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Creator:: Yates, Dean Arnold
Abstract:: Kelso's theory of Biocultural Evolution states that as culture evolves, the variation between groups diminishes while the variation within groups increases. The theory is tested with stature, cephalic index and nasal index. Means and standard deviations for these traits are examined for 237 ethnic groups. The groups are organized according...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (Handler 1970). Genetic drift is the change in the genetic make-up of small 2 Barnett (No Date) describes

Creator:: Nelson, Nancy J.
Abstract:: Located on the central Oregon coast, the Umpqua Eden site (35D083) yielded an artifact assemblage which is one of the five largest assemblages from the Oregon coast. The first aspect of the site that I looked at is the people who lived at the site, the ancestors of the Confederated...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: northern and southern Oregon coasts developed out of rather different cultural traditions (Barnett 1937

Creator:: Starr, Karen J.
Abstract:: Altitudinal variations in upland regions of the earth create variable climatic zones and conditions. Plant and animal communities must adapt to these conditions, and when they reach their tolerance limits for environmental conditions at the upper levels of a zone, they cease to exist in the environment. Humans also utilize...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 1958; Barnett 1953). Utilizing a wide variety of cultural traits, humans have chosen to live in a

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:: conditions (Kirkwood 1902; Morris 1934). Figure 3. The Willamette Valley, from Mary's Peak, View is

Creator:: Johnson, Patricia White
Abstract:: The Russian Old Believers in Oregon maintain a manner of dress which distinguishes them in the communities in which they live. Originating as a group because of a schism within the Russian Orthodox Church in 1666, the Russian Old Believers migrated to the edge of the Russian Empire and beyond...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: culture not all individuals participate equally in the process of change. Barnett (19S4:378-9) notes three

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:: support. Steve Morris photographed the artifacts and arranged the site maps. Andrew Wenchel's artifact

Creator:: Bird-Gauvin, Sally
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to see if there were technological differences in ground stone manufacturing and use from a single site that had been occupied for over 600 years, A.D. 550-A.D. 1150, and had multiple occupations that evolved over time (Late Pithouse Phases, Georgetown, San Francisco, and Three...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: lacks contextual information about each of the artifacts reviewed. Morris (1990) reviewed two sites

Creator:: Betz, Virginia Marie
Abstract:: Archaeologists use diversity as one way of characterizing their assemblages. Diversity refers to both the number of artifact classes present (richness) and the proportional representation of classes (evenness). Numerical diversity indices measure one or both components. Archaeologists use assemblage diversity to infer behavior of prehistoric cultures. Archaeological inferences about behavior...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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