{"product_id":"eldorado-the-archaeology-of-gold-mining-in-the-far-north-9780803210998","title":"Eldorado!: The Archaeology of Gold Mining in the Far North","description":"When gold was discovered in the far northern regions of Alaska and the Yukon in the late nineteenth century, thousands of individuals headed north to strike it rich. This massive movement required a vast network of supplies and services and brought even more people north to manage and fulfill those needs. In this volume, archaeologists, historians, and ethnologists discuss their interlinking studies of the towns, trails, and mining districts that figured in the northern gold rushes, including the first sustained account of the archaeology of twentieth-century gold mining sites in Alaska or the Yukon. \u003cbr\u003eThe authors explore various parts of this extensive settlement and supply system: coastal towns that funneled goods inland from ships; the famous Chilkoot Trail, over which tens of thousands of gold-seekers trod; a host of retail-oriented sites that supported prospectors and transferred goods through the system; and actual camps on the creeks where gold was extracted from the ground. Discussing individual cases in terms of settlement patterns and archaeological assemblages, the essays shed light on issues of interest to students of gender, transience, and site abandonment behavior. Further commentary places the archaeology of the Far North within the larger context of early twentieth-century industrialized European American society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine Holder Spude\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803210998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCatherine Holder Spude is a retired archaeologist with the National Park Service. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSin and Grace: The True Story of Skagway's Underworld\u003c\/i\u003e and has published articles in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Historical Archaeology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArctic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAlaska History\u003c\/i\u003e. Robin O. Mills is an archaeologist with the Bureau of Land Management in the Fairbanks District Office. His articles have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Historical Archaeology and Arctic Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e. Karl Gurcke is a historian with the National Park Service at Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBricks and Brickmaking: A Handbook for Historical Archaeology\u003c\/i\u003e. Roderick Sprague is a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Idaho, Moscow. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBurial Terminology: A Guide for Researchers.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40138413834355,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":51.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_4786d885-72b9-4044-bfa3-e0242d890e96.jpg?v=1654349175","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/eldorado-the-archaeology-of-gold-mining-in-the-far-north-9780803210998","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}