{"product_id":"boomtown-saloons-archaeology-and-history-in-virginia-city-shepperson-series-in-nevada-history-9780874176087","title":"Boomtown Saloons: Archaeology And History In Virginia City (Shepperson Series in Nevada History)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBoomtown Saloons: Archaeology And History In Virginia City (Shepperson Series in Nevada History)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Dixon, Kelly J.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780874176087.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe image of Old West saloons as sites of violence and raucous entertainment has been perpetuated by film and legend, but the true story of such establishments is far more complex. In Boomtown Saloons, archaeologist Kelly J. Dixon recounts the excavation of four historic saloon sites in Nevadas Virginia City, one of the Wests most important boomtowns, and shows how the physical traces of this handful of disparate drinking places, affiliated with a range of ethnic and socioeconomic groups, offer a captivating new perspective on everyday life in the mining West.\nBoomtown Saloons also offers an equally vivid portrait of the modern historical archaeologist who combines time-honored digging, reconstruction, and analysis methods with such cutting-edge technology as DNA analysis of saliva traces on a 150-year-old pipestem and chemical analysis of the residue in discarded condiment bottles. Dixons sparkling text and thoughtful interpretation of both physical and documentary evidence reveal a hitherto unknown aspect of material life and culture in one of the Wests most storied boomtowns and demonstrate the vital, complex social role that the traditional western saloon served in its community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Brand: University of Nevada Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44989266427957,"sku":"ByrdShop_0874176085","price":226.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780874176087_ffbca599-0369-4a80-9100-93617a05ff2c.jpg?v=1778687763","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/boomtown-saloons-archaeology-and-history-in-virginia-city-shepperson-series-in-nevada-history-9780874176087","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}