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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#525252">The Chinese Material Culture Collection contains images of a variety of artifacts commonly found on archaeological sites and in museums
documenting the Chinese migrant diaspora from the mid-19<sup>th</sup> through the early 20<sup>th</sup> century. The assemblage highlights artifacts from Chinese communities in Oregon and California in an effort to promote education and greater understanding
of the role Chinese migrants played in the settlement and development of the American West.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#525252">For more than 50 years archaeologists have been working on sites associated with Chinese participation in the gold fields, railroad construction
and maintenance, agriculture, logging industry, fisheries and canneries, and urban settlements. This collection was created as a means to standardize terminology, aid in artifact identification, and provide accurate information about the manufacture and function
of a variety of everyday items used in early Chinese communities in the West. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#525252">This collection was made possible through a partnership between the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology and Hannon Library,
and PAR Environmental Resources, Inc. Priscilla Wegars, curator of the <a href="http://webpages.uidaho.edu/aacc/" target="_blank" title="Asian American Comparative Collection"><span style="text-decoration:none">Asian American Comparative Collection</span></a> at
the University of Idaho Laboratory of Anthropology served as peer reviewer and advisor for the collection.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#525252">Please check it out and spread the word!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#525252"><a href="http://digital.hanlib.sou.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16085coll10" target="_blank">http://digital.hanlib.sou.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16085coll10</a></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Chelsea E. Rose, MA, RPA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Southern Oregon University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Laboratory of Anthropology<o:p></o:p></p>
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