The City In the Valley, The Houses On the Hill: Brothels In the Landscape of an Affluent Mountain Mining Town

Author(s): Caitlin L. Calvert

Year: 2024

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Where today is a grove of trees and a mountainous mine tailing, was once the brothels of Central City. Once a prominent and affluent mountain mining town, now a sleepy casino town, the brothels served the needs of the surrounding mining towns. Despite being pushed ‘out of town’ soon after establishment, these businesses were located a mere quarter mile from the commercial center of town and were immediately visible from prominent ‘respectable’ landmarks. Recent archaeological excavations and historic investigations looks at the material and historic evidence of the relationship between these brothels and their surrounding urban landscape.

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The City In the Valley, The Houses On the Hill: Brothels In the Landscape of an Affluent Mountain Mining Town. Caitlin L. Calvert. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Oakland, California. 2024 ( tDAR id: 501216)

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American West/Colorado

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