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The Identification of Early Prehistoric Settlement Patterns Along the Coast of Southwest Oregon : A Survey Based Upon Amateur Artifact Collections

Creator:: Pullen, Reginald John
Abstract:: Surveys of amateur artifact collections in southwest Oregon indicate that traditional settlement pattern models for this region may be in error. Based on the distribution of major styles of projectile points, at least two distinct periods of occupation are definable. The Early period is tentatively dated between 1000 B.C. and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Amateur Artifact Collections. Redacted for Privacy Abstract Approved: Richard E. Ross I Surveys of

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

Development of a Bone Artifact Typology for the Oregon Coast

Creator:: Lindsay, Lee W.
Abstract:: This thesis was to develop a bone artifact typology for the Oregon coast. This typology was used to test the hypothesis that different geographical regions of the Oregon coast would have different artifact assemblages associated with them. These regions, identified by geologist from landform changes, have been defined as: region...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Redacted for Privacy Richard E. Ross This thesis was to develop a bone artifact typology for the Oregon

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

Man and the land : an ecological history of fire and grazing on eastern Oregon rangelands

Creator:: Shinn, Dean Allison
Abstract:: Ecological and historical information are combined in examining the environmental influence of fire and grazing on rangelands in eastern Oregon through time. Competitive relationships between herbaceous and woody flora in the northern Great Basin are discussed, focusing broadly on the shrubsteppe regions 'of Franklin and Dyrness (1973) but with special...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: EASTERN OREGON RANGELANDS Abstract approved: Dr. Edward E. Starkey Ecological and historical

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

Creator:: Matz, Stephan E.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Effects of the Mazama Tephra-Falls: A Geoarchaeological Approach by Stephan E. Matz A THESIS

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

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

Whale Cove (35LNC60) : an archaeological investigation on the central Oregon coast

Creator:: Rogers, Ann Bennett
Abstract:: The Whale Cove Site, 35LNC60, is a shell midden, showing occupations from 3010 B.P. to 330 B.P., spanning the Early and Late Littoral Periods. Analysis of mammalian faunal remains, bone and antler tools, lithics and discriptions of recovered shellfish artifacts allows for chronological refinement of the previously mentioned archeologically defined...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved: Richard E. Ross The Whale Cove Site, 35LNC60, is a shell midden

Aboriginal fishing at Seal Rock (35-LC-14) and Neptune (35-LA-3) : late-prehistoric archaeological sites on the central Oregon coast

Creator:: Zontek, Terry
Abstract:: A sample of fish remains from two late-prehistoric archaeological sites on the central coast of Oregon were analyzed to partially evaluate two models of aboriginal subsistence-settlement systems. One model is based upon ethnograhpic data, primarily Drucker's (1939), for Yakonen speakers collected in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Redacted for Privacy Richard E. Ross A sample of fish remains from two late-prehistoric archaeological

ScholarsArchive@OSU

The Identification of Early Prehistoric Settlement Patterns Along the Coast of Southwest Oregon : A Survey Based Upon Amateur Artifact Collections

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

Development of a Bone Artifact Typology for the Oregon Coast

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

Man and the land : an ecological history of fire and grazing on eastern Oregon rangelands

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

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

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

Whale Cove (35LNC60) : an archaeological investigation on the central Oregon coast

Aboriginal fishing at Seal Rock (35-LC-14) and Neptune (35-LA-3) : late-prehistoric archaeological sites on the central Oregon coast

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