Experiments to Measure the Effects of Timber Harvesting Equipment on Surface Lithic Scatters

The importance of cultural resource preservation cannot be overstated; however local economies are at least as important. Due to conservative archaeological site protection practices in Region 5 of the United States Forest Service, the economy of Northeastern California is being adversely affected. In an attempt to help the Forest Service make more informed management decisions and improve the Northeastern California economy, I undertook experiments on the effects of timber harvesting on lithic scatters on Modoc National Forest. The experiments involved placement of 225 glass tiles (proxy lithics) in each of three plots subject to vehicle traffic and log dragging by steel-tracked and rubber-wheeled equipment. After the harvest, there was almost no tile breakage (0.15%), and scratch damage was slight (2/3 of tiles had

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Resource Management

Year dc:date.available

2013

Author dc:creator

• Baughman, Douglas J.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Patrick M. Lubinski
• Steven Hackenberger
• Gerald Gates

• logging
• lithics
• timber
• scatters
• equipment
• surface
• Agribusiness
• Agricultural Science
• Archaeological Anthropology
• Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis
• Engineering Mechanics
• Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment
• Environmental Law
• Environmental Monitoring
• Environmental Studies
• Forest Management
• Historic Preservation and Conservation
• Mining Engineering
• Natural Resource Economics
• Natural Resources Management and Policy
• Operational Research
• Other Anthropology
• Other Forestry and Forest Sciences
• Risk Analysis
• Social and Cultural Anthropology

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/318

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.cwu.edu:etd-1314