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Secrets of the North Staffordshire ceramic recipes : identifying chemical variation and uniformity using an archaeometric approach

Creator:: Hale, Jessica A.
Abstract:: The present thesis chemically examined 174 industrial North Staffordshire pottery fragments from an archaeological context, using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA). In an integrated effort to combine an archaeometric approach with archival research and traditional analysis methods, the purpose of the thesis was to link industrial pottery manufacturers recipes to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Microsoft Word - Hale, Jessica A. Final Thesis july 7.doc

Chasing Tails: Stories for Refining Relationships Between Wolves & Humans

Creator:: Beggen, Kristina
Abstract:: As wolves return to their historic habitats both in Oregon and across the globe, emotions are running high between people either gladdened or disturbed by their homecoming. Prior to colonization, wolves occupied the entire Pacific Northwest alongside Indigenous peoples. However, European settlements that ultimately coalesced to form the state of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: enjoy your company and admire the work that you do with wolves and beyond. To Jessica Pierce, thank

Green-tree retention and ectomycorrhiza legacies : the spatial influences of retention trees on mycorrhiza community structure and diversity

Creator:: Stockdale, Christopher A.
Abstract:: These studies are part of the Demonstration of Ecosystem Management Options (DEMO) study, a program researching the effects of different levels and patterns of green-tree retention on ecological, economic, and social phenomena. We restricted our studies to the 15% basal area, evenly dispersed retention treatment. Our objectives were, first, to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: whom I would not be here today doing this stuff. Shanti Berryman, Jessica Howe, Marya Madsen, and

A Study of Urban Vegetable Garden and their Soils in Corvallis and Portland, OR

Creator:: Nelson, Michael, II
Abstract:: Urban agriculture (UA) is defined as the production of food crops or livestock within urban areas. Despite its popularity in the United States, research into UA systems suffers from a general underrepresentation of commercial urban systems. As a result, urban growers often have unique technological needs that are unmet by...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Miranda Ulmer, John Bryan Webber, Kate Wellons, and Jessica Wong. And to my honorary cohort in soil

Karuk Stewardship of Xánthiip (black oak, Quercus kelloggii) in the Western Klamath Mountains: Development of an Ecocultural Monitoring Protocol

Creator:: Thoreson, Jessie
Abstract:: My thesis is an exploration of xánthiip (Karuk for black oak, Quercus kelloggii) restoration within the Karuk Tribe’s Ancestral Territory in present-day northwestern California. Black oak is a cultural keystone species for the Karuk and has been chosen as one of the species to guide Tribally led forest restoration work...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A Morphometric Examination of Lithic Artifacts from the Pilcher Creek Site(35UN147) using GliMR : GIS-based Lithic Morphometric Research

Creator:: Curteman, Alexander J.
Abstract:: There is currently a revolution in archaeological morphometric research. As advances in technology are making more in-depth analyses both time and cost efficient. In this work, a collection of artifacts from the Pilcher Creek site (35UN147) in eastern Oregon was digitized using high resolution three-dimensional scanning. These scans were then...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Jessica, for being beside me and helping every step of the way. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1

Embodying Gaia: Bruno Latour’s Gaia and the Earthboundedness of Contemplative Pedagogy (a snail’s view)

Creator:: Schindler, Jason A.
Abstract:: Bruno Latour’s Facing Gaia provokes us to embrace our Earthboundedness to approach the problematic political ecologies of the Anthropocene. Latour’s call for the Earthbound is to re-trace networks of society, institutions, and meaning and to challenge, as enemy, those that would continue to behave as if we lived on more...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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

A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out : Negotiations of Poverty and Class Among Low-Income Oregonians

Creator:: Montañez, Morgan
Abstract:: The Linn and Benton County Gleaner network has helped the low-income families of urban and rural Oregon reclaim moral, social and cultural capital that is lost in the act of being poor in America. Rather than participating solely in government safety nets, these people reject “hand-outs” in favor of exchanging...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the survey at every stage of this thesis and also for your advice. Jessica Anderson for helping me

Degree and scale of interactions among chiefdoms during the pre-Hispanic late period in northern Highland Ecuador (AD 1250-1525)

Creator:: Yanchar, Kaitlin C.
Abstract:: During the Late Pre-Hispanic period, settlements in Northern Highland Ecuador were organized under a number of chiefdoms. While a basic hierarchical political system is described in the ethnohistoric literature, the nature of the interactions between specific settlements has remained unknown. This study utilizes two methods for describing the degree and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: department, including Aleks Jimenez, Jessica Ainslie, and Nick Bulder. Outside of class, Ric and Ashley

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Secrets of the North Staffordshire ceramic recipes : identifying chemical variation and uniformity using an archaeometric approach

Chasing Tails: Stories for Refining Relationships Between Wolves & Humans

Green-tree retention and ectomycorrhiza legacies : the spatial influences of retention trees on mycorrhiza community structure and diversity

A Study of Urban Vegetable Garden and their Soils in Corvallis and Portland, OR

Karuk Stewardship of Xánthiip (black oak, Quercus kelloggii) in the Western Klamath Mountains: Development of an Ecocultural Monitoring Protocol

A Morphometric Examination of Lithic Artifacts from the Pilcher Creek Site(35UN147) using GliMR : GIS-based Lithic Morphometric Research

Embodying Gaia: Bruno Latour’s Gaia and the Earthboundedness of Contemplative Pedagogy (a snail’s view)

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

A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out : Negotiations of Poverty and Class Among Low-Income Oregonians

Degree and scale of interactions among chiefdoms during the pre-Hispanic late period in northern Highland Ecuador (AD 1250-1525)

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