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  • Boring to the Core: The Archaeology, History, and Dendrochronology of a Railroad Logging Camp, Ladee Flat, Clackamas County, Oregon

    Creator:
    Paullin, Pamela K.
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    Although the timber industry was the major economic force in the lives of several generations of Oregon families, very little archaeological investigation has been done on the dozens of abandoned logging camps that are scattered throughout the forests of the Pacific Northwest. This project focuses on Camp 1, a 1920s...
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    . Brauner Although the timber industry was the major economic force in the lives of several

  • Ku on the Columbia : Hawaiian laborers in the Pacific Northwest Fur Industry

    Creator:
    Rogers, Donnell J.
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    Archaeological investigations can reveal persistent traditions of ethnic groups. Hawaiians were employed in the fur trade of the Columbia River from 1810 through 1850. The Hudson's Bay Company employed them at Ft. Vancouver, Washington from 1825 through the end of this period. Data from the excavations of the servant's village...
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    Northwest fur industry AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Donnell J. Rogers for the degree of Master of Arts in

  • Hull -Oakes Lumber Company's Steam-Powered Sawmill : A Case Study in Industrial Archaeology

    Creator:
    Wisner, George B.
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    By examining the combined written, ethnographic and physical evidence of a surviving steam-powered sawmill in the Douglas-fir region of the Pacific Northwest, this thesis seeks to supply new insights into the operation and adaptability of antiquated machinery during a period of rapid social and technological change and to develop a...
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    depended upon the forest products industry for jobs in 1910, a year in which Washington was regarded as

  • A Preliminary Archaeological Predictive Model for the US 30 Transportation Corridor, Portland, Oregon to Astoria, Oregon

    Creator:
    Kachadoorian, Lydia A.
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    This thesis is a preliminary archaeological predictive model and project-planning tool created for the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) as part of a statewide planning effort to enhance the agency's ability to assess the potential impacts of highway projects on archaeological resources. This model addresses the archaeological sensitivity of the...
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    probability for segments 1 and 2 in 67 Multnomah County. 29. Archaeological probability for segment 2 in

  • 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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    coordinating the volunteer field crew through the Forest Service's "Passport In Time" project. Thanks are due

  • The effects of the Mazama tephra-falls : a geoarchaeological approach

    Creator:
    Matz, Stephan E.
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    About 7,000 years ago two major tephra-falls blanketed the Pacific Northwest in volcanic ash. These two tephra-falls, identified as the Llao and climatic tephra-falls, were a part of the eruptive events that led up to the collapse of Mount Mazama to form Crater Lake in the southern Oregon Cascades. The...
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    136 22. Soil surveys by county and reference that are 157 mentioned in the text 23

  • North Umpqua end scrapers : allometry, discard, and residual utility

    Creator:
    Kelly, Christopher J.
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    End scrapers were an "all purpose" tool that have been associated with processes such as planing or shaving vegetal resources, shaping bone or antler implements, and to render hide into usable fabric. Examining end scrapers from four different archaeological sites on the North Umpqua River of southwestern Oregon provided interesting...
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    large quantities in the obsidian industries of Mexico and in the stone industries of Greenland, where

  • Oregon's early peoples and their relation to the environment : an interpretive approach

    Creator:
    Possiel, William John
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    The dramatic upsurge of contract-supported archaeological activity, generated by legislative action, has precipitated an increase in information about Oregon's prehistoric peoples. This information, however, has not been presented in a format which can be easily understood by the general public. This study presents an account of early peoples in Oregon,...
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    Master of Arts in Inter- disciplinary Studies in Anthropology, Geography, Journalism presented on 15

  • 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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    is located' in Marion County, Oregon, 10 miles north of Salem in Section 38W, T6S R3W on the east

  • At River’s Edge: An Examination of Overseas Chinese Settlements in Northern Oregon during the Exclusion Act Era

    Creator:
    Maddoux, Maryanne F.
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    The written history of Oregon spanning the late 18th and early 19th centuries lacks evidence of the contributions made by the Overseas Chinese communities who existed in Oregon during this period. The purpose of this examination is to study the Overseas Chinese communities which resided in the cities of The...
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    Dissertation
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    history of Astoria and assistance in navigating the Clatsop County archives. A huge thank you to