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An Osteo-archaeological Investigation of Pinniped Remains at Seal Rock, Oregon (35 LNC 14)

Creator:: Snyder, Sandra L.
Abstract:: Analysis of the pinniped remains from site 35 LNC 14 reveal the presence of four species: Eumetopias jubata (Stellar sea lion), Zalophus californianus (California sea lion), Callorhinus ursinus (Northern fur seal),'and Phoca vitulina (Harbor seal). Ratios based on minimum number of individuals calculations disclose a high incidence of mature Stellar...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: was suggested by Dr. Richard E. Ross, director of the Seal Rock excavations. His enthusiastic

An analysis of lithic tools and debitage from 35CS1 : a prehistoric site on the southern Oregon coast

Creator:: Draper, John A.
Abstract:: The Philpott site (35CS1) is located on the north bank of the Coquille River near Bandon, Oregon. Test excavations at the site were conducted in 1978 by Oregon State University under the direction of Richard E. Ross. One artifact assemblage and one distinct component were defined during the analysis of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the Souther Orevin Coast. Abstract approved: Redacted for privacy Richard E. Ross The Philpott site

An analysis of two post-Mazama prehistoric flaked stone scatters in the upper Deschutes River basin of central Oregon

Creator:: McFarland, Janine Ruth
Abstract:: 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,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Upper Deschutes River Basin of Central Oregon Abstract approved: Richard E. Ross During the summer of

Subsistence variability in the Willamette Valley

Creator:: Havercroft, Francine M.
Abstract:: During the summer of 1981, Oregon State University archaeologically tested three prehistoric sites on the William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge. Among the sites tested were typical Willamette Valley floodplain and adjacent upland sites. Most settlement-subsistence pattern models proposed for the Willamette Valley have been generated with data from the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Variability in the Willamette Valley Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy V Richard E. Ross During the

Prehistoric Culture Diffusion in the Gran Chichimeca

Creator:: Lee, Eugene C. (Eugene Carlton)
Abstract:: The Gran Chichimeca is a North American area extending from the Tropic of Cancer to the south to the thirty-eighth parallel in the north, thus embracing northern Mexico and the American Southwest. The rise of the great mesoamerican civilizations to the south of the Gran Chichimeca and the consequent pressure...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Prehistoric Cultu Abstract approved: DiffWon in the Gran ichimeca Redacted for Privacy Richard E. Ro' The

Peavy Arboretum : an archaeological and historical investigation of a Willamette Valley landscape

Creator:: Hylton, Lindon B.
Abstract:: This thesis documents a period of ecological and cultural change on a Willamette Valley, Oregon landscape. In particular, this study examines the Peavy Arboretum area and the cultural changes that accompanied the transformation of the landscape from an oak savannah in the mid-nineteenth century to a dense Douglas-fir forest in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Valley Landscape. Abstract approved: Richard E. Ross This thesis documents a period of ecological and

Shell and Archaeology : An Analysis of Shellfish Procurement and Utilization on the Central Oregon Coast

Creator:: Barner, Debra Carol
Abstract:: The Neptune site (35LA3), a small shell midden, is located approximately five kilometers south of Yachats on the central Oregon coast. Test excavations were conducted at the site during the summer of 1973 by Oregon State University under the direction of Dr. Richard E. Ross. A shell analysis was later...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Prehistoric Utilization of Thermal Springs in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Griffin, Dennis, 1953-
Abstract:: Natural thermal springs occur throughout the Pacific Northwest. The use and importance of this natural environmental feature to Native Americans prior to and during the period of initial white contact is examined. Ethnographic, archaeological, and oral historical information is described in an attempt to reconstruct the role of these naturally-heated...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Archaeological investigations at the Marial site (35CU84), Curry County, Oregon

Creator:: Schreindorfer, Crystal Salvas
Abstract:: Evidence recovered from the Marial site (35CU84) on the lower Rogue River in southwestern Oregon will provide a much needed source of archaeological data for the region of southwestern Oregon. It exists as a deep, multicomponent, C14 dated site in a region typified by single component sites and a lack...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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An Osteo-archaeological Investigation of Pinniped Remains at Seal Rock, Oregon (35 LNC 14)

An analysis of lithic tools and debitage from 35CS1 : a prehistoric site on the southern Oregon coast

An analysis of two post-Mazama prehistoric flaked stone scatters in the upper Deschutes River basin of central Oregon

Subsistence variability in the Willamette Valley

Prehistoric Culture Diffusion in the Gran Chichimeca

Peavy Arboretum : an archaeological and historical investigation of a Willamette Valley landscape

Shell and Archaeology : An Analysis of Shellfish Procurement and Utilization on the Central Oregon Coast

Prehistoric Utilization of Thermal Springs in the Pacific Northwest

Archaeological investigations at the Marial site (35CU84), Curry County, Oregon

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