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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
Full Text:: terrain classifications for land-use planning. This type of qualitative terrain classification can also

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:: and Asch 2000). GIS has emerged as a powerful tool for archaeologists working in both Cultural

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:: habitat for terrestrial wildlife (Maser 1981), while the rugged, rocky coastline contributes to a

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:: explored. Historical maps, for instance those from the 1850's-i 880's created by the General Land Office

Analysis of dredge tailings pile patterns : applications for historical archaeological research

Creator:: Purdy, Sarah E.
Abstract:: For centuries humans have been searching for precious metals. The search for gold has greatly changed the landscape of the American West, beginning in the 1850s and continuing today. Various gold rushes around the country created mining colonies in remote areas, thereby connecting the frontier with the rest of America...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Analysis of Dredge Tailings Pile Patterns: Applications for Historical Archaeological Research

One methodology for the incorporation of entomological material in the discipline of historic archaeology using the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) as a test subject

Creator:: Kellar, Brenda M.
Abstract:: Using the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) this thesis shows that entomological information and material can be retrieved using current historical archaeological methods. Historical archaeology has the ability to uncover connections between arenas as varied, and seemingly isolated, as the honey bee, the environment, and human cultures. By focusing on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: garden) fruit, nuts, and seeds harvested by wildlife and necessary for their survival. Spillover

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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: thanked for their assistance. Dan Hutchison, Bureau of Land Management Idaho State Office Archeo- logist

The expansion of Catholicism : an exploration of St. Joseph's College, the first Catholic boarding school for boys within the Oregon territory

Creator:: Hill, Cayla L.
Abstract:: St. Joseph's College was located within St. Paul, Oregon, the first Roman Catholic mission in the Pacific Northwest. The St. Paul mission was finally established in 1839 by Father Francois Blanchet, four years after the French-Canadian settlers in the area, appropriately known as French Prairie, had requested the presence of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Cayla L. Hill for the degree of Master of Arts in Applied Anthropology

Sharing the past effectively : an evaluation of excavations in the Passport In Time program

Creator:: Dickson, Catherine E.
Abstract:: The United States Forest Service's Passport In Time program is designed to involve the public in archaeology on National Forest land. Three of the program's goals are: 1) allow archaeologists to conduct research they would not otherwise have the time or the budget to conduct; 2) teach the public about...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: projects requiring archaeological survey. Most importantly for PIT it also allowed individual land

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:: , 1830-1861 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Lou Ann Speulda Nicholls for the degree of Master of Arts in

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Regional Archaeological Model of the Luckiamute Band Settlement Patterns

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

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

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

Analysis of dredge tailings pile patterns : applications for historical archaeological research

One methodology for the incorporation of entomological material in the discipline of historic archaeology using the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) as a test subject

Lower Salmon River Cultural Resource Management Plan

The expansion of Catholicism : an exploration of St. Joseph's College, the first Catholic boarding school for boys within the Oregon territory

Sharing the past effectively : an evaluation of excavations in the Passport In Time program

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

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