Beneath the Surface: Thirty Years of Historical Archeology in Skagway, Alaska

摘要

Over the last 30 years, National Park Service archeologists have benn engaged in research and fieldwork on the buildings lots managed by Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park and included within the boundaries of a National Historic Landmark.. The results of this testing have been a 10-volume series of published reports and numerous unpublished reports. They document the town's colorful past as it settled down from its heyday and became a tourists destination and transportation hub. Over 100,000 artifacts, including nails; glass bottles that once contained liquor, medicine, and food; cans and ceramic food service items; and an interesting and electic assortment of personal artifacts comprise the archeological collections of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. The analysis and interpretation of these artifacts bring life to the pages of early Skagway history and complement what we have learned from other documentary sources, This volume is a synthesis of the historical archeological literature on Skagway, presented with in the larger context of archeology in National Historic Landmardsk on the Western mining frontier.