Eldorado!: the archaeology of gold mining in the far North

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List of illustrations Acknowledgments and contributors by Catherine Holder Spude Part I. Rediscovering Eldorado: an introduction to this volume by Catherine Holder Spude and Robin O. Mills 1. An Overview History of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rushes, 1880-1918 by Robert L. Spude 2. Theoretical Perspectives on the Frontier Mining Pattern by Donald L. Hardesty 3. A Proposed Model for a Placer Gold Mining Settlement System by Robin O. Mills 4. Predicting Social and Economic Function at Residential and Commercial Site Types in the Far North, 1880-1920 by Catherine Holder Spude 5. New Perspectives from the North: Comparative Opportunities and Challenges in an Archaeology of Eldorado by Margaret Purser Part II. Intermediate Coastal Transfer and Supply Settlements: Supplying the Upper Yukon through Skagway and Dyea by Robin O. Mills and Catherine Holder Spude 6. Already Here and Rich: A Brief Ethnohistory of Upper Lynn Canal by Thomas F. Thornton 7. Tobacco Pipes, Medicinals, and Decorated Dishes: The Archaeology of Gender and Economic Class in Households from Skagway, Alaska by Doreen C. Cooper and Catherine Holder Spude 8. Faunal Remains in Skagway, Alaska: Gold Rush to Working Class by David R. Huelsbeck Part III. Getting around the Landscape: Links in the Interior Transportation System by Robin O. Mills and Catherine Holder Spude 9. An Overview of Chilkoot Trail Archaeology by Eve Griffin and Karl Gurcke 10. Canyon City: The Archaeology of a Company Town on the Transportation Network to the Klondike by T. J. Hammer Part IV. Central and Secondary Distribution Settlements: Supplying the Mining Districts by Robin O. Mills and Catherine Holder Spude 11. Explaining Variability in Northern Gold Mining Saloons by Catherine Holder Spude, Robert M. Weaver, and Tim A. Kardatzke 12. Living at the Edge of a Boomtown: Transient Life in Dawson City during the Klondike Gold Rush by Michael Brand 13. Boom through Bust and Beyond: Changing Settlement System Functions at Coldfoot, a Placer Mining Town in Alaska by Robin O. Mills 14. Alder Smoke and Shoe Nails: Life in an Early-20th Century Mining Camp by Howard L. Smith, Robin O. Mills, and Catherine Holder Spude Part V. Extracting the Wealth: Sites on the Gold Creeks by Robin O. Mills and Catherine Holder Spude 15. Living the Solitary Life: Placer Mining Camps in Alaska, 1900-1950 by Becky M. Saleeby 16. Alaska Natives in the Gold Rush: A Look at Valdez Creek in the Early to Mid-20th Century by Robert E. King 17. Cabin Comforts: The Archaeology of Bachelor Cabins on Fish Creek, Alaska by Andrew S. Higgs and Robert A. Sattler References Cited Index