This is an account of an archaeological investigation of a 19th century Chinese gold-mining site on the Snake River in Idaho. Contents: Foreword; Preface ("Why no Chinamen are found in Twin Falls"); Chapter 1 (Ruins of a world: The Historical Background); Chapter 2 (Site Description of 10JE89, Mon-Tung); Chapter 3 (Mining Assemblage and Methodology); Chapter 4 (Artifact Assemblage and Cultural Adaptations); Chapter 5 (Observations and Interpretive Speculations); Plates; Opium Can Stamps; List of Figures; References Cited; Acknowledgments; Notes.

Ruins of a World: Chinese Gold Mining at the Mon-Tung Site in the Snake River Canyon

James, Ronald L.

U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management

1995

2007.066.601