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HISTORICAL PROCESS AND LANDSCAPES OF HOUSE OCCUPATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COLUMBIA PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST COAST
Dissertation

HISTORICAL PROCESS AND LANDSCAPES OF HOUSE OCCUPATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COLUMBIA PLATEAU AND NORTHWEST COAST

James William Brown
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
2024
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Abstract

Anarchy Columbia Plateau Household archaeology Northwest Coast Radiocarbon Dating Settlements
This dissertation is comprised of three manuscripts that are related by overarching themes and ideas. The primary themes of this dissertation are examining the historical processes of house occupations across landscapes. Each paper approaches the idea of historical process differently, but each one represents ideas that build upon and articulates with those in the other papers. The first two manuscripts focus on Columbia Plateau semi-subterranean houses. The first manuscript takes a more processualist approach in viewing the record of houses and conflict from a long-term perspective of climate change to establish a chronology of house occupation. The second of these papers then views this house chronology through an anarchic framework to understand the historical process of house occupation and the cycles of centralization and decentralization. The last manuscript is oriented in the San Juan Islands of the Salish Sea and analyzes the process of settlement placement in relation to other large sites that may have impacts upon nearby settlement as it pertains to culture and historical influences. These three manuscripts can be seen as drawing on different perspectives to ultimately build towards a more holistic understanding of the histories and processes that connect people to places.

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