Historical archaeology at the Clarkson Mine, an eastern Ohio mining complex
- Archaeological Service Team, Plain City, OH (United States)
This study examines the Clarkson Mine (33BL333), an eastern Ohio coal mine complex dating to the 1910s to 1920s, situated along Wheeling Creek. The results of preliminary surveys and the subsequent mitigation of four structures at the site are presented. The historical archaeology conducted at the site demonstrates the significant research possibilities inherent at many of these early industrial mine complexes. Of particular interest is the findings of depositional patterning around residential structures that revealed the influence of architecture on where and how items were deposited on the land surface. The ceramic and faunal assemblage were analyzed and provide significant details on socioeconomic attributes associated with the workers or staff. Artifacts recovered at the site provide an excellent diagnostic framework from which other similarly aged sites can be compared and dated. The findings at the Clarkson Mine are also placed into a more regional perspective and compared with other contemporary studies.
- OSTI ID:
- 20489819
- Journal Information:
- North American Archaeologist, Vol. 24, Issue 2; ISSN 0197-6931
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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