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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

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

The Oregon Trail Sesquicentennial as Interpreted by Museums on the Oregon Trail

Creator:: Fackler, Amy E.
Abstract:: This study describes and analyzes Oregon Trail related exhibits of eleven museums and two interpretive centers that are geographically located along the Oregon Trail from Baker City, Oregon to Portland, Oregon. The exhibits were featured at the facilities during the 1993 Oregon Trail Sesquicentennial, a celebration that was initiated and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS Amy E. Fackler for the degree of

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

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

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

The Takelma and their Athapascan kin : an ethnographic synthesis of southwestern Oregon

Creator:: Gray, Dennis J.
Abstract:: This study is a synthesis of the available ethnographic and relevant archaeological data pertaining to the Native American groups who formerly occupied the upper Rogue River drainage of southwestern Oregon. The information presented in this synthesis concerns the material, social and religious aspects of aboriginal life as practiced by the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the field notes of J. P. Harrington, Melville Jacobs and P. E. Goddard, adds to what has already

Melee at the Edge of Empire: The Manifestation of the Reservation System in Southwest and Western Oregon 1850-1875

Creator:: Alves, Richard W.
Abstract:: The purpose of this thesis is to explain why the reservation system manifested so disappointingly for the Native American groups of Southwest Oregon. It seeks to characterize the struggle that raged in Southwest Oregon from 1850 to 1856 between three main groups there: indigenous peoples, white squatters and miners, and...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: , Native Americans, reservation system, Rogue River, Southwest Oregon, squatters Corresponding e-mail

Technological progress, disacculturation, and our public schools

Creator:: Morita, Sally J.
Abstract:: The problems facing our nation's public schools today cannot be divorced from our enthusiasm for technology and the positive relationship we believe it shares with our perception of progress. Based on the second law of thermodynamics, the law of entropy, author Jeremy Rifkin argues that the development of increasingly "efficient"...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Chairman of Department f History Redacted for Privacy Dean of Grad e School I Date thesis is presented

Salvage Archaeology of the Ritsch Site, 35304 : A Late Prehistoric Village Site on the Central Rogue River, Oregon

Creator:: Wilson, Bart McLean
Abstract:: Site 35J04 is located on the south bank of the Rogue River, four miles west of Grants Pass, Oregon. Excavation of the site was conducted in 1976 by Oregon State University under contract to the Corvallis branch of CH2M/Hill. Eight artifact assemblages were distinguished during the analysis of the site....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: this region. 11 In 1936 Joel V. Berreman (1944) excavated a site at the mouth of the Chetco River

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

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

The Oregon Trail Sesquicentennial as Interpreted by Museums on the Oregon Trail

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

Subsistence variability in the Willamette Valley

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

The Takelma and their Athapascan kin : an ethnographic synthesis of southwestern Oregon

Melee at the Edge of Empire: The Manifestation of the Reservation System in Southwest and Western Oregon 1850-1875

Technological progress, disacculturation, and our public schools

Salvage Archaeology of the Ritsch Site, 35304 : A Late Prehistoric Village Site on the Central Rogue River, Oregon

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