This thesis describes investigations of archaeological materials recovered from Site
ORBE2, an early-twentieth century historic site in Corvallis, OR. The archaeological
materials were found only after construction workers had excavated trenches underneath
the still-standing structure on the site in order to install a new foundation. Over 1500
artifacts were recovered from back-dirt piles which had been left surrounding the structure
from the construction worker's excavations. The analysis of the artifacts contributes to the
field of archaeology in four specific ways: 1) it performs an archaeological analysis on an
early-twentieth century Euro-American site, an era upon which few previous investigations
have been done. 2) it develops a history of the site, 3) it combines the results of the history
and the analysis of the archaeological data from functional and chronological perspectives,
determining possible past life-style information on these residents, and 4) it exhibits the
utility of performing an archaeological analysis on a site where the archaeological materials
were recovered from an urban renewal/construction zone, and has provenience limited to a
lot or site association. / Graduation date: 1997
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/28372 |
| Date | 23 May 1996 |
| Creators | Cromwell, Robert J. |
| Contributors | Brauner, David |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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