Multi-method analysis of a historic wooden trough from Kentucky, USA: a case study in corroborating artifact oral histories with heritage science

Multi-method analysis of a historic wooden trough from Kentucky, USA: a case study in corroborating artifact oral histories with heritage science

Abstract Oral history indicates that a large wooden trough held in storage at the University of Kentucky’s William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology was a component of the saltpeter mining operation in Mammoth Cave in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, worked largely by enslaved persons. We used m...

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Main Authors: Katharine G. Napora, George M. Crothers, Carla S. Hadden, Lisa Guerre, Laura J. Waldman, Hugo Reyes-Centeno, James Keppeler, Madeline Imler, Edward Jakaitis, Alexander Metz, Philip B. Mink
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-11-01
Series:Heritage Science
Subjects:
Mammoth Cave
Saltpeter mining
Historic artifacts
Oral histories
3D scanning
Radiocarbon wiggle-match dating
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-023-01075-3

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