Artifacts 4: Chinese Bone Dice – by Sage King
Digging Jacksonville – February 2015
In October, 2013, the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology (SOULA) excavated a Chinese house in the historic Chinese Quarter of Jacksonville which burnt down in 1888. During the excavation, a large and rich artifact assemblage was recovered, which included seven bone dice, along with […]
Sage King is a McNair Scholar and graduated Magna Cum Laude from SOU in December of 2014 with her B.S. in Anthropology. She did her senior thesis on a collection of gaming pieces, including the dice, recovered from the Jacksonville Chinese Quarter Site in 2013.You can reach SOULA by contacting Chelsea Rose at rosec@sou.edu and follow SOULA on