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  • Battle of Big Bend

    Creator:
    Applen, Jeffery A.
    Abstract:
    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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    Curry County, Oregon. The battle was fought between one reinforced Army company; Company "C", 1st

  • 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
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    ). Additionally, Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga ,nenziesii), Oregon Ash (Fraxinus oregona), Black Cottonwood (Populus

  • 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...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Frontier Prostitution 318 BIBLIOGRAPHY 323 APPENDIX A 332 APPENDIX B 339 APPENDIX C 345 KEY FOR TABLES

  • 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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    ………………………………………..……..293 A.3 Lot 1: C Artifact Assemblage…………………………………...………….293 A.4 Lot 1: D Artifact Assemblage

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

    Creator:
    Boulware, Brooke L.
    Abstract:
    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...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    ...............................................................121 Appendix C St. Paul’s Cemetery Burial List

  • 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...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Appendix C Artifact Descriptions ................................................................ 84

  • Archeological Testing at the Willamette Mission Hospital Site

    Creator:
    Bewall, Douglas A.
    Abstract:
    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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    33 Feature One 34 Test Unit B and C 40 Test Unit D 41 Test Unit E 41 Test Unit F 42 Feature Two

  • Mid-Nineteenth Century Clay Smoking Pipes from Fort Hoskins (35BE15) and Fort Yamhill (35PO75), Oregon

    Creator:
    Zentgraf, Diane M.
    Abstract:
    Over the past 42 years clay smoking pipes have been excavated from two U.S. army posts, Fort Hoskins (35BE15) and Fort Yamhill (35PO75) and curated at Oregon State University. These two forts were established in Western Oregon in 1856 and by 1866 both had been decommissioned. Numerous theses have focused...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ................................................93 Figure 62. Left Close-up of Stem ‘Paris F C

  • Regional Archaeological Model of the Luckiamute Band Settlement Patterns

    Creator:
    Bell, James Walter
    Abstract:
    Human settlement patterns are the ways in which people locate themselves over the terrain in their area of occupation. Settlement pattern prediction attempts to define and understand the factors in culture, technology, and environment that shape the spatial distribution of habitation sites for a given group of people. A systematic...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    " N to 44 ° 37' 30" N and intersection of Willamette River, c) Western Boundary = 123° 15'W

  • 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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    canadensis roosevelti), black-tailed deer (Odocoileus columbianus columbianus), white-tailed deer