Current Research on the 1969 Yreka Chinatown Archaeological Excavation and Collection
Author(s): Sarah C Heffner
Year: 2018
Summary
In 1969, construction of I-5 through Yreka in northern California, threatened to destroy historic building foundations and archaeological deposits associated with Yreka’s Chinese community. From January to March 1969, State Parks archaeologists conducted a salvage excavation at the location of what was Yreka’s last Chinatown, occupied from 1886 through the 1940s. This was one of the earliest excavations of a Chinese community in California. Archaeologists recorded nine features and cataloged over 2,862 artifacts. An archaeological report was prepared for the excavation, but was never finalized. In addition, the artifact catalog is incomplete. Funding obtained from the Society for California Archaeology and California State Parks and Recreation has provided an opportunity for re-analysis and reinterpretation of the excavation and archaeological collection, with the goal of finalizing the archaeological report and the catalog.
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Current Research on the 1969 Yreka Chinatown Archaeological Excavation and Collection. Sarah C Heffner. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2018 ( tDAR id: 441519)
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Keywords
General
Historical Archaeology
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Northern California
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Overseas Chinese
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
1880s-1940s
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): 665