• Beverly Chang “Gambling and Gaming Pieces in the Market Street Chinatown Community”
• Stacey Lynn Camp “An Examination of Gaming Pieces in the Market Street Chinatown Archaeological Assemblage”
• Liz Clevenger “Market Street Chinatown Feature 20 Ceramics and Glass”
• Liz Clevenger “Reconstructing Context and Assessing Research Potential: Feature 20 from the San José Market Street Chinatown”
• Erica Simmons “Drinking Practices in San Jose’s Market Street Chinatown: A Study of Cups”
• Cameron Matthews “Foodways of the Market Street Chinese: A Look at Chinese Stoneware Storage Vessels”

For the last four weeks, students enrolled in the laboratory methods class have developed their own research projects analyzing and interpreting artifacts recovered from the Market Street Chinatown collection. It’s now the end of the quarter and the final results of those projects are in! Here are the titles of their papers – you can read their findings by clicking on the links to open a PDF file of each report.

• Lynsie Ishimaru “Medicine & Meaning: A Look at Medicine Practices in the Market Street Chinatown”
• Gina Michaels“A Mark of Meaning: Archaeological Interpretations of Peck Marked Vessels from a 19th Century Chinatown”
• Stephanie Selover “Immigration, Acculturation, and Quality of Life: A Study of the Chinatowns of San Jose, California”
• Bryn Williams “Opium Pipe Tops at the Market Street Chinese Community in San Jose”

During spring break, we will be traveling to Sacramento to present the preliminary findings of this research project in a symposium at the Society for California Archaeology Annual Meeting on Saturday, March 29. We will be joined by Rebecca Allen and Scott Baxter from PastForward, Inc.; Alida Bray from History San Jose; and Anita Kwock and Lillian Gong-Guy from Chinese Historical and Cultural Project. We are looking forward to a lively discussion!

Our Spring Quarter begins on April 1, and throughout the spring term we are going to continue cataloging and analyzing the Market Street Chinatown collection. We’ll post further updates on this website – probably at the end of each month – and continue to welcome your comments and suggestions.