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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:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Catherine E. Dickson for the

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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the comparison of multi-dimensional characteristics, or allometry, of the stone tools. Statistically

Patterns from the past : exploring gender and ethnicity through historical archaeology among fur trade families in the Willamette Valley of Oregon

Creator:: McAleer, Carolyn Patricia
Abstract:: This thesis examines archaeological material in order to explore gender and ethnicity issues concerning fur trade era families from a settlement in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Ethnohistorical information consisting of traders journals and travelers observations, as well as documentation from the Hudson's Bay Company, Catholic church records, and genealogical information...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Kinoshita for his technical genius, and Delight Stone for her inspirational nature. And a great many thanks

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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: state factor of time involves the determination of the occurrence in time of the event(s), the

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:: Catholic Missions in Old Oregon, Vol. 2. A portion of Sister Mary Catherine Cabareaux's memoirs, dealing

The Deathscape of St. Paul: Historic Cemeteries as Cultural Landscapes

Creator:: Boulware, Brooke L.
Abstract:: A cultural landscape analysis of two historic cemeteries in St. Paul, Oregon demonstrates that the residents of this early community were unknowingly using grave markers to express their worldview and the identities that they felt were most important. Because of the historical and cultural development of this community as the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ........................................................... 89 Figure 38 – Missing vertical stone marker, St. Paul’s Cemetery

A settlement model at the Robert Newel Farmstead (35MA41), French Prairie, Oregon

Creator:: Manion, Mollie Jo
Abstract:: This thesis is based on the excavations of the Robert Newell farmstead (35MA41), excavated in 2002 and 2003 by the Oregon State University Department of Anthropology archaeological field school. Robert Newell lived at this farm from 1843- 1854. Major architectural features, including a brick hearth and postholes were discovered at...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: integrity of the Newell farmstead (Cromwell, Stone and Brauner 2000). Excavations were expanded to large

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:: this is the economic return from honey bee products. The wholesale value for 2002's honey production

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:: 96 Site Discussion 97 VII. Site 35JA49 103 Introduction 103 Features 112 Feature I-1: Stone

Red light ladies : settlement patterns and material culture on the frontier

Creator:: Simmons-Rogers, Alexandra L.
Abstract:: Red Light Ladies presents a perspective on prostitution in North America, within the context of the western mining frontier. A biographical profile of the frontier prostitutor is presented, along with an archaeological model of settlement patterns and material culture. Settlement patterns and demographic changes in the prostitutor population are hypothetically...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Local Ordinances 159 RECESSION TO DEPRESSION; MID-1860 160 THE 1870'S A PERIOD OF CONSOLIDATION 162 THE

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

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

Patterns from the past : exploring gender and ethnicity through historical archaeology among fur trade families in the Willamette Valley of Oregon

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

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

The Deathscape of St. Paul: Historic Cemeteries as Cultural Landscapes

A settlement model at the Robert Newel Farmstead (35MA41), French Prairie, Oregon

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

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

Red light ladies : settlement patterns and material culture on the frontier

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