Despite widespread attention to the recent past as an archaeological topic, few archaeologists have attended to the particular social and ecological stakes of one of the most defining material features of contemporary life: the long-term effects of toxic industrial waste. Identifying the present era as the high Capitalocene, this article highlights the contemporary as a period caught between the boom-and-bust cycles of capitalist production and the persistence of industrial waste. Drawing on an archaeological case study from Edmonton, Alberta, we outline how the working-class shanty town community of Ross Acreage (occupied 1900–1950) was formed in relation to the industrial waste that suffused its landscape. Drawing on data from both archaeological excavation and environmental testing, this article argues that the community of Ross Acreage was defined materially by its long-term relationship with industrial waste, what we term a ‘fence-line community’.

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生活在围栏线上。罗斯阿克雷奇 20 世纪初的生活

尽管最近作为一个考古话题受到广泛关注，但很少有考古学家关注当代生活中最具决定性的物质特征之一的特殊社会和生态风险：有毒工业废物的长期影响。本文将当前时代确定为高资本新世，强调当代是介于资本主义生产的繁荣与萧条周期与工业废物持续存在之间的时期。借鉴艾伯塔省埃德蒙顿的考古案例研究，我们概述了罗斯英亩（1900-1950 年被占领）的工人阶级棚户区社区是如何与充斥其景观的工业废物相关的。利用考古发掘和环境测试的数据，