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...
Three kkeeyy variables are examined to determine their influence on
the process of community planning at Corvallis, Oregon. These are
(1) the setting of priorities, (2) organization and (3) external
reference. Interactions of goals program participants were recorded
as the community responded to comply with Oregon Senate Bill #100's
requirement...
Human settlement patterns are the ways in which people locate themselves over the terrain in their area of occupation. Settlement pattern prediction attempts to define and understand the factors in culture, technology, and environment that shape the spatial distribution of habitation sites for a given group of people. A systematic...
This study is an archeological testing report for the Willamette
Mission Hospital Site. Landform analysis, photointerpretation and historical
research were integrated with anthropological theory for this
study.
The site is an invaluable data base to further the study of human
adaptability and cultural change. It should provide an excellent context...
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,...
Native Americans in southwest Oregon are a heterogenous
group comprising one-quarter of the state's total Indian
population. Despite their notable size, Native Americans in
this six county area are either ineligible for, or inaccessible
to, federally sponsored Indian health facilities available
to Native peoples elsewhere. Research was conducted
over an...
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...
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...
Recent national and state legislation reflect a
growing awareness of the need for comprehensive cultural
resource management programs. Various pieces of federal
legislation and Oregon's Senate Bill 100 demonstrate a
willingness of governments to provide for such programs.
The administration of local land use issues at the state
government level...
Cultural resource inventories have identified,205 individual sites
on public land along the Lower Salmon River, Idaho. These sites
represent a rich and diverse record of the human occupation and
utilization of the river canyon during the past 10,000 years. Each
of these 205 sites contains its own unique record of...
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,...
Site 35JA42 represents the first protohistoric village
complex excavated in Southwest Oregon. Analyses of animal
bones recovered from the site offer the first significant
insights into human subsistence behaviors in this region.
Although the faunal assemblage is extremely fragmented,
detailed zooarchaeological analysis indicates that deer were
the primary meat resource...
The portion of the Oregon coast extending from Cape Blanco south into California has long been recognized as a distinct physiographic region, with probable ramifications for prehistoric subsistence and settlement patterns. Several researchers have proposed models outlining a greater reliance upon marine/littoral resources among groups within this region, while more...
This thesis was to develop a bone artifact typology for the Oregon coast. This typology was used to test the hypothesis that different geographical regions of the Oregon coast would have different artifact assemblages associated with them. These regions, identified by geologist from landform changes, have been defined as: region...
This research focuses on events surrounding the activities of Battery
Freeman, a coastal defense facility constructed within the earthworks of "old" Fort
Stevens near Astoria, OR, in 1900 and destroyed in 1939. Archival data are used
in conjunction with nearly 5,000 artifacts that were recovered from archaeological
excavations in 1989...
Archaeological investigations can reveal persistent traditions of ethnic
groups. Hawaiians were employed in the fur trade of the Columbia River from
1810 through 1850. The Hudson's Bay Company employed them at Ft.
Vancouver, Washington from 1825 through the end of this period. Data from
the excavations of the servant's village...
Approximately 5,500 years ago a discreet period of
wetter and cooler environmental conditions prevailed
across the southern Columbia Plateau. This period was
marked by the first prominent episodes of erosion to occur
along the lower Snake River following the height of the
Altithermal and eruption of Mt. Mazama during the...
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...
This thesis examines prehistoric land use patterns of the entire North Santiam subbasin, located on the western slopes of the Oregon Cascade Range. The objective of this analysis is three-fold: 1) to contribute to reconstructing the cultural chronology of the area; 2) to address the use of raw material by...
The Quartz Mountain Obsidian Quarry is located in the Southeast corner of the
Bend Fort Rock Ranger District in central Oregon, approximately forty-five miles
southeast of Bend, Oregon.
The research of the Quartz Mountain Obsidian Quarry began with a literature
search of other quarry sites in the area and the...