Examining Wealth and Technology of the Palmer Family at Glen Eyrie

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Glen Eyrie Middens: Recent Research into the Lives of General William Jackson and Mary Lincoln “Queen” Palmer and their Estate in Western Colorado Springs, Colorado." , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Recent excavations along Camp Creek in Colorado Springs have identified separate dumping episodes associated with the Palmer family and the estate staff’s occupation of the Glen Eyrie Estate. Nearly 60,000 artifacts were recovered at site 5EP7352 that consist of a wide variety of structural and domestic artifacts, including construction debris, personal artifacts, and food-related items. The excavations also recovered a number of artifacts related to early technological advancements, such as fire suppression, personal fire protection artifacts, and early photographic development items. The breadth of the artifact types and quantity are representative of the increased wealth of the family between the 1890s and the mid-1910s, when they had the means to incorporate new and developing technologies into their daily lives.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2020   •
• The Glen Eyrie Middens: Recent Research into the Lives of General William Jackson and Mary Lincoln “Queen” Palmer and their Estate in Western Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

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