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Archaeology of a Pleasure Garden
Date
2013Type
ThesisDepartment
Anthropology
Degree Level
Honors Thesis
Degree Name
Anthropology
Abstract
The site occupation and potential use of the property known as Van Bokkelen’s in
nineteenth-century Virginia City, Nevada is analyzed from a historical and archaeological
perspective with an emphasis on the archaeology of outdoor entertainment and drinking
culture. The site went through several occupations, from Native Americans, Van
Bokkelen, the Hildebrand Pleasure Garden, the St. Mary’s Hospital run by the Daughters
of Charity, the Storey County Hospital, a period of abandonment, and what is now St.
Mary’s Art Center. This project focuses on the Van Bokkelen, Hildebrand Pleasure
Garden, and the Daughters of Charity occupations of the site ranging from the early
1870s to 1899. Synthesizing the historical record and the archaeological record, this
thesis explores more specific potential uses of the site with artifact and feature
descriptions, as well as an interpretation and analysis of the historical record.
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