Title: Other people’s garbage /
Authors: Wescott, Ron,; Public Broadcasting Associates.
Publisher: Public Broadcasting Associates,
Year: 1980
Subjects: Harvard University; Anthropology; Refuse and refuse disposal; Slaves Dwellings; Archaeology Methodology; African Americans Georgia History Segregation; Dwellings United States.; California History; Harvard Square (Cambridge, Mass.) History.; Saint Simons Island (Ga.) History.; United States Civilization.; United States Social life and customs.
Abstract: In this PBS film, historical archaeologists investigate the recent U.S. past through the excavations of slave quarters, coal mining towns, and early American colonial sites. This WGBH documentary visits sites in Northern California, St. Simons Island, and Boston, Mass., observing the slow process of several archeological digs. Although written documents record more than 350 years of events in North America, they reveal little about what everyday life was like. The three segments of this magazine-format film explore the current work of historical archaeologists at three sites across the United States. Details of peoples' lives are revealed in excavations at slave quarters on St. Simon Island, a slag heap in northern California mining town that was in use between 1859-1902 , and finally a subway construction site in the midst of Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts.