World War II Japanese American Internment in the American Southwest. Issue 2 (2nd April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kamp-Whittaker, April
• Is Part Of: Kiva. Volume 86:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 223
• Page End: 232
• Publication Date: 2020-04-02
• Subjects: Japanese American -- Internment -- Gila River -- Poston -- Amache -- Topaz -- historical archaeology -- institutional confinement; Southwest, New -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; Anthropology -- Southwest, New -- Periodicals; Southwest, New -- History -- Periodicals; Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Periodicals; Archaeology -- Periodicals; 913.791
• DOI: 10.1080/00231940.2020.1747794
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2051-6177

Abstract

Abstract : Sites of WWII Japanese Internment create a complex landscape of confinement that spreads across the United States with 13 sites concentrated in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado. This paper provides a brief overview of the history of incarceration focusing on the sites found in the four corners region. While sites may share some artifacts and feature types each tells a unique portion of the larger narrative of unjust confinement and details the lived experience of detainees.