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Zooarchaeologjcal and Taphonomic Investigations of Site 35JA42, Upper Applegate River, Southwestern Oregon

Creator:: Schmitt, Dave N.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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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

Willamette Valley farm deferral accounts under Oregon Revised Statute 308.370

Creator:: Christensen, Larry Dale
Abstract:: This research is an effort to appraise the results of the 1963 legislation, especially in terms of the spatial aspect. Has it achieved the desired purpose? How many, and what size of farms are involved? Where are these farms located? The research field work resulted in a definitive map showing...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: provided essential information concerning farm tax defferal legislation. I also wish to thank Mr. Jerry

What the public wants : an analysis of voter preference on the issue of comprehensive planning in Oregon

Creator:: Bartsch, Ellen J.
Abstract:: Voter preference on the issue of comprehensive land use planning in Oregon was analyzed through various population characteristics in order to determine the factors contributing to public preference in this issue and how they were distributed spatially. Two statistical models were developed to analyze the correlations between voting outcome in...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: decisions based solely on economic considerations. Environmental -5- 0 0 rt I-i. (D U) 1 (D I- 0

Vegetation ecology of Fraxinus latifolia communities in William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon

Creator:: Heinitz, Eric Fajen
Abstract:: Composition and structure of Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia) woodlands in the William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon are described. Twenty stands dominated by Fraxinus latifolia were sampled with 500 m2 circular macroplots in which floristic microplot data were collected for plant community synthesis. Plant communities were identified by computer-assisted...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: p. Collinwood, G.H. and Warren D. Brush, 1978. Knowing your trees. xnerican Forestry Association

Vegetation classification of wild turkey habitat in Umpqua National Forest using color aerial photography

Creator:: Hazell, Bret Jack
Abstract:: This project focuses on the classification of vegetation as a habitat for wild turkeys. The vegetation classification discussed here is only one part of a study looking at habitat requirements, seasonal use patterns, and brood-rearing habits of wild turkeys in Southern Oregon. The vegetation classification was performed for an area...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: C. Interpretation, Classification, and Transfer of Data 34 D. Ground Truthing 35 E. Work and Cost

Utilizing GIS for the collection of key variables in the analysis of an international freshwater basin spatial database

Creator:: Fiske, Gregory J.
Abstract:: The Geographic Information System (GIS) is an invaluable tool in manipulating and interpreting world scale datasets. In recent years it has become the standard link between water resource study and the ever-increasing numbers of high quality data sets. This paper describes the use of Geographic Information Systems for gathering and...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: center, Jerry Dobson at Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Balazs Fekete of the Complex Systems Research

Upper Deschutes River Basin Prehistory: A Preliminary Examination of Flaked Stone Tools and Debitage

Creator:: Taggart, Michael W.
Abstract:: The prehistory of Central Oregon is explored through the examination of six archaeological sites and two isolated finds from the Upper Deschutes River Basin. Inquiry focuses on the land use, mobility, technological organization, and raw material procurement of the aboriginal inhabitants of the area. Archaeological data presented here are augmented...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

U.S. Forest Service wilderness management: problems and management methods of four wilderness areas in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Werner, Ann Claire
Abstract:: Increasing wilderness use, and the uneven distribution of use within wilderness areas, have contributed to management problems. Problems associated with some heavily visited areas are in conflict with the intent of the Wilderness Act of 1964. One of the constraints hindering optimal management has been the decentralized nature of the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
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Turnover, Memory, Persistence: Four Decades of Ecological Community at Lost Valley

Creator:: Bruno, Mark P.
Abstract:: This study is an ethnographic investigation of residential turnover, organizational memory, and the persistence of Lost Valley, an Oregon ecovillage founded in 1989. Literature on organizational turnover, memory, and persistence is reviewed and integrated with scholarship on intentional communities and ecovillages, generating a theoretical framework for data collection and analysis....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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Zooarchaeologjcal and Taphonomic Investigations of Site 35JA42, Upper Applegate River, Southwestern Oregon

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

Willamette Valley farm deferral accounts under Oregon Revised Statute 308.370

What the public wants : an analysis of voter preference on the issue of comprehensive planning in Oregon

Vegetation ecology of Fraxinus latifolia communities in William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon

Vegetation classification of wild turkey habitat in Umpqua National Forest using color aerial photography

Utilizing GIS for the collection of key variables in the analysis of an international freshwater basin spatial database

Upper Deschutes River Basin Prehistory: A Preliminary Examination of Flaked Stone Tools and Debitage

U.S. Forest Service wilderness management: problems and management methods of four wilderness areas in the Pacific Northwest

Turnover, Memory, Persistence: Four Decades of Ecological Community at Lost Valley

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