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  • An evaluation of the archaeological potential of Riverfront Park in Corvallis, Oregon

    Creator:
    Littlefield, Steven W.
    Abstract:
    The archaeological resources contained in Corvallis Riverfront Commemorative Park (RCP) have a great potential to add to the historical record of the warehouse district of the original town of Marysville (Corvallis). The City of Corvallis' proposed Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) project and proposed changes to Riverfront Commemorative Park threaten to...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Park in Corvallis, Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Steven W. Littlefield for the degree of

  • The archaeology of the Smith House (ORYA3), Dayton, Oregon

    Creator:
    Stone, Helen Delight
    Abstract:
    Site ORYA3, the Smith House, is located in Dayton, Oregon. The archaeological project originated because owners of this structure, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, applied for a demolition permit. The 1859 home, first occupied by two early Oregon pioneers, Andrew and Sarah Smith, was considered architecturally significant,...
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    to Lydia L. Rutherford on July 23, 1854 in Linn County, Oregon. Together they had one child, William

  • Kinship, Environment and the Forest Service : Homesteading in Oregon's Coast Range

    Creator:
    Prior, Jan M.
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    The settlement history of a remote area in the Coast Range of Oregon, from the 1870s to the 1930s, is examined through factors that may have influenced the success or failure, and length of residence of the homesteaders and later residents. Despite the rugged and isolated location, a small community...
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    William Arnold (13), John Arnold (14), Simeon Wilhoit (19), Sarah Banks (20), William Margison (25), and

  • Kinship, environment and the Forest Service : homesteading in Oregon's Coast Range

    Creator:
    Prior, Jan M.
    Abstract:
    The settlement history of a remote area in the Coast Range of Oregon, from the 1870s to the 1930s, is examined through factors that may have influenced the success or failure, and length of residence of the homesteaders and later residents. Despite the rugged and isolated location, a small community...
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    Masters Thesis
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    William Arnold (13), John Arnold (14), Simeon Wilhoit (19), Sarah Banks (20), William Margison (25), and

  • Where have all the women and children gone? An examination of domestic life at the Newell Farmstead (35MA41) in the early Oregon country

    Creator:
    Manion, Mollie Jo
    Abstract:
    The Newell Farmstead (35MA41) archaeological site lies in the heart of the French Prairie in the Willamette Valley in the Champoeg State Heritage Area, Oregon. The integrity and depth of deposition have made the Newell site a unique opportunity to look at activity areas and domestic life of early Euro-American...
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    Dissertation
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    ................................................................................22 Nathaniel Wyeth.....................................................................30 William

  • Recognizing individual potters in historic Oregon sites : a visual and chemical analysis of early Oregon redware

    Creator:
    Peterson, Ella M.
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    This paper discusses research concerning redware vessel sherds found in an archaeological excavation at Oregon's historic Champoeg State Park, and comparative artifacts from four known Oregon and Washington late nineteenth pottery production sites. Visual and Instrumental Nuclear Activation Analysis comparison studies were conducted on samples from each site. The New...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , (Williams 1999: 84) were also found. One hundred eighty five artifacts of low-fire redware pottery sherds

  • Willamette Mission Archeological Project : Phase III Assessment

    Creator:
    Weber, Mary K. (Mary Kathryn)
    Abstract:
    The Willamette Mission archeological project consists of a broad program of cultural research in the fields of archeology, history, and architecture. The study focuses on the first Methodist mission in the Pacific Northwest. Archeological excavations were conducted in 1980 to locate the site of the mission, to assess the site's...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . The expedition was conveyed through the cordiality of William A. Slacum, an 24 American

  • Willamette Mission archeological project : phase III assessment

    Creator:
    Chapman, Judith Sanders
    Abstract:
    The Willamette Mission archeological project consists of a broad program of cultural research in the fields of archeology, history, and architecture. The study focuses on the first Methodist mission in the Pacific Northwest. Archeological excavations were conducted in 1980 to locate the site of the mission, to assess the site's...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . The expedition was conveyed through the cordiality of William A. Slacum, an 24 American

  • A study of acculturation : ORMU57, Portland's Old Chinatown, ca. 1870-1920

    Creator:
    Wernz, Maralee
    Abstract:
    This archaeological based research uses ceramics in the study of acculturation from a site excavated by an urban archaeology contract firm, and utilizes the theories of consumer choice, ethnicity and acculturation. Artifact analysis took place in the form of minimum vessel counts, artifact relative frequencies, and Chinese artifact values, as...
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    Masters Thesis
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    filed by William Overton and Asa Lovejoy in late 1843. The future town site sat in a convenient

  • Site ORBE2 : an archaeological analysis of a construction disturbed site

    Creator:
    Cromwell, Robert J.
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    This thesis describes investigations of archaeological materials recovered from Site ORBE2, an early-twentieth century historic site in Corvallis, OR. The archaeological materials were found only after construction workers had excavated trenches underneath the still-standing structure on the site in order to install a new foundation. Over 1500 artifacts were recovered...
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    settlers were J. C. Avery and William F. Dixon. J.C. Avery came overland from Illinois in the summer of