{"id":501,"date":"2023-02-21T02:24:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T02:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/?page_id=501"},"modified":"2023-02-26T22:38:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T22:38:09","slug":"elem-asian","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/?page_id=501","title":{"rendered":"Elem Asian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-d5db3a3\" data-block-id=\"d5db3a3\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-d5db3a3-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-block-column--v3 stk-column stk-block-column--v2 stk-block stk-51b6e4d\" data-block-id=\"51b6e4d\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-51b6e4d-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-51b6e4d-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-b075ebd\" data-block-id=\"b075ebd\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-b075ebd-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-block-column--v3 stk-column stk-block-column--v2 stk-block stk-347c83a\" data-block-id=\"347c83a\"><style>.stk-347c83a-container{background-image:url(https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Chinese3.jpg) !important;background-attachment:fixed !important;background-position:top center !important;background-repeat:no-repeat !important;background-size:34% !important;background-blend-mode:normal !important}.stk-347c83a-container:before{background-color:#000000 !important;opacity:0.7 !important}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-347c83a-container stk-hover-parent stk--has-background-overlay\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-347c83a-inner-blocks\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-text-color has-x-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Elem Asian Artifacts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-fe1bbe6\" data-block-id=\"fe1bbe6\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-fe1bbe6-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-block-column--v3 stk-column stk-block-column--v2 stk-block stk-09cb4b7\" data-block-id=\"09cb4b7\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-09cb4b7{flex:1 1 calc(33.33400000000002% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-09cb4b7-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-09cb4b7-inner-blocks\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"773\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Chinese1-773x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"has-border-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-border-color wp-image-736\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:10px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Chinese1-773x1024.jpg 773w, https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Chinese1-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Chinese1-768x1017.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Chinese1.jpg 906w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-8, #ffffff);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Chinese pioneers were hired out as workers to pay for their passage to the U.S. <\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/asian_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-746\" width=\"320\" height=\"179\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-8, #ffffff);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Food and drink from China.<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/histor59.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-745\" width=\"323\" height=\"241\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-8, #ffffff);\" class=\"stk-highlight\"><strong>Examples of Ng-Ka-Py jars.<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/asian_2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-747\" width=\"322\" height=\"199\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-8, #ffffff);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Sample Chinese food jar and lid.<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/asian_4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-749\" width=\"324\" height=\"247\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-8, #ffffff);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Bamboo ware rice bowls at Elem.<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/asian_5-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-750\" width=\"327\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/asian_5-1.jpg 351w, https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/asian_5-1-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-8, #ffffff);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Four Seasons dinner ware at Elem.<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"137\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/asian_6-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/asian_6-1.jpg 368w, https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/asian_6-1-300x112.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-8, #ffffff);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Examples of Four Seasons dinner ware.<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/asian_7-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-752\" width=\"313\" height=\"158\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-8, #ffffff);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Chinese blue-on-white and polychrome rice bowl fragments at Elem.<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-block-column--v3 stk-column stk-block-column--v2 stk-block stk-36ec0c8\" data-block-id=\"36ec0c8\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-36ec0c8{flex:1 1 calc(66.666% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-36ec0c8-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-36ec0c8-inner-blocks\">\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-8-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chinese pioneers worked as miners at the Sulphur Bank Mine adjacent to the Elem reservation.  Arriving to take part in the 1850 gold rush, men from the coastal Guang Dong Province of China came to California in great numbers. \u00a0 They were the most numerous of the gold rush immigrants and by the late 1800\u2019s one of every 10 Californians was Chinese.<br><br>As a way of easing the stress of being so far from home, many Chinese brought with them and imported traditional foods, utensils, and personal items. \u00a0A sample of these items was found during the monitoring process.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-8-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Stoneware (3)<\/span><br><br>Stoneware items included pieces of one wide-mouth food jar and two Ng-Ka-Py jars. \u00a0These types of jars have been manufactured by hand in China for several thousand years. \u00a0The brown-glazed wide-mouthed food jars had an unglazed stoneware lid that was cemented in place with clay or plaster. \u00a0These jars held various food items such as tofu or salted duck eggs.<br><br>Ng-Ka-Py was a 90-proof Chinese liquor that can still be purchased today and comes in a brown- glazed pot with a flared pouring mouth. \u00a0It is sealed with a wooden stopper.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-8-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Porcelain (14)<\/span><br><br>Several styles of Chinese porcelain were recovered during the monitoring process.  The most numerous represented two styles of dinnerware known as Bamboo (5) and Four Seasons (3).<br><br>Bamboo ware was the least expensive of the Chinese porcelain and consisted of a light gray\/blue glaze with hand-painted stylistic darker gray\/blue designs. \u00a0Although other vessels may have been created, this author has only encountered footed rice bowls of this design.<br><br>Four Seasons was one of the more expensive of the Chinese porcelain patterns. \u00a0This design is a hand-painted polychrome stylized depiction of four floral elements representing the four seasons. \u00a0The design is painted on a white glazed background and there is often a maker\u2019s mark on the base of larger bowls and plates. \u00a0The design is painted on the outside of bowls and on the inside of plates and spoons.<br><br>Two more Chinese porcelain patterns were recovered. \u00a0Two very fine porcelain pieces with a blue on white design were recovered (0-196, 210) as were 3 pieces of polychrome ware. \u00a0One plain white glazed teapot fragment was also recovered.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-divider stk-block-divider stk-block stk-0e6517d is-style-bar\" data-block-id=\"0e6517d\"><style>.stk-0e6517d{margin-bottom:0px !important}.stk-0e6517d hr.stk-block-divider__hr{background:var(--theme-palette-color-2,#55a630) !important;width:64% !important}<\/style><hr class=\"stk-block-divider__hr\"\/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Interpretation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-8-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The distribution map of Chinese ceramics indicates at least 4 separate areas of use or discard. \u00a0As expected, the reservation, at the entrance road, and in the Lot 2 area in the northern part of the<br>reservation.<br><br>It is possible that the Chinese materials arrived at Elem through trade with Chinese miners working at the Sulphur Bank Mine.  It is also possible that these items ended up at Elem along with some of the Chinese miners who moved to the reservation to live with Elem families. \u00a0It would be expected that Chinese miners would feel closer to the people of the Elem community than to their \u201cwhite\u201d fellow miners. \u00a0During the late 1800\u2019s, Chinese pioneers experienced widespread discrimination at the hands of California\u2019s \u201cwhite\u201d immigrants. \u00a0The \u201cwhite\u201d prejudice against the Chinese probably came from two areas of perception:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-text-color wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>In the view of Caucasian immigrants, the Chinese had a funny language, wore strange clothes, ate different foods, and celebrated their holidays by making lots of noise with firecrackers, drums and cymbals.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>California was experiencing a high unemployment rate following the gold rush. \u00a0 The rush had swelled the numbers of men in the state but had not increased the number of jobs. \u00a0White men needed someone to blame for their unemployed situation. \u00a0It was easy to blame the Chinese.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/asian_8-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-753\" width=\"582\" height=\"496\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-text-color wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elem Asian Artifacts Chinese pioneers worked as miners at the Sulphur Bank Mine adjacent to the Elem reservation. Arriving to take part in the 1850 gold rush, men from the coastal Guang Dong Province of China came to California in great numbers. \u00a0 They were the most numerous of the gold rush immigrants and by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-501","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=501"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":756,"href":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/501\/revisions\/756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}