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  • Battle of Big Bend

    Creator:
    Applen, Jeffery A.
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    The Battle of Big Bend was the last significant battle of the Rogue River Indian Wars. The battle occurred 27-28 May 1856 in the Oregon Territory. The location of the battle was along the Rogue River at a place known as the Big Bend, approximately eight miles up river from...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Geography presented on December 3, 1997. Title: Battle of Big Bend. Abstract approved: David R. Brauner

  • Lower Salmon River Cultural Resource Management Plan

    Creator:
    Sisson, David A.
    Abstract:
    Cultural resource inventories have identified,205 individual sites on public land along the Lower Salmon River, Idaho. These sites represent a rich and diverse record of the human occupation and utilization of the river canyon during the past 10,000 years. Each of these 205 sites contains its own unique record of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF David A. Sisson for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies

  • The Deathscape of St. Paul: Historic Cemeteries as Cultural Landscapes

    Creator:
    Boulware, Brooke L.
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    A cultural landscape analysis of two historic cemeteries in St. Paul, Oregon demonstrates that the residents of this early community were unknowingly using grave markers to express their worldview and the identities that they felt were most important. Because of the historical and cultural development of this community as the...
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    of St. Paul: Historic Cemeteries as Cultural Landscapes Abstract approved: David R

  • 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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    Willamette Valley of Oregon. Abstract Approved: David R. Brauner This thesis examines archaeological

  • Caution! High Water: A Historical Archaeological Investigation of the Champoeg Townsite (ORMA26) after the 1861 Flood

    Creator:
    Hill, Cayla L.
    Abstract:
    The Champoeg townsite first developed due to its ideal settlement and trade location within the Willamette Valley, becoming the ‘legal birthplace of Oregon’ in 1843. However, by 1860 Champoeg’s significance had begun to decline, and in December of 1861 a devastating flood wiped out the townsite. Archaeological excavations took place...
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    Dissertation
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    : ______________________________________________________ David R. Brauner The Champoeg townsite first developed due to its ideal settlement

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

    Creator:
    Hale, Jessica A.
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    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...
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    approved: David R. Brauner The present thesis chemically examined 174 industrial North

  • Women of valor : the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, St. Paul, Oregon, 1844-1852

    Creator:
    Poet, Rebecca McClelland
    Abstract:
    In 1986, researchers from Oregon State University, led by Dr. David Brauner, came to the small Catholic community of St. Paul, Oregon as part of ongoing research on the French-Canadian inhabitants of the Willamette Valley between 1829 and the mid-1860s. They were searching for the remains of the first Catholic...
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    Masters Thesis
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    approved: David R. Brauner In 1986, researchers from Oregon State University, led by Dr. David Brauner

  • Red light ladies : settlement patterns and material culture on the frontier

    Creator:
    Simmons-Rogers, Alexandra L.
    Abstract:
    Red Light Ladies presents a perspective on prostitution in North America, within the context of the western mining frontier. A biographical profile of the frontier prostitutor is presented, along with an archaeological model of settlement patterns and material culture. Settlement patterns and demographic changes in the prostitutor population are hypothetically...
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    Abstract approval : l.ccrcf .z y x_ David R. Brauner Red Light Ladies presents a perspective on

  • Toys in the Historical Archaeological Record of the Smith House (ORYA3).

    Creator:
    Kramer, Stephen Francis
    Abstract:
    Excavations performed at the historic Smith House (ORYA3) located in Dayton, Yamhill County, Oregon, recovered a large collection of artifacts. Categories of artifacts previously analyzed include flat glass, nails, glass containers, ceramic hollowware and flatware, brick, bone, metal containers, illumination devices, currency, footwear, tobacco, and lead balls, shot, and cartridge...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ). Abstract appyj David R. Brauner Excavations performed at the historic Smith House (ORYA3) located in

  • Archeological Testing at the Willamette Mission Hospital Site

    Creator:
    Bewall, Douglas A.
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    This study is an archeological testing report for the Willamette Mission Hospital Site. Landform analysis, photointerpretation and historical research were integrated with anthropological theory for this study. The site is an invaluable data base to further the study of human adaptability and cultural change. It should provide an excellent context...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Testing at the Willamette Mission Hospital Site. Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy David R. Brauner