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Contents Figures, vii Preface, xi Acknowledgments, xiii 1: Introduction, 2 2. Scope and Schedule of Archaeological Investigations, 8 Initial Visit to the Buxton Townsite, 8 Preliminary Field Investigations, 1980, 12 Preliminary Laboratory Analysis, 1980-1981, 13 Planning the Internship Program, 14 The 1981 Field Season, 14 Continuing Laboratory Work, 19811982 . 15 3: Buxton's Setting: Geography, Economic Geology, and Town Planning, 17 4: Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey of the Townsite,25 Reconnaissance Unit B, 26 Reconnaissance Unit KC, 30 Reconnaissance Unit J, 33 Reconnaissance Unit C, 37 Carlson Property, 41 Reconnaissance Unit KP, 41 Buxton Cemetery, 52 Harris Property, 55 5. Test Excavations and Investigation of Former Buildings, 57 Excavation Methods and Procedures. 62 The Stone Warehouse (Structure I), 65 The Company Store (Structure 21, 68 The Company Office (Structure 3), 72 The Main YMCA (Structure 4), 76 The Boys' YMCA (Structure 5), 82 Evidence for the Street Fronting the YMCA, 86 The White House Hotel (Structure 61, 87 A Residence and Outbuildings (The Structure 7-10 Complex), 92 Residential Building (Structure ll), 97 Surface Indications of Unidentified Buildings (Structures 12-16), 98 The Power Plant (Structure 17), 100 Possible Remains of Armstrong's Meat Market (Structure 18), 102 Possible Ruins of 'the Telegraph Office (Structure 191, 103 Concrete Viaduct and Steel Culvert (Structures 20 and 211, 103 The Mine Superintendent's House (Structures 22-24), 103 The Superintendent's Outbuildings (Structural Complex 25), 108 The Sewer Pipe (Structure 26), 110 Excavations at the South End of Site Survey Unit KP-3, 110 6. Portable Artifacts from the Townsite, 123 Ceramic Artifacts, 124 Glass Artifacts, 132 Metal Artifacts, 143 Celluloid Artifacts, 154 Rubber Artifacts, 155 Shell Artifacts, 155 Bone Artifacts, 156 Leather and Hair Artifacts, 156 Textile Artifacts, 158 Paper Artifacts, 158 Stone Artifacts, 159 Artifacts of Miscellaneous Media, 160 Artifacts of Composite Materials, 161 Plant Remains, 162 Animal Remains, 163 7. Social and Cultural Patterns from an Archaeological Perspective, 165 Making It: The Business, Commercial, and Occupational Enterprise, 166 v CONTENTS Home, Home by the Range: The Distaff and Domestic Domains, 171 Getting Around: Transportation, Utilities , and Facilities, 178 Having Fun: Recreation and Relaxation , 181 Praying and Passing: Religious and Mortuary Patterns, 182 8. Buxton in Retrospect and Prospect, 186 Archaeological Extent and Quality of the Townsite, 186 Buxton's Relationship to National Trade Networks, 187 Regional and National Significance of Buxton, 187 Buxton's Settlement Pattern, 188 Ethnicity in Buxton, 190 What about Buxton as Utopia?, 191 References Cited, 196 Interviews, 198 Index, 201 ...

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