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The distribution of geologic and artifact obsidian from the Silver Lake/Sycan Marsh geochemical source group, South-Central Oregon

Creator:: Thatcher, Jennifer J.
Abstract:: Geochemical characterization methods are commonly used in the reconstruction of prehistoric raw material use and procurement systems. Trace element studies of lithic source material and artifacts, specifically those made of obsidian, can reveal important information about the environmental and cultural factors which influence the prehistoric distribution of raw material. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: wish to express my sincere gratitude to my committee members: Barbara Roth, Craig Skinner, and Dawn

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
Full Text:: members: R. Lee Lyman, David R. Brauner, Mary Lee Nolan, and Morrie Craig for their editorial comments on

Efficiency in Oregon's commercial salmon fisheries : a historical perspective

Creator:: Hatley, Thomas Alfred
Abstract:: Historic changes that have taken place on Oregon's commercial salmon fisheries are described in terms of their effects on the efficiency of fishermen. This historical analysis provides a background for comparative efficiency studies of Columbia River gillnetters and ocean trollers with the objective of determining which harvester group was more...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: historical perspective AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF THOMAS ALFRED HA TLEY for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS

NAFTA and Chiapas : problems and solutions

Creator:: Veit, Steven J.
Abstract:: On New Year's Eve 1993, there was little indication that popular President Carlos Salinas de Gortari was about to take a monumental fall. Mexico was in the midst of unprecedented prosperity. The world's oldest ruling political party, Mexico's PRI, enjoyed substantial support. Allegations of corruption within an authoritarian regime were...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The Morphology of Goethe’s Botanical Work

Creator:: Hahn, Andre M.
Abstract:: This thesis examines the morphology of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) through several lenses. The first explores Goethe's morphology as he applied it in his botanical work and supplies an explanation of what Goethe referred to as archetypal phenomena and the archetypal plant. The scope of exploration then broadens to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of Knowledge, or the Overgrowth of Nomenclature,” Goethe Yearbook 17 (2010): 153-177; Thomas

The Maturest Deliberation : Colonial Pennsylvania Currency in Depression and War

Creator:: Borden, John F.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to review Pennsylvania's use of paper money through two distinct periods: the first seven years of currency issues starting in 1723 and concluding in 1730, and the second period encompassed by the French and Indian War in 1755-63. They represent two significant periods affecting...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: "operated smoothly so long as overseas earnings and the expenditures on imports 21Robert Craig West

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:: photography are responsible for many of the great photographs of the historic Thomas Read property. I

The Emerging Church Movement: An Exploratory Case Study of Its Environmental and Political Attitudes

Creator:: McKelvie, Loni M.
Abstract:: To date, no investigation of the Emerging Church Movement has made an effort to examine the environmental and political views of its members. Despite the vast research on the politics and environmental opinions of American evangelicals, little is known about where the majority of members of the Emerging Church Movement...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The reflection of culture in biological evolution

Creator:: Yates, Dean Arnold
Abstract:: Kelso's theory of Biocultural Evolution states that as culture evolves, the variation between groups diminishes while the variation within groups increases. The theory is tested with stature, cephalic index and nasal index. Means and standard deviations for these traits are examined for 237 ethnic groups. The groups are organized according...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Late Pleistocene and Holocene Human Ecologies: A Case Study of Phytoliths from the Lower Salmon River Canyon, Idaho

Creator:: Knapp, Dante L.
Abstract:: Archaeological excavations of the Cooper's Ferry site in the Lower Salmon River Canyon, Idaho, have revealed a stratified record of cultural occupation, spanning the late Pleistocene and early Holocene periods. The purpose of this study was to contribute to the understanding of cultural adaptive strategies represented in the archaeological record...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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The distribution of geologic and artifact obsidian from the Silver Lake/Sycan Marsh geochemical source group, South-Central Oregon

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

Efficiency in Oregon's commercial salmon fisheries : a historical perspective

NAFTA and Chiapas : problems and solutions

The Morphology of Goethe’s Botanical Work

The Maturest Deliberation : Colonial Pennsylvania Currency in Depression and War

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

The Emerging Church Movement: An Exploratory Case Study of Its Environmental and Political Attitudes

The reflection of culture in biological evolution

Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of Late Pleistocene and Holocene Human Ecologies: A Case Study of Phytoliths from the Lower Salmon River Canyon, Idaho

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