Archaeology and Architecture of the Overseas Chinese: A Bibliography

Abstract

In the mid-1990s, SHA published a series of bibliographies that documented archaeological references concerning the immigrant experience in North America. This bibliography is intended to be an extension of that series. It is inevitable that any bibliographic effort involving an active area of research will be out of date immediately. For that reason, in addition to this published version, the authors will periodically update the information and publish it on SHA's website. The focus of this bibliography is the archaeo logical and architectural record of Overseas Chinese immigrants and communities. It includes published and unpublished reports of investiga tions of archaeology and architecture. While the vast majority of the references included here deal with sites in the western United States and Australia, similar investigations of Chinese mate rial history have been included, regardless of geographical location. The authors have gathered copies of all references listed here, and placed them in the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Archaeology, History, and Museums Division library in West Sacramento, Califor nia. The purpose of this archive was to verify all citations; there may be additional related references, but unless authors have provided a corresponding hard copy, the reference is not included here. Authors who know of additional related materials are encouraged to forward those hard copies to Peter Schulz. In the interest of maintaining specific focus for this bibliography, it does not include obvi ously relevant studies from China nor strictly historical investigations of the overseas com munities. The bibliography also does not include references to the China Trade, even though some investigations deal with Gold Rush era discover ies in California. Likewise, the references omit studies of material culture, ceramic production, and architecture from southeastern China. Read