Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

5/1/1983 - 7/31/1984

Funding Totals

$15,000.00 (approved)
$15,000.00 (awarded)


Excavation of Chinese Mining Camp Dump, Pierce, Idaho

FAIN: RO-20382-82

University of Idaho (Moscow, ID 83844-9803)
Roderick Sprague (Project Director: October 1981 to October 1990)

To support the excavation and study of materials from a Chinese mining camp in Idaho (1870-1895). Information will be recovered that can enhance our knowledge of the Chinese experience in the West, and the extent to which they were culturally and economically integrated into the Anglo-American community.