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  • The Kwakiutl totem pole and its symbolic value

    Creator:
    Mauze, Marie-France
    Abstract:
    The antiquity of the Northwest Coast Indian pole is the subject of a great deal of controversy. A few viewpoints referring to that topic are given. The symbolic value of the Kwakiutl totem pole is examined with respect to art, style and culture; more generally "primitive" art is considered as...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Coast Indian pole is the subject of a great deal of controversy. A few viewpoints referring to that

  • The Takelma and their Athapascan kin : an ethnographic synthesis of southwestern Oregon

    Creator:
    Gray, Dennis J.
    Abstract:
    This study is a synthesis of the available ethnographic and relevant archaeological data pertaining to the Native American groups who formerly occupied the upper Rogue River drainage of southwestern Oregon. The information presented in this synthesis concerns the material, social and religious aspects of aboriginal life as practiced by the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    and History presented on May 3, 1985 Title: The Takelma and Their Athapascan Kin: an Ethnographic

  • Megascopic plant remains from three housepits along the Applegate River, southwest Oregon

    Creator:
    Cole, Madeline L.
    Abstract:
    In 1982 a protohistoric archaeological site along the Applegate River in southwest Oregon was excavated by Oregon State University Department of Anthropology. Three housepits and a possible menstrual but were uncovered with lithic, faunal, and archaeobotanical elements recovered from house floors and hearths. Seven botanical taxa were represented by carbonized...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Applegate peoples and their Athapascan kin to the south, north, and west, one must understand the