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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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: information compiled by Judith Sanders Chapman (1993) in regards to the Harriet D. Munnick Archaeological

A settlement model at the Robert Newel Farmstead (35MA41), French Prairie, Oregon

Creator:: Manion, Mollie Jo
Abstract:: This thesis is based on the excavations of the Robert Newell farmstead (35MA41), excavated in 2002 and 2003 by the Oregon State University Department of Anthropology archaeological field school. Robert Newell lived at this farm from 1843- 1854. Major architectural features, including a brick hearth and postholes were discovered at...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The archaeology of the Smith House (ORYA3), Dayton, Oregon

Creator:: Stone, Helen Delight
Abstract:: Site ORYA3, the Smith House, is located in Dayton, Oregon. The archaeological project originated because owners of this structure, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, applied for a demolition permit. The 1859 home, first occupied by two early Oregon pioneers, Andrew and Sarah Smith, was considered architecturally significant,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Secrets of the North Staffordshire ceramic recipes : identifying chemical variation and uniformity using an archaeometric approach

Creator:: Hale, Jessica A.
Abstract:: The present thesis chemically examined 174 industrial North Staffordshire pottery fragments from an archaeological context, using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA). In an integrated effort to combine an archaeometric approach with archival research and traditional analysis methods, the purpose of the thesis was to link industrial pottery manufacturers recipes to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ; Chapman 1993; Cromwell 2006; Miller 1991 and Samford 1997). These systems of classification are

Evaluating the impact of National Park Service landscape preservation policies on archaeological site formation : archaeology of the Nevada Camp (42WS4484)

Creator:: Bonnifield, Juanita T.
Abstract:: Between 1927 and 1930 the Nevada Contracting Company of Fallon, Nevada constructed the Zion Tunnel and a portion of the Zion-Mt. Carmel Highway in Zion National Park, Utah. During the construction approximately 200 workers lived at the contractor's camp, known today as the Nevada Camp. This camp, a temporary work...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of temporary work camps (Hardesty 2002; Van Bueren 2002; Chapman et al. 2002). To date, little

Little houses on the prairie : a predictive model of French-Canadian settlement in Oregon's Willamette Valley

Creator:: Kinoshita, Jun R.
Abstract:: Using GIS, this study creates a predictive model of a distinct population of French-Canadian settlers, highlighting shared environmental characteristics of known sites that may have factored into their decision-making process as they chose locations for their farmsteads. While traditional historic and archaeological research has been conducted on French Prairie, the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Department (Brauner 1989; Sanders-Chapman 1993; Speulda 1996). This researcher makes use of much of the

Sharing the past effectively : an evaluation of excavations in the Passport In Time program

Creator:: Dickson, Catherine E.
Abstract:: The United States Forest Service's Passport In Time program is designed to involve the public in archaeology on National Forest land. Three of the program's goals are: 1) allow archaeologists to conduct research they would not otherwise have the time or the budget to conduct; 2) teach the public about...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: tracing public interest in archaeology (Chapman 1985). The Antiquities Act of 1906 (16 U.S.C. 43 1-433

Family dental care : perspectives from women recovering from methamphetamine addiction

Creator:: Hanks, Melissa A.
Abstract:: This research focuses on the economic and social impacts to women’s and children’s dental health after methamphetamine abuse. Family oral health status, access to professional services, health literacy and home hygienic practices are evaluated in the frameworks of critical medical anthropology, applied anthropological praxis and matrix and bio-psycho-social addiction models...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Preferred customers? : barriers for Hispanics in Oregon's managed care Medicaid program

Creator:: Keys, Robert T. III
Abstract:: From February to September of 2001, a significant body of qualitive data was collected to investigate barriers for Hispanic participation in Oregon's managed care Medicaid program. As a means to investigate this topic, comments were solicited from physicians, hospital administrators, social service agencies, and low-income Hispanics through semi-structured focus groups...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: challenging praxis" Sanders states two distinctive principles to system challenging praxis: enhancing

Food systems in the Marys River region and reinhabitation

Creator:: Burke, Erik P.
Abstract:: Reinhabitation is an approach to building local cultures and economies within industrial society. The food system is a vital starting point. What are the principles of reinhabitory food systems? What are the possibilities for a locally adapted food system in the Marys River region of western Oregon? I describe past...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Patterns from the past : exploring gender and ethnicity through historical archaeology among fur trade families in the Willamette Valley of Oregon

A settlement model at the Robert Newel Farmstead (35MA41), French Prairie, Oregon

The archaeology of the Smith House (ORYA3), Dayton, Oregon

Secrets of the North Staffordshire ceramic recipes : identifying chemical variation and uniformity using an archaeometric approach

Evaluating the impact of National Park Service landscape preservation policies on archaeological site formation : archaeology of the Nevada Camp (42WS4484)

Little houses on the prairie : a predictive model of French-Canadian settlement in Oregon's Willamette Valley

Sharing the past effectively : an evaluation of excavations in the Passport In Time program

Family dental care : perspectives from women recovering from methamphetamine addiction

Preferred customers? : barriers for Hispanics in Oregon's managed care Medicaid program

Food systems in the Marys River region and reinhabitation

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