Ceramics from a WV coal company town: A case study
Document Type
Poster Presentation
Start Date
20-4-2017 10:00 AM
End Date
20-4-2017 11:00 AM
Keywords
Anthropolgy, Archeology, WV History
Biography
I'm a freshman that is coming from Parkersburg. I am an Anthropology major, specifically Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology.
Major
Anthropology
Advisor for this project
Nicholas Freidin
Abstract
Excavations were carried out in 2015 and 2016 at Tams, WV and Wyco, West Virginia as part of the Coal Heritage Archaeology Project. This work focused on the residential portions of these towns, and the people who had once lived there. Both Tams and Wyco originated as coal company Towns in the state in West Virginia and were owned byWPTams, Jr, who lived from the 19th of May until August 3rd of 1977 and was known to be one of the final Coal barons. All residents both worked for, and paid rent to the coal companies that Mr. Tams owned. These communities were physically isolated, and many residents could only purchase goods at the company store. This poster will examine the ceramic materials recovered across the segregated communities at Tams and Wyco to develop a better understanding of race and class in early 20th century coal company towns.
Ceramics from a WV coal company town: A case study
Excavations were carried out in 2015 and 2016 at Tams, WV and Wyco, West Virginia as part of the Coal Heritage Archaeology Project. This work focused on the residential portions of these towns, and the people who had once lived there. Both Tams and Wyco originated as coal company Towns in the state in West Virginia and were owned byWPTams, Jr, who lived from the 19th of May until August 3rd of 1977 and was known to be one of the final Coal barons. All residents both worked for, and paid rent to the coal companies that Mr. Tams owned. These communities were physically isolated, and many residents could only purchase goods at the company store. This poster will examine the ceramic materials recovered across the segregated communities at Tams and Wyco to develop a better understanding of race and class in early 20th century coal company towns.
