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An analysis of two post-Mazama prehistoric flaked stone scatters in the upper Deschutes River basin of central Oregon

Creator:: McFarland, Janine Ruth
Abstract:: During the summer of 1986, an archaeological testing project was completed at seven prehistoric campsites primarily located in the upper Deschutes River Basin of central Oregon. Testing was focused on two low-density "lithic scatters", an archaelogical site type which is especially abundant in this obsidian-rich region but which, to date,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: this work in different ways, David Dukes; Sara Scott, CH2M Hill Archaeologist; Dan Mattson, Warm

Megascopic plant remains from three housepits along the Applegate River, southwest Oregon

Creator:: Cole, Madeline L.
Abstract:: In 1982 a protohistoric archaeological site along the Applegate River in southwest Oregon was excavated by Oregon State University Department of Anthropology. Three housepits and a possible menstrual but were uncovered with lithic, faunal, and archaeobotanical elements recovered from house floors and hearths. Seven botanical taxa were represented by carbonized...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Richard E. Ross, Professor of Anthropology in charge of major. Redacted for Privacy David R. Brauner

Peavy Arboretum : an archaeological and historical investigation of a Willamette Valley landscape

Creator:: Hylton, Lindon B.
Abstract:: This thesis documents a period of ecological and cultural change on a Willamette Valley, Oregon landscape. In particular, this study examines the Peavy Arboretum area and the cultural changes that accompanied the transformation of the landscape from an oak savannah in the mid-nineteenth century to a dense Douglas-fir forest in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and analysis of sites at Peavy Arboretum: David Liberty, Robert Cromwell, Stephen Kramer, Cliff

Subsistence variability in the Willamette Valley

Creator:: Havercroft, Francine M.
Abstract:: During the summer of 1981, Oregon State University archaeologically tested three prehistoric sites on the William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge. Among the sites tested were typical Willamette Valley floodplain and adjacent upland sites. Most settlement-subsistence pattern models proposed for the Willamette Valley have been generated with data from the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . David Brauner. Graduate students Judith Sanders-Chapman, Alexy Simmons, and myself served as field

Archaeological Investigations at the Seal Rock Site, 35LNC14 : A Late Prehistoric Shell Midden Located on the Central Oregon Coast

Creator:: Clark, Linda Ann
Abstract:: Seal Rock (35LNC14) is a late prehistoric shell midden site located on the central Oregon coast. Information derived from the faunal remains, radiocarbon dates, and location and size of the midden deposits suggest the site represents a late littoral stage of cultural adaptation. Analyses of lithic artifacts, and bone and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , and put away the artifacts from Seal Rock. David Conca and Gary Bowyer took time out of their busy

Prehistoric Culture Diffusion in the Gran Chichimeca

Creator:: Lee, Eugene C. (Eugene Carlton)
Abstract:: The Gran Chichimeca is a North American area extending from the Tropic of Cancer to the south to the thirty-eighth parallel in the north, thus embracing northern Mexico and the American Southwest. The rise of the great mesoamerican civilizations to the south of the Gran Chichimeca and the consequent pressure...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . In addition to Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts, there were plains, mountain ranges with valleys, some

An analysis of lithic tools and debitage from 35CS1 : a prehistoric site on the southern Oregon coast

Creator:: Draper, John A.
Abstract:: The Philpott site (35CS1) is located on the north bank of the Coquille River near Bandon, Oregon. Test excavations at the site were conducted in 1978 by Oregon State University under the direction of Richard E. Ross. One artifact assemblage and one distinct component were defined during the analysis of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: southern Oregon coast is characterized by steep mountain slopes and sharp ridges, and is considered

An Osteo-archaeological Investigation of Pinniped Remains at Seal Rock, Oregon (35 LNC 14)

Creator:: Snyder, Sandra L.
Abstract:: Analysis of the pinniped remains from site 35 LNC 14 reveal the presence of four species: Eumetopias jubata (Stellar sea lion), Zalophus californianus (California sea lion), Callorhinus ursinus (Northern fur seal),'and Phoca vitulina (Harbor seal). Ratios based on minimum number of individuals calculations disclose a high incidence of mature Stellar...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: shore, the Coastal Mountain Range reaches from southwestern Washington to approximately the middle fork

The Identification of Early Prehistoric Settlement Patterns Along the Coast of Southwest Oregon : A Survey Based Upon Amateur Artifact Collections

Creator:: Pullen, Reginald John
Abstract:: Surveys of amateur artifact collections in southwest Oregon indicate that traditional settlement pattern models for this region may be in error. Based on the distribution of major styles of projectile points, at least two distinct periods of occupation are definable. The Early period is tentatively dated between 1000 B.C. and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the Columbia River. To the south of the Coquille is the Klamath Mountain province, which reaches

Log cabin construction techniques in western Siskiyou County, 1850-1935 : their function and ethnic origins

Creator:: Abusaidi, Ali
Abstract:: Under the sponsorship of the Klamath National Forest, 25 log cabins which were built in western Siskiyou County between 1850 and 1937 were located and studied. First, 11 exterior dimensions of these cabins were selected, measured and recorded. Then 26 building elements were identified for the purpose of finding whether...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Mountain geomorphic province which lies between the Coast and Cascade Mountain ranges. A general geologic

ScholarsArchive@OSU

An analysis of two post-Mazama prehistoric flaked stone scatters in the upper Deschutes River basin of central Oregon

Megascopic plant remains from three housepits along the Applegate River, southwest Oregon

Peavy Arboretum : an archaeological and historical investigation of a Willamette Valley landscape

Subsistence variability in the Willamette Valley

Archaeological Investigations at the Seal Rock Site, 35LNC14 : A Late Prehistoric Shell Midden Located on the Central Oregon Coast

Prehistoric Culture Diffusion in the Gran Chichimeca

An analysis of lithic tools and debitage from 35CS1 : a prehistoric site on the southern Oregon coast

An Osteo-archaeological Investigation of Pinniped Remains at Seal Rock, Oregon (35 LNC 14)

The Identification of Early Prehistoric Settlement Patterns Along the Coast of Southwest Oregon : A Survey Based Upon Amateur Artifact Collections

Log cabin construction techniques in western Siskiyou County, 1850-1935 : their function and ethnic origins

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