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  • 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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    mile of the Salmon River was withdrawn for potential addition to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System by

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

    Creator:
    Maddoux, Maryanne F.
    Abstract:
    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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    . Bryan Tilt, and Dr. Marie S. Harvey, for continually providing support and guidance throughout the

  • Origin of the Tucannon phase in Lower Snake River prehistory

    Creator:
    Lucas, Steven W.
    Abstract:
    Approximately 5,500 years ago a discreet period of wetter and cooler environmental conditions prevailed across the southern Columbia Plateau. This period was marked by the first prominent episodes of erosion to occur along the lower Snake River following the height of the Altithermal and eruption of Mt. Mazama during the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Origin of the Tucannon phase in Lower Snake River prehistory

  • Analysis of two late-prehistoric archeological sites on the upper Applegate River of southern Oregon

    Creator:
    MacDonald, Lynne Bright
    Abstract:
    Excavation of two archeological sites, 353A47 and 35JA49, in the upper Applegate River Valley of southwestern Oregon was conducted in 1978 by the Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University. Site 353A47 is a multi-component site, of which only the late-prehistoric stratum, containing one complete and two partial housepits and a...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Archeology Archeological examination of the upper Rogue River drainage began in 1931-1932 with L. S

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

    Creator:
    Kelly, Christopher J.
    Abstract:
    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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    Masters Thesis
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    on the North Umpqua River of southwestern Oregon provided interesting data regarding the use of

  • Salvage Archaeology of the Ritsch Site, 35304 : A Late Prehistoric Village Site on the Central Rogue River, Oregon

    Creator:
    Wilson, Bart McLean
    Abstract:
    Site 35J04 is located on the south bank of the Rogue River, four miles west of Grants Pass, Oregon. Excavation of the site was conducted in 1976 by Oregon State University under contract to the Corvallis branch of CH2M/Hill. Eight artifact assemblages were distinguished during the analysis of the site....
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    Masters Thesis
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    prehistoric village site on the central Rogue River, Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Bart McLean Wilson

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

    Creator:
    Rogers, Donnell J.
    Abstract:
    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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    Masters Thesis
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    ethnic groups. Hawaiians were employed in the fur trade of the Columbia River from 1810 through 1850

  • Champoeg, a perspective of a frontier community in Oregon, 1830-1861

    Creator:
    Speulda-Drews, Lou Ann
    Abstract:
    Champoeg, located along the Willamette River, developed as a transportation center for both river and overland travel and as a shipping point for agricultural products. Retired employees of the Hudson's Bay Company were the first to settle in the area, in the 1830s. American settlers began arriving in large numbers...
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    Masters Thesis
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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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    The Battle of Big Bend was the last significant battle of the Rogue River Indian Wars. The battle

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

    Creator:
    Matz, Stephan E.
    Abstract:
    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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    Masters Thesis
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    state factor of time involves the determination of the occurrence in time of the event(s), the