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  • Stephen Biko's Rhetorical Vision of Black Consciousness

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    Fergusson, Julie K.
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    Stephen Biko was a black leader in South Africa who died in police custody on September 12, 1977. Biko's death echoed within the Republic of South Africa and around the world, showing that racial tensions in that country were severe. At his death he was a hero to the black...
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    Stephen Biko's rhetorical vision of black consciousness AN

  • Fantastic Histories: How Malory's Morte Darthur Influenced Tolkien's The Silmarillion

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    Tatom, Simon K.
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    My thesis, entitled "Fantastic Histories: How Malory's Morte Darthur Influenced Tolkien's The Silmarillion," argues that J.R.R. Tolkien's Silmarillion shares distinct similarities in style and content with Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur, primarily in the lack of detail in the descriptions of characters and events, as each attempts to create a...
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  • Toys in the Historical Archaeological Record of the Smith House (ORYA3).

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    Kramer, Stephen Francis
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    Excavations performed at the historic Smith House (ORYA3) located in Dayton, Yamhill County, Oregon, recovered a large collection of artifacts. Categories of artifacts previously analyzed include flat glass, nails, glass containers, ceramic hollowware and flatware, brick, bone, metal containers, illumination devices, currency, footwear, tobacco, and lead balls, shot, and cartridge...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Stephen Francis Kramer for the

  • An Analysis of Visitor Awareness of Avalanche Danger at Three Areas - Mt. Hood, Oregon

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    Couche, Stephen W.
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    Use of backcountry areas in winter by crosscountry skiers, snowshoers, climbers, snowmobilers and others has increased rapidly in the Mt. Hood area of Oregon in recent years. With this increase in use a larger segment of the user population is being exposed to potential a.,pl.H11 Winger. purpose of this study...
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    three areas, Mt. Hood, Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Stephen W. Concise for the degree or

  • The Value of New Technology : View Toward Reassessment

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    White, Stephen J.
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    Abraham Heschel wrote that a philosopher's primary task was not merely to describe and judge the modes and facts of actual human behavior, but also to examine and understand the meaninq of those descriptions and judgements of modes and facts (Bella, 1978). Our values are critically tied to our structures...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Stephen J. White for the degree of Master of Arts in Inter

  • The effects of the Mazama tephra-falls : a geoarchaeological approach

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    Matz, Stephan E.
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    About 7,000 years ago two major tephra-falls blanketed the Pacific Northwest in volcanic ash. These two tephra-falls, identified as the Llao and climatic tephra-falls, were a part of the eruptive events that led up to the collapse of Mount Mazama to form Crater Lake in the southern Oregon Cascades. The...
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    program. Dr. R. Lee Lyman provided me with financial support, valuable experience, and his always keen

  • North Umpqua end scrapers : allometry, discard, and residual utility

    Creator:
    Kelly, Christopher J.
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    End scrapers were an "all purpose" tool that have been associated with processes such as planing or shaving vegetal resources, shaping bone or antler implements, and to render hide into usable fabric. Examining end scrapers from four different archaeological sites on the North Umpqua River of southwestern Oregon provided interesting...
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    . Abstract approved: David R. Brauner End scrapers were an "all purpose" tool that have been associated

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

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    Wilson, Bart McLean
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    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....
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    Village Site on the Central Rogue River, Oregon Abstract approved: David R. Brauner Site 35J04 is

  • Hull -Oakes Lumber Company's Steam-Powered Sawmill : A Case Study in Industrial Archaeology

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    Wisner, George B.
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    By examining the combined written, ethnographic and physical evidence of a surviving steam-powered sawmill in the Douglas-fir region of the Pacific Northwest, this thesis seeks to supply new insights into the operation and adaptability of antiquated machinery during a period of rapid social and technological change and to develop a...
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    Archaeology. Abstract approved: David R. Brauner By examining the combined written, ethnographic and

  • The Role of Southern Oregon's Coastal Islands in Prehistoric Subsistence

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    Gard, Howard A.
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    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...
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    . Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved: David R. Brauner The portion of the Oregon coast extending from