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Analysis of dredge tailings pile patterns : applications for historical archaeological research

Creator:

Purdy, Sarah E.

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For centuries humans have been searching for precious metals. The search for gold has greatly changed the landscape of the American West, beginning in the 1850s and continuing today. Various gold rushes around the country created mining colonies in remote areas, thereby connecting the frontier with the rest of America...

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Masters Thesis

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foot gold dredge, Yuba Manufacturing Company (Peele, 1941) (From McCulloch et al. 2003: 109, Figure
Patterns from the past : exploring gender and ethnicity through historical archaeology among fur trade families in the Willamette Valley of Oregon

Creator:

McAleer, Carolyn Patricia

Abstract:

This thesis examines archaeological material in order to explore gender and ethnicity issues concerning fur trade era families from a settlement in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Ethnohistorical information consisting of traders journals and travelers observations, as well as documentation from the Hudson's Bay Company, Catholic church records, and genealogical information...

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Masters Thesis
Site ORBE2 : an archaeological analysis of a construction disturbed site

Creator:

Cromwell, Robert J.

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This thesis describes investigations of archaeological materials recovered from Site ORBE2, an early-twentieth century historic site in Corvallis, OR. The archaeological materials were found only after construction workers had excavated trenches underneath the still-standing structure on the site in order to install a new foundation. Over 1500 artifacts were recovered...

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Masters Thesis

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archaeologically ideal or not. Archaeology is supposed to be a sub-discipline of anthropology, which Walter Taylor