In Small Things Collected: Domesticity in World War Two Era Flagstaff

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Historical Archaeologies of the American Southwest, 1800 to Today" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

From the 1980s to 1990s, Northern Arizona University ethnomusicologist Joann Kealiinohomoku collected artifacts she found in the backyard of her Flagstaff home and kept them in a variety of food jars. While Dr. Kealiinohomoku had no discernible methodology in collecting the artifacts and left behind no notes or evidence of their original context, the collection still conveys meaningful information about mid-century Flagstaff. The majority of the artifacts date to the original 1940s and 1950s occupation of the house, and contains myriad artifacts related to the domestic aspects of Flagstaff life during this period. This paper explores how disconnected artifacts can tell a connected story of childhood, foodways, and other domestic activities.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Historical Archaeologies of the American Southwest, 1800 to Today   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 22988