This is the PowerPoint presentation that can accompany the audio podcast, also posted on iTunes and iTunes U. Dr.Paul White is an assistant professor in the UAA Department of Anthropology with research interests in the legacies of American mining. He has examined historical archaeological sites in Alaska, California, Michigan, and Vermont, investigating histories of environmental and technological transformation and connections with Native American land dispossession. Currently, he is writing a book on the archaeology of North American mining.