| Title | Finding Submerged Sites: An Exploration of Shoreline and Environmental Change in Oregon’s Yaquina River Basin using GIS Predictive Modeling |
| Publication Type | Thesis |
| Year of Publication | 2018 |
| Authors | Nuss, Kathryn F. |
| Academic Department | School of Language, Culture, and Society. Applied Anthropology |
| Degree | M.S. |
| Pagination | 69 p. |
| University | Oregon State University |
| City | Corvallis, Or. |
| Type of Work | Masters Thesis |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | anthropology, archeology, geography, mathematical modeling, paleosciences, sea level, Shoreline, Yaquina River Basin |
| Notes | Where is the evidence of early human occupation of coastal Oregon? Much of it is believed to be underwater, drowned as sea levels have risen. In this Masters thesis, the author used GIS shoreline mapping and modeling to predict shoreline location at different times in the past 20,000 years. She found that the sea level was relatively constant from 20,000 to 11,000 years ago, but underwent a dramatic change from 10,000 to 8,000 years ago, as sea levels rose. Change has been more incremental in the last 8,000 years. “By increasing our understanding of this landscape through time, this study will aid in our ability to protect submerged archaeological materials that may be contained in these currently offshore areas” (from the Abstract). The thesis is accompanied by a dataset for finding submerged sites using GIS predictive modeling at: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/datasets/sn00b3861 . Colored maps. The major professor was Loren G. Davis. |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/5712mc48k |
