At the turn of the twentieth century, American logging companies backed by the US colonial regime initiated extensive extraction in Bikol, Philippines. Industrial infrastructure and the involvement of a newly assembled Bikolano workforce left a profound imprint on the region's landscape. This article discusses a collaborative archaeological project that used archival materials, place-name analysis, ethnographic interviews, discussions with local scholars, satellite mapping, and drone-mounted lidar scans of former industrial sites. Findings shed light on the enduring ramifications of American logging in the early 1900s on settlement patterns, the infrastructure of routes and mobility, the state of industries from Philippine independence in 1946 through the 1980s, and ongoing environmental hazards. These findings emphasize the legacy of American empire, reveal the role of Filipino logging workers in shaping the landscape through settlement decisions, and uncover intricate connections across a pan-Pacific American colonial frontier that was shaped by both extractive and settler colonialism. This article adds to an emerging trend in Americanist archaeology in which archaeology investigates recent historical and even contemporary events.

二十世纪之交，美国殖民政权支持的美国伐木公司在菲律宾比科尔开始大规模开采。工业基础设施和新组建的比科拉诺劳动力的参与给该地区的景观留下了深刻的印记。本文讨论了一个合作考古项目，该项目使用了档案材料、地名分析、民族志访谈、与当地学者的讨论、卫星测绘和无人机安装的激光雷达对前工业遗址的扫描。研究结果揭示了 1900 年代初美国伐木活动对定居模式、路线和交通基础设施、1946 年菲律宾独立至 20 世纪 80 年代的工业状况以及持续的环境危害所产生的持久影响。这些发现强调了美利坚帝国的遗产，揭示了菲律宾伐木工人通过定居决策塑造景观的作用，并揭示了泛太平洋美国殖民边境上由采掘和定居殖民主义共同塑造的复杂联系。本文补充了美国考古学的一个新兴趋势，即考古学调查最近的历史甚至当代事件。