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    Historical archaeology of Marion Creek, Alaska: placer gold mining and the capitalist world-system

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    Author
    Whitney, James W.
    Keyword
    Archaeology and history
    Gold miners
    Gold mines and mining
    20th century
    Marion Creek
    History
    Economy
    Social conditions
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11122/12815
    Abstract
    "Archaeological investigations of two placer gold mining sites on Marion Creek, Alaska, a tributary of the Koyukuk River, challenge the myth of the independent prospectors of the last frontier and reveal their dependence on the capitalist world-system. The Grassy Mound Cabin site (CHN-024) consists of a small cabin and trash scatter representing individual placer mining dated to the first decade of the 20th century. The Marion Creek Mining Complex site (WIS-286) is a multi-feature site reflecting capital and labor-intensive mining from multiple occupations during the first and second decades of the 20th century. The historical context of gold mining in the Koyukuk district is reconstructed from historical documents, exploring the process by which Alaska was incorporated into the capitalist world-system. Functional analysis of the assemblages and application of the Commodity Flow Model demonstrate how material culture and site economy changed as investments of capital and labor increased"--Leaf iii
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    Thesis (M.A.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2009
    Table of Contents
    1. Introduction -- 2. Historical context -- 3. Site description -- 4. Assemblage description -- 5. Site chronology -- 6. Site economy -- 7. Marion Creek and the capitalist world market -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix.
    Date
    2009-05
    Type
    Thesis
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    Anthropology

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