Article ID: CBB831006428

Archeological Perspectives on the Diffusion of Technology: An Example from the Ohio Trap Rock Mine Site (1996)

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The Ohio Trap Rock Site is a mid-19th century copper mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Archaeological excavations at the company's stamp mill uncovered portions of the crushing and washing system where copper was concentrated. Residual copper in the stamp-sand sediments preserved buried wooden components of the mill to an exceptional degree, including the remains of two Cornishstyle, circular, convex wooden buddles. Circular buddles were the leading edge of ore dressing technology in the 1850s. This technology was not well known in North America, and the Ohio Trap Rock mine provides insight into the diffusion of Cornish copper-processing technology. [1999 Norton Prize winner]

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Authors & Contributors
Paul White
Paul J. White
Charles A. Parrott
Thomas E. Leary
David B. Landon
Susan K. Appel
Concepts
Industrial archaeology
Buildings, Industrial
Mines and mining
History of technology, as a discipline
Copper and copper industry
Dams
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
Edo period (Japan, 1603-1868)
Prehistory
Bronze age
Places
United States
Michigan (U.S.)
Montana (U.S.)
New Bedford, Mass
Carp River
Western states (U.S.)
Institutions
Western Museum of Mining and Industry
Quincy Mining Company
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record
United States. Patent Office
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