C lowman nsf digg presentation
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This document outlines a research project investigating the intra-ethnic and inter-ethnic Chinese communities that lived and worked at Stanford University from 1869-1900. The project aims to study the social relationships and daily lives of Chinese residents through archaeological excavation and material analysis. Specifically, it seeks to determine if the landscape reflected racial boundaries, the extent of exchange between ethnic groups, and patterns of regional trade or identity. The timeline provides historical context on Chinese immigration and exclusion laws. The document discusses four archaeological sites connected to boarding houses and residences and presents photographs related to Chinese work and neighboring communities. It outlines the project schedule and methods of archival research, field work, sampling, and laboratory analysis.
C lowman nsf digg presentation
- 1. The Archaeology of Intra- and Inter-ethnic Communities at Stanford, California Christopher Lowman, UC Berkeley
- 2. Chinese descendent community interests regarding Market Street Chinatown: • What was the relationship of the Market Street Chinatown to the wider San Francisco Bay Area Chinese population? • What was the social and business interactions between Chinese and non-Chinese people in San Jose? • What was the intra-Chinese ethnicity of people living at the site? – (Voss 2005)
- 3. Research Questions • 1. Does the material evidence of daily practice reflect a successfully racialized landscape, such as distinct use of delineated boundaries? • 2. Is there evidence of inter-ethnic community formation in the form of material exchange, mixed work spaces, or shared foodways between population groups living at Stanford? • 3. Does evidence of intra-ethnic material exchange beyond Stanford suggest regional patterns of trade, kinship groups, or identity-based practices that contributed to the creation of communities?
- 4. Timeline • 1869: Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. • 1876: Leland Stanford purchases land for the Palo Alto Stock Farm. 1/3 of employees are Chinese. • 1882: First Exclusion Act severely limits Chinese immigration. • 1885: Construction of Stanford University begins. A Chinese work force constructs some of the first streets. • 1887: Market Street Chinatown in San José is burned. • 1891: Stanford University opens. All cooks are Chinese. • 1892: Second Exclusion Act. Anti- Chinese sentiments published in Palo Alto soon after. • 1900: Far fewer Chinese employees are at Stanford than ever before.
- 5. Doumen County (formerly Huangliang Du Administrative Region) Chinese America: History & Perspectives 1998
- 6. Working on the Stanford Residence Ah Wing in 1905, Memoir from 1906 Gardener working on carpet flower bed, Stanford Residence 1888 Palo Alto Historical ArchivesStanford University Archives
- 7. Types of Work Vegetable Seller on Alvarado Row, c. 1890s - Housekeeping - (private residences, boarding houses, fraternities) - Stock Farm Employees - (horses, barley) - Construction - (roads) - Fruit and Vegetable Growers - (strawberries, lettuce) - Cooks - (residence halls, fraternities) - Janitors - (residence halls) Stanford University Archives
- 8. Four Sites: Sites 1 and 2 (Boarding Houses on the Stock Farm) Vegetable Grounds with Boarding House, “China House,” 1880. Sites 1 and 2. Detail of Stanford Residence Map featuring a “China Camp”, 1879. Possible shared or segregated work space for Sites 1 and 2. Stanford University Archives Stanford University Archives
- 9. Four Sites: Sites 3 and 4 (Residences and Fraternities) Faculty and Student Housing, 1915 Obituary for Lund Bing Moy, c. 1925 History San José Stanford University Archives
- 10. Neighboring Communities: Mountain View Chinese Camp on C.C. Morse Seed Ranch, photographed 1940s-1960s but likely dating much earlier Yuen Lung Store on View Street, 1879- 1946 Mountain View Public Library History San José
- 11. Neighboring Communities: San José Jue Mon Get and Friend, San José c. 1910s “Chinese Sam” at the Quicksilver Mining Company, before 1889 History San José History San José
- 12. Schedule • Summer 2013: continued Archival and Historical Research • Fall Semester 2013: topographic survey, GIS layer map • Spring Semester 2014: obtain funding, permits • Summer 2014: 8 week course-based excavation season (1) • Fall Semester 2014: 10 weeks lab analysis • Spring Semester 2015: 10 week lab analysis, 10 week course- based excavation season (2) • Summer 2015: finish lab analysis
- 13. Data Collection - Archival and Oral Historical Research: - GIS: - Sampling: - Excavation: - Faunal Analysis: - Paleoethnobotanical Analysis: - Ceramic, Glass, and Metal Analysis: Stanford University Archives
- 14. For Now: Archival and Oral Historical Research
- 15. Thanks—