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Overseas Chinese Archaeology, Douglas Ross
Migration Narratives And Material Traces Of A Japanese Canadian Heritage Community, Douglas Ross
Migration Narratives And Material Traces Of A Japanese Canadian Heritage Community, Douglas Ross
Douglas Ross
No abstract provided.
Book Review: Ceramic Makers' Marks, Douglas Ross
Late Nineteenth- And Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Domestic Wares From British Columbia, Douglas Ross
Late Nineteenth- And Early Twentieth-Century Japanese Domestic Wares From British Columbia, Douglas Ross
Douglas Ross
No abstract provided.
Transnational Artifacts: Grappling With Fluid Material Origins And Identities In Archaeological Interpretations Of Culture Change, Douglas Ross
Douglas Ross
There has been a gradual shift in historical archaeology towards interpretive approaches to material culture, including recognition of the potential for multiple functions and meanings in local contexts. It is argued here that artifacts can also maintain multiple, fluid origins and identities that affect our understanding of the nature of cultural persistence and change among migrant, indigenous and other ethnic groups. However, predefined classification schemes are often rigid and do not allow for this kind of fluidity, including the potential for artifacts from one culture to be indigenized into another. Data drawn from recent research on Japanese migrants in British …
Factors Influencing The Dining Habits Of Japanese And Chinese Migrants At A British Columbia Salmon Cannery, Douglas Ross
Factors Influencing The Dining Habits Of Japanese And Chinese Migrants At A British Columbia Salmon Cannery, Douglas Ross
Douglas Ross
Little archaeological research has focused on comparing the lives of Chinese migrants in North America with their non-Chinese neighbors, and only a modest amount of work of any sort has been done on Japanese sites. The following study compares archaeological and archival evidence of dining habits among Japanese and Chinese laborers at a turn-of-the-20thcentury salmon cannery in British Columbia. The objective is to explore the role of ethnic tradition and contextual factors in patterns of material consumption, using a theoretical perspective rooted in transnationalism and diaspora. Results indicate the Japanese cannery workers consumed a combination of Asian- and Western-style meals, …
Book Review: The Archaeology Of Alcohol And Drinking, Douglas Ross
Book Review: The Archaeology Of Alcohol And Drinking, Douglas Ross
Douglas Ross
No abstract provided.
Comparing The Material Lives Of Asian Transmigrants Through The Lens Of Alcohol Consumption, Douglas Ross
Comparing The Material Lives Of Asian Transmigrants Through The Lens Of Alcohol Consumption, Douglas Ross
Douglas Ross
Historians commonly use the twin concepts of transnationalism and diaspora in exploring the lives of overseas Asian migrants, but such analyses are only just emerging among archaeologists. These concepts forefront processes of culture change and identity formation that consider simultaneously socio-economic and cultural influences from home and host countries. They also present an interpretive framework and common axes along which scholars can compare distinct groups of migrants. This study compares patterns of material consumption among Chinese and Japanese migrants at a salmon cannery in British Columbia through the lens of social drinking. Results indicate both groups consumed a range of …
Identification And Dating Of Japanese Glass Beverage Bottles, Douglas Ross
Identification And Dating Of Japanese Glass Beverage Bottles, Douglas Ross
Douglas Ross
Japanese overseas migrants imported a variety of consumer goods from home, goods which have been recovered from Japanese, Chinese, and other archaeological sites. One class of imports granted only limited attention in the archaeological literature is glass beverage bottles, which are easily confused with their North American counterparts. Historical and archaeological data on identification and chronology of Japanese beer, soda, and sake bottles enhance their usefulness in dating sites and interpreting migrant lifeways.
Material Life And Socio-Cultural Transformation Among Asian Transmigrants At A Fraser River Salmon Cannery, Douglas Ross
Material Life And Socio-Cultural Transformation Among Asian Transmigrants At A Fraser River Salmon Cannery, Douglas Ross
Douglas Ross
This study is a comparison of the material lives of first generation Chinese labourers and Japanese fishermen at a salmon cannery along the Fraser River in British Columbia, ca. 1900-1930. The objective is to explore the nature of cultural persistence and change among migrant groups using a contextual approach that incorporates multiple data sources, considerations of structure and agency, and local and international scales of analysis. Analysis and interpretation are framed within a perspective rooted in the study of material consumption and the twin concepts of transnationalism and diaspora.
Data used in this study are derived from archaeological excavation of …
The Birds Are Coming Home To Roost: Re-Evaluating The Architectural History Of Turkey Island Plantation, Douglas Ross
The Birds Are Coming Home To Roost: Re-Evaluating The Architectural History Of Turkey Island Plantation, Douglas Ross
Douglas Ross
No abstract provided.
Domestic Brick Architecture In Early Colonial Virginia, Douglas Ross
Domestic Brick Architecture In Early Colonial Virginia, Douglas Ross
Douglas Ross
The purpose of my research was to clarify the social and economic significance of brick domestic architecture in early eighteenth century Virginia, a period for which few if any well-dated examples are known from prior to c. 1720, and to use the findings to reevaluate the significance of brick for the entire first century and a half of English settlement in Virginia. An associated goal was to use this understanding to aid in interpreting the results of my excavations at Turkey Island, a seventeenth to nineteenth century tobacco plantation in Henrico County owned by the Randolph family.
Structural data on …