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In the past, many historical archaeologists have focused on measuring differences in ethnicity and class in a variety of different contexts. Usually, these studies attempt to quantify differences between groups based on artifact groups that may display social or economic diversion in consumer behavior. The 1991 excavation and subsequent analysis of the Five Points Archaeological Project in New York City has presented an opportunity to view the archaeology of a neighborhood composed of diverse social and economic groups living in close quarters. This work is an exploration of ways in which the archaeological and historical records may disclose varying class and ethnic behaviors within a neighborhood that would be traditionally characterized as “working class.”
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Griggs, H.J. Go gCuire Dia Rath Agus Blath Ort (God grant that you prosper and flourish): Social and economic mobility among the Irish in Nineteenth-Century New York City. Hist Arch 33, 87–101 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03374281
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