Site ORBE2 : an archaeological analysis of a construction disturbed site

Graduation date: 1997This thesis describes investigations of archaeological materials recovered from Site\ud ORBE2, an early-twentieth century historic site in Corvallis, OR. The archaeological\ud materials were found only after construction workers had excavated trenches underneath\ud the still-standing structure on the site in order to install a new foundation. Over 1500\ud artifacts were recovered from back-dirt piles which had been left surrounding the structure\ud from the construction worker's excavations. The analysis of the artifacts contributes to the\ud field of archaeology in four specific ways: 1) it performs an archaeological analysis on an\ud early-twentieth century Euro-American site, an era upon which few previous investigations\ud have been done. 2) it develops a history of the site, 3) it combines the results of the history\ud and the analysis of the archaeological data from functional and chronological perspectives,\ud determining possible past life-style information on these residents, and 4) it exhibits the\ud utility of performing an archaeological analysis on a site where the archaeological materials\ud were recovered from an urban renewal/construction zone, and has provenience limited to a\ud lot or site association