Article ID: CBB514370032

Conspicuous Consumption and Outward Opulence as Seen in Two Victorian-Period Colorado Midden Assemblages (2022)

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Recent excavations in western Colorado Springs recovered a variety of discarded items dating to the Victorian period. The excavations occurred at the Glen Eyrie middens, and the recovered artifacts provide evidence of the wealth and outward opulence associated with the Glen Eyrie Estate occupied by railroad magnate General William Jackson Palmer, his family, and estate staff. Specifically, the artifacts from the Glen Eyrie Estate reflect temporal and social patterns and purchasing power. These findings are supported using historical documents to provide a more complex interpretation of recovered cultural materials. The results of the excavations suggest that the Palmer family set the standard for wealth and societal norms in Colorado and the Intermountain West, emulating some of the core values of the Victorian period—conspicuous consumption being chief among them.

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Authors & Contributors
Dana L. Pertermann
Karin Larkin
Freeman, John
Gulliford, Andrew
Mangan, Patricia Hart
Smith, Jay
Journals
Historical Archaeology
International Journal of Historical Archaeology
Publishers
University Press of Florida
Texas A&M University Press
University of Nevada Press
University Press of Colorado
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Concepts
Historical archaeology
Archaeological assemblages
Archaeology
Chinese diaspora
Excavations (archaeology)
Material culture
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
20th century, early
21st century
Places
Western states (U.S.)
Colorado (U.S.)
United States
Wyoming (U.S.)
Illinois (U.S.)
New Mexico (U.S.)
Institutions
Mount Holyoke College
Brandenburgisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologisches Landesmuseum (Brandenbuerg State Archaeology Museum)
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