA3061 is a late-19th century Chinese workmen’s camp located in the heart of central Nevada’s Cortez Mining District. The site had multiple habitations including dugouts, tent flats, and stone ruins, which yielded several interesting finds—the 6,000+ artifacts included domestic and foreign coins, lots of opium paraphernalia, and a lock of hair that underwent DNA testing. Cortez was infamous for its successful hiring of a large force of Chinese hardrock (underground) miners, and their presence in the district left a significant archaeological footprint. This paper shares the experiences of these workers.
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A Chinese Camp in Nevada’s Cortez Mountains. Robert W. McQueen. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Fort Worth, TX. 2017 ( tDAR id: 435385)
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Keywords
General
Chinese mining dugouts
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
19th Century
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): 205