The Chinese Massacre in Rock Springs, Wyoming and the Archaeological Evidence for the Movement of People affected by this event from 1885 to 1927

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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Arming the Resistance: Recent Scholarship in Chinese Diaspora Archaeology" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

When the Rock Springs Chinatown was looted and burned to the ground on September 2nd 1885, goods and people were scattered and lives were destroyed. The burial of the dead, the salvaging of possessions, and reconstruction of lives was stymied by political constrains. As a result, reconstructing the lives of the Rock Springs Chinese residents who lived here pre and post 1885  through material cultural remains has become a challenge. Currently, analysis of excavated materials is expanding our understanding of late nineteenth and early twentieth century lives of Chinese in western Wyoming. This paper presents the results of our findings of life in Rock Springs during and after the Chinese Massacre using material cultural remains.

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• Arming the Resistance: Recent Scholarship in Chinese Diaspora Archaeology   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2020

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