Trade and Industry in the Urban Plains: Identifying Trends in Lincoln, Nebraska from the UNL Campus Collections

Summary

This is a poster submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

An archaeological perspective on trade and industry in urban Nebraska has not yet been well defined. Comparative analyses of several collections excavated on the present-day University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus have begun to reveal the intricacies of local industry in conjunction with larger national trends. These collections give us a glimpse into life within the developing urban landscape of Lincoln, Nebraska, at the turn of the 20th century.

This research was developed from the student-led analysis of artifacts from three late 19th-early 20th century archaeological sites. Diagnostic glass bottles and ceramics were utilized for the bulk of this study. These materials lend themselves to sourcing their locations of manufacture and interpretation of the probable lifestyles and economic stratification of the associated households. Preliminary research has documented the presence of different products between features, pointing to likely social and economic differences within a small area of historic Lincoln.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2020   •
• 2020 SHA Poster Submissions

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PaperId(s): 141