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  • The cultural significance of mountain regions : implications for the Calapooya Divide, Oregon

    Creator:
    Starr, Karen J.
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    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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    The cultural significance of mountain regions

  • Historic Farm Structures As Material Culture : An Oregon Study

    Creator:
    Judge, Barbara C.
    Abstract:
    The thesis is a case study of two traditional family farms that were settled in Oregon in 1850 and 1915. The study embraces the theory that material culture reflects customs and values. The material culture indicators within the study are the architectural structures of the Oregon farms. The study filters...
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    Masters Thesis
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    David Brauner The thesis is a case study of two traditional family farms that were settled in Oregon in

  • 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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    constructive criticism. They include David Voss, Robbin Johnston, John Wells, Sheila Forster, Rick McClure 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...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    constructive criticism. They include David Voss, Robbin Johnston, John Wells, Sheila Forster, Rick McClure and

  • A Classification of Stone Features and an Examination of Their Positional Attributes

    Creator:
    Green, Phillip C. (Phillip Cody), 1950-
    Abstract:
    The analysis of prehistoric stone features has suffered for two separate but related reasons. The first is the lack of stringency in defining the terms attributed to these structures and, second, the perception of a lack of formal attributes exhibited by them. These two factors have made it impossible to...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Attributes. Abstract Approved: ( Dr. David Brauner The analysis of prehistoric stone features has suffered

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

    Creator:
    Littlefield, Steven W.
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    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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    , Oregon. Abstract approved: David BraunerBrauner The archaeological resources contained in Corvallis

  • Beagle, Oregon, An Unknown Casualty of War: Camp White and the Destruction of a Farming Community During the Second World War

    Creator:
    Shelnutt, Kay
    Abstract:
    This project examines the landscape of the farming community of Beagle, Oregon prior to and during the Second World War and the effect on it due to the construction of Camp White, a World War II training facility. The Beagle landscape is examined through the prism of current theory that...
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    Masters Thesis
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    War. Abstract approv-ett: David R. Brauner This project examines the landscape of the farming

  • Iroquois of the Pacific Northwest fur trade : their archaeology and history

    Creator:
    Jameson, Jennifer E.
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    During the early 19th Century, the fur trade brought many Iroquois to the Pacific Northwest as working primarily as voyageurs for the North West Company. When the North West Company merged with the Hudson's Bay Company, the Iroquois employees merged as well. After retirement, some settled in the Willamette Valley...
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    Masters Thesis
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    David R. Brauner During the early 19th Century, the fur trade brought many Iroquois to the Pacific

  • 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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    Archeological Project: Phase III Assessment. Abstract approved: i.Redacted for Privacy David Brauner The

  • 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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    Archeolpzigal Project: Phase III Assessment. Abstract approved: (Redacted for Privacy David Brauner The