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  • Rural Philomath Oregon 1850-1930 : geography and economy in oral history

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    Russell, John A.
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    Ranching and lumbering were two of the primary economic practices in a small rural study area south of Philomath Oregon (in Benton County), from first Euro-American settlement through 1930. Ranching was common but lumbering was restricted by geographical and market transportation problems until after 1900. Catalysts for change came in...
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    . C. L. C. 119 18. Map #1, (circa 1900) working map, E. E. Wilson 123 19. 1929 Metsker cadastral map

  • Of dragons, palaces, and gods : a mormon perspective on C. S. Lewis

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    Garrett, Christopher Edward
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    During his lifetime C. S. Lewis chose to speak to Christians in plain and simple language that they could understand. Lewis taught and defended truths that he felt were discernible through reason. Morality, free will, and the divinity of Jesus Christ were fundamental to his core beliefs and teachings. His...
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    reviewed, including The Silver Chalice (by Thomas B. Co stain) , Science, Religion, and the Future (C. E

  • Tales from the trenches : the people, policies, and procedures of cultural resource management

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    Wilson, Michele L.
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    Since the late 1970s, archaeology has grown into an industry whose practitioners work in both public and private sectors. As an industry, modern archeology is commonly known as Cultural Resources Management, or CRM. CRM emerged from a surplus of employment opportunities made available to archeologists after the passing of National...
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    procedures of cultural resource management AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Michele L. Wilson for the degree

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

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    Hylton, Lindon B.
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    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...
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    West view of the historic Thomas M. Read house built by Bushrod Wilson in 1858 (Works Progress

  • Central and Peripheral Nervous System Underpinnings of Moral Elevation

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    Piper, Walter T.
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    The present study characterized physiological responsivity during moral elevation, or elevation, a prosocial emotional state triggered by witnessing displays of altruism and moral beauty. Participants watched video stimuli that induced elevation, or amusement as a control condition, while heart rate (HR), respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), skin conductance responses (SCR), and...
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    OF THE THESIS OF Walter T. Piper for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in

  • Red light ladies : settlement patterns and material culture on the frontier

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    Simmons-Rogers, Alexandra L.
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    Red Light Ladies presents a perspective on prostitution in North America, within the context of the western mining frontier. A biographical profile of the frontier prostitutor is presented, along with an archaeological model of settlement patterns and material culture. Settlement patterns and demographic changes in the prostitutor population are hypothetically...
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    Abstract approval : l.ccrcf .z y x_ David R. Brauner Red Light Ladies presents a perspective on

  • Boring to the Core: The Archaeology, History, and Dendrochronology of a Railroad Logging Camp, Ladee Flat, Clackamas County, Oregon

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    Paullin, Pamela K.
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    Although the timber industry was the major economic force in the lives of several generations of Oregon families, very little archaeological investigation has been done on the dozens of abandoned logging camps that are scattered throughout the forests of the Pacific Northwest. This project focuses on Camp 1, a 1920s...
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    Railroad Logging Camp, Ladee Flat, Clackamas County, Oregon. Abstract approved David R

  • Origin of the Tucannon phase in Lower Snake River prehistory

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    Lucas, Steven W.
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    Approximately 5,500 years ago a discreet period of wetter and cooler environmental conditions prevailed across the southern Columbia Plateau. This period was marked by the first prominent episodes of erosion to occur along the lower Snake River following the height of the Altithermal and eruption of Mt. Mazama during the...
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    R. Brauner Approximately 5,500 years ago a discreet period of wetter and cooler environmental

  • 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

  • Archaeological Investigations at the Seal Rock Site, 35LNC14 : A Late Prehistoric Shell Midden Located on the Central Oregon Coast

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    Clark, Linda Ann
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    Seal Rock (35LNC14) is a late prehistoric shell midden site located on the central Oregon coast. Information derived from the faunal remains, radiocarbon dates, and location and size of the midden deposits suggest the site represents a late littoral stage of cultural adaptation. Analyses of lithic artifacts, and bone and...
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    of his time and valuable knowledge pertaining to the Seal Rock site. Dr. R. Lee Lyman served as