Gold Rush Archaeology

Gold and Silver Mining Around the Pacific Rim

Bibliographic Data

ID23450243
AuthorsSusan Lawrence (0000-0002-4920-2776, La Trobe University, corresponding author)
Year2022
Pages95-109
Publication date2022-04-20
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueOxford Handbook of Industrial Archaeology (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199693962.013.11
OpenAlexW4224312036
ISBN9780199693962
LanguageEN
References cited17

The archaeology of gold and silver mining around the Pacific Rim in the nineteenth century incorporates the study of industrial technologies, landscapes, and the households and communities that arose in mining regions. Metals mining was a dynamic industry and miners could be both innovative and conservative as they selected technology appropriate for their local context. Evolutionary ecology, settlement pattern analysis, and cultural landscapes are all approaches that have provided insight into the spatial organization of mining. Gold rush communities were cosmopolitan and mobile and these distinct characteristics have provided unique insights into ethnicity, gender, and class. Recent interest in Indigenous involvement in mining and in environmental archaeology provide new directions for future research.

Archaeology · Context (archaeology) · Ethnic group · Geography · Gold mining · Gold rush · Historical archaeology · Indigenous · Mining engineering · Mining industry · Settlement (finance) · Sociology · American Environmental and Regional History · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · Ecology · Engineering · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History

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