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

Creator:: Possiel, William John
Abstract:: 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,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 38 11 Steens Mountain - Highest Ridge in the Great Basin 40 12 Catlow Valley - Former Lake Bed 41

Proving Up and Pulling Out: Archaeology and History of Early 20thCentury Homesteading in Southwestern Oregon

Creator:: Lundgren, Stacy J.
Abstract:: The Forest Homestead Act of 1906 precipitated one of the final rushes for free land in American history. A nascent land management agency, the USDA Forest Service, created a systematized process for the review and documentation of purported forest homestead claims. One hundred years later, the forest-homestead examination files of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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

Creator:: Kachadoorian, Lydia A.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Transportation Corridor, Portland. Oregon To Astoria, Oregon. Abstract approved: David R. Brauner This thesis

The Role of Southern Oregon's Coastal Islands in Prehistoric Subsistence

Creator:: Gard, Howard A.
Abstract:: The portion of the Oregon coast extending from Cape Blanco south into California has long been recognized as a distinct physiographic region, with probable ramifications for prehistoric subsistence and settlement patterns. Several researchers have proposed models outlining a greater reliance upon marine/littoral resources among groups within this region, while more...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the Oregon and California Coast Ranges respectively, the east by the Cascade Mountain ranges, and by

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

Creator:: Paullin, Pamela K.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Railroad Logging Camp, Ladee Flat, Clackamas County, Oregon. Abstract approved David R

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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Champoeg : a perspective of a frontier community in Oregon

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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Oregon, 1844-1852 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Rebecca McClelland Poet for the degree of Master of

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:: -Canadian Settlement in Oregon's Willamette Valley Jun R. Kinoshita A THESIS submitted to Oregon State

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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the upper Applegate River of southern Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Lynne Bright MacDonald

Boredom, Buttons, and Booze: The Lifeways of an Enlisted Soldier Stationed at Fort Hoskins (35BE15), Oregon

Creator:: James, Shane P.
Abstract:: In 1976-77 and 2010, Oregon State University (OSU) excavated portions of the enlisted men’s barracks and privy at Fort Hoskins, a Civil War-era fort. In operation from 1856 to 1865, this fort served as part of a security network to protect and monitor the recently created Coast Indian Reservation. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (35BE15), Oregon. Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________

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

Proving Up and Pulling Out: Archaeology and History of Early 20thCentury Homesteading in Southwestern Oregon

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

The Role of Southern Oregon's Coastal Islands in Prehistoric Subsistence

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

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

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

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

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

Boredom, Buttons, and Booze: The Lifeways of an Enlisted Soldier Stationed at Fort Hoskins (35BE15), Oregon

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