Mining archaeology in the American West
Subtitle: a view from the Silver State
By: Donald L. Hardesty.
Contributors: Society for Historical Archaeology.
Series: Historical archaeology of the American West
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press and the Society for Historical Archaeology
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780803224407
Subjects: Archaeology and history -- Nevada; Frontier and pioneer life -- Nevada; Mines and mineral resources -- Social aspects -- Nevada -- History; Mines and mineral resources -- Nevada -- History; Mining engineering -- Nevada -- History; Industrial archaeology -- Nevada; Social archaeology -- Nevada; Nevada -- Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Traveling into Nevada's mining past; title: The archaeology of mining technology; title: The social archaeology of mining; title: Conclusions: Understanding variability and change on the mining frontier.