@article {26966,
	title = {Ecological Baselines for Oregon{\textquoteright}s Coast: a Report for Agencies That Manage Oregon{\textquoteright}s Coastal Habitats for Ecological and Economic Sustainability, and for All Who Are Interested in the Welfare of Wildlife That Inhabit Our Coast and Its Estuaries},
	year = {2012},
	note = {"We begin this report with a chapter reviewing archaeological, ethnographic, and historic materials to provide a picture of Oregon{\textquoteright}s coastal resources before 1750. Subsequent chapters consider salmon, sea otters, and sub-tidal sea urchins." (p.7)},
	pages = {79 p.},
	institution = {Oregon State University},
	address = {Corvallis, Or.},
	keywords = {archeology, Coquille River estuary, ecosystem health, general ecosystem description, historical, marsh restoration, Pacific salmonids = Oncorhynchus species, purple sea urchin = Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, red sea urchin = Strongylocentrotus franciscanus, Salmon River Estuary, Sea otter = Enhydra lutris},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/defaults/6d56zx411},
	author = {Hall, Roberta L. and Ebert, Thomas A. and Gilden, Jennifer S. and Hatch, David R. and Mrakovcich, Karina Lorenz and Smith, Courtland L.}
}
@inbook {13526,
	title = {Lower Columbia and Oregon coast},
	booktitle = {Oregon Archaeology},
	year = {2011},
	note = {A contemporary overview of the archeology of the Oregon Coast, explaining the unique problems archeologists face associated with earthquakes, subsidence, tsunamis and sea level rise. Well illustrated.},
	pages = {p.210-283},
	publisher = {Oregon State University Press},
	organization = {Oregon State University Press},
	chapter = {Ch. 4},
	address = {Corvallis, Or.},
	keywords = {archeology, Bandon Sandspit, bob Creek, Boiler Bay, Cape Perpetua, Coos Bay, Coquille River, Graveyard Point, Half Moon Weir, K{\textquoteright}ama{\textquoteright}cdun, Necanicum River, Neptune, Netarts Sandspit, Palmrose, Par-Tee, Seal Rock, Siltcoos Lake, Siuslaw River, Spencer Bridge, Tahkenitch Lake, Umpqua River, Umpqua-Eden, Whale Cove, Yaquina Falls, Yaquina Head, Yaquina River}
}
@inbook {15471,
	title = {Geoarchaeological themes in a dynamic coastal environment, Lincoln and Lane Counties, Oregon},
	booktitle = {Volcanoes to Vineyards:  Geologic Field Trips Through the Dynamic Landscape of the Pacific Northwest},
	series = {Field Guide (Geological Society of America)},
	volume = {15},
	year = {2009},
	note = {"In many ways, the modern Oregon coastline bears little resemblence to that associated with prehistoric coastal peoples prior to 3000 years ago..." (from the abstract).  Examines how geological forces (earthquakes, sea level rise) have changed the landscape and obscured early peoples{\textquoteright} occupations of the area.  First stop on the tour is at the main HMSC parking lot, and the second stop is at Yaquina Head. Mentions Siletz, Yaquina, Alsea, Yachats and Siuslaw paleorivers.},
	pages = {p.331-348},
	publisher = {Geological Society of America},
	organization = {Geological Society of America},
	address = {Boulder, Colo.},
	keywords = {archeology, Florence dune sheet, Neptune State Park, Oregon State University Hatfield Marine Science Center, subsidence, tsunamis, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina Head},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1130/2009.fld015(16)},
	url = {https://tinyurl.com/yxre8xh2},
	author = {Davis, Loren G. and Jenevein, Steven A. and Punke, Michele L. and Noller, Jay S. and Jones, Julia A. and Willis, Samuel C.},
	editor = {O{\textquoteright}Connor, Jim E. and Dorsey, Rebecca J. and Madin, Ian (eds.)}
}
@article {26421,
	title = {Estimating the size of historical Oregon salmon runs},
	journal = {Reviews in Fisheries Science},
	volume = {13},
	number = {1},
	year = {2006},
	note = {"Compared to our estimates of mid-1800s coho salmon levels, early 2000 runs (during favorable ocean conditions), were 11-19\% of the historical level. During poor ocean conditions (1990s), current coho salmon runs were 3-6\% of the historical size." (from the Abstract)},
	pages = {p.51-66},
	keywords = {abundance, Alsea River, archeology, commercial fisheries - salmon, Coos Bay, Coquille River, dams, depleted populations, hatchery salmonids, historical, industrial development, logging, mining, Nehalem River, Nestucca River, population biology, Rogue River, Siletz River, Siuslaw River, statistical analyses, Umpqua River, wild salmonids, Wilson River, Yaquina River},
	doi = {10.1080/10641260590921509},
	author = {Meengs, Chad C. and Lackey, Robert T.}
}
@mastersthesis {15596,
	title = {A Historical Reconstruction and Land Use History of Six Tidal Wetlands in Oregon},
	year = {2005},
	note = {This is a report in lieu of a thesis for a Capstone Project.  "This Master{\textquoteright}s Degree project is intended to document historical ecological conditions and land use histories during the past 150 years for selected Oregon watersheds and tidal wetland sites. The sites are the subject of current research into the ability of tidal wetlands to provide rearing habitat and prey for juvenile salmonids." Maps, aerial photographs, photographs.  The author studied two wetland sites per estuary:  one close to the ocean entrance, and one upstream. A good resource for historical research on estuary use.},
	pages = {168 p.},
	school = {Oregon State University},
	type = {Capstone Report},
	edition = {M.S.},
	chapter = {College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Marine Resource Management},
	address = {Corvallis, Or.},
	keywords = {agriculture, Alsea River, archeology, dams, ecological succession, general ecosystem description, historical, human impacts, industrial development, land use, logging, Siuslaw River, theses, wetland delineation, wetland restoration, Yaquina River},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_projects/vh53x113r},
	author = {Hennessey, Jennifer Taylor}
}
@mastersthesis {15676,
	title = {The Great Fires:  Indian Burning and Catastrophic Forest Fire Patterns of the Oregon Coast Range, 1491-1951},
	year = {2003},
	note = {Gives history of fires in the Coast Range, from 16th century to 1951; details native American burning patterns and catastrophic fires. Maps, some colored, some photographs. Shows native American and pioneer trails. Exhaustive coverage of the topic; a definitive work. Extensive coverage of the Yaquina Fire of 1849, extending from the South Fork of the Siletz River to the mouth of the Siuslaw River. Includes account of Alsea (Alsi) Indian who survived the Yaquina Fire. Major professor was Kurt M. Peters..  },
	pages = {451 p.},
	school = {Oregon State University},
	type = {Doctoral Dissertation},
	edition = {Ph.D.},
	chapter = {Environmental Sciences},
	address = {Corvallis, Or.},
	keywords = {anthropology, archeology, ecology, forest fires, habitat, history, land use, Native Americans, theses},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/0p096972r},
	author = {Zybach, Bob}
}
@mastersthesis {15701,
	title = {Brush Fences and Basket Traps:  the Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Tidewater Weir Fishing on the Oregon Coast},
	year = {2002},
	note = {Focuses on Coquille River and Yaquina Bay sites. Chapter 3 gives an extensive and valuable description of fishing sites and methods used by the Alsea people, but a 1995 motorboat survey of the Alsea River did not reveal any identifiable remains of fishing weirs. "It appears that slough channels in Alsea Bay have been greatly altered by infilling, road construction, diking and draining, and the flooding of a large slough for a lake. Given the numerous historic accounts of weir fishing in this estuary (Chapter 3), historic landscape alterations may best explain the lack of exposed sites." (p.202-203)},
	pages = {359 p.},
	school = {University of Oregon},
	type = {Doctoral Dissertation},
	edition = {Ph. D.},
	chapter = {Dept. of Anthropology},
	address = {Eugene, Or.},
	keywords = {archeology, indigenous peoples, theses, weirs},
	url = {https://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004\&context=byram},
	author = {Byram, Robert Scott}
}
@mastersthesis {15861,
	title = {Kinship, Environment and the Forest Service:   Homesteading in Oregon{\textquoteright}s Coast Range},
	year = {1998},
	note = {Examines the "settlement history of a remote area in the Coast Range of Oregon, from the 1870s to the 1930s."  The "remote area" covers parts of both the Alsea and Yaquina watersheds.Takes a look at all 89 homestead claimants from Township 12 South, Range 9 West, Willamette Meridian. Who succeeded? Who didn{\textquoteright}t? What made a successful homesteader? Two homesteads are examined in depth. Maps, photographs, oral histories, much source material.  Major professor was David Brauner.},
	pages = {273 p.},
	school = {Oregon State University},
	type = {Masters of Art in Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis},
	edition = {M.A.I.S.},
	chapter = {Anthropology, Historic Preservation and Forest Resources},
	address = {Corvallis, Or.},
	keywords = {agriculture, Alsea River Basin, archeology, Bull Creek, Cape Horn Creek, Drift Creek, Elk Creek, Gopher Creek, Grant Creek, historical, human impacts, logging, Nettle Creek, Savage Creek, theses, Yaquina River Basin},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/st74cw549},
	author = {Prior, Jan M.}
}
@article {76391,
	title = {Bibliography of the Siuslaw and Kuitsh Indians:  The Native Americans of the Siuslaw and Lower Umpqua Valleys, Central Oregon Coast},
	year = {1997},
	note = {This bibliography on the Siuslaw and Lower Umpqua Native Americans is a good place to start when studying these peoples.},
	keywords = {anthropology, archeology, bibliography, cultural, historical, Lower Umpqua River, Native Americans, Siuslaw River, Umpqua River},
	url = {https://waikowhai2.wordpress.com/siuslaw-and-kuitsh-indians/},
	author = {Macnaughtan, Don}
}
@inbook {16161,
	title = {Alseans},
	booktitle = {Northwest Coast},
	series = {Handbook of North American Indians},
	volume = {7},
	year = {1990},
	note = {General overview of what was known about the Alsean people in the late 1980s. Brief treatment of Native American history and culture. "...the Alseans being the southernmost people to have set their dead above the ground, in canoes or charnel houses." (p.568)},
	pages = {p.568-571},
	publisher = {Smithsonian Institution},
	organization = {Smithsonian Institution},
	address = {Washington, D.C.},
	keywords = {Alsea Bay, anthropology, archeology, Beaver Creek, geographic distribution, history, paleosciences, Yachats River, Yaquina Bay},
	author = {Zenk, Henry B.},
	editor = {Suttles, Wayne}
}
@mastersthesis {49746,
	title = {Aboriginal Fishing at Seal Rock (35-LC-14) and Neptune (35-LA-3) : Late-Prehistoric Archaeological Sites on the Central Oregon Coast},
	year = {1982},
	note = {What did ancient Oregonians eat?  This thesis looks at fish remains at two sites {\textendash} Seal Rock and Neptune.  Mostly about ocean fish, but there are references to the estuaries here.  MAIS thesis (Anthropology and Zoology). Major professor was Richard E. Ross.},
	pages = {112 p.},
	school = {Oregon State University},
	type = {Masters Thesis},
	edition = {M.A.I.S.},
	chapter = {Interdisciplinary Studies:  Dept. of Anthropology, Dept. of Zoology},
	address = {Corvallis, Or.},
	keywords = {Alsea Bay, anthropology, archeology, Beaver Creek, fishes, historical, kitchen middens, nutrition, theses, Yachats River, Yaquina Bay},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/v118rj73r},
	author = {Zontek, Terry}
}
@article {16496,
	title = {Cultural resource overview of the Siuslaw National Forest, western Oregon. Volume 1},
	volume = {no.7[1]},
	year = {1982},
	note = {Excellent overview of the region{\textquoteright}s physical and cultural resources. A rich resource for early uses of the estuary. A final report submitted to the Siuslaw National Forest.},
	keywords = {archeology, ecology, historical},
	author = {Beckham, Stephen Dow and Toepel, Kathryn Anne and Minor, Rick}
}
@mastersthesis {16576,
	title = {Shell and Archaeology:  an Analysis of Shellfish Procurement and Utilization on the Central Oregon Coast},
	year = {1981},
	note = {The archeological site in Neptune State Park was used by the Alsea people. This thesis contains a discussion of Alsea use of shellfish, and mentions some shellfish that probably came from Alsea Bay. It contains a good review of West Coast research on shellfish use by Native Americans. Lists types of snails and their environmental requirements.Includes b+w photographs of artifacts.  The major professor for this Masters in Interdisciplinary Studies (Anthropology, History, General Science) was Richard E. Ross.},
	pages = {122 p.},
	school = {Oregon State University},
	type = {Masters Thesis},
	edition = {M.A.I.S.},
	chapter = {Dept. of Anthropology, Dept. of History, Dept. of General Science},
	address = {Corvallis, Or.},
	keywords = {Alsea Bay, aquatic invertebrates, archeology, bivalves, crustaceans, gastropods, molluscs, Native Americans, Neptune State Park, species list},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/vx021g99q},
	author = {Barner, Debra C. (Debra Carol)}
}
@article {16601,
	title = {Cultural resource overview of BLM lands in northwestern Oregon : archaeology, ethnography, history},
	volume = {no.20},
	year = {1980},
	note = {Good resource on prehistoric and historic culture of the region. Yaquina and Alsea peoples are grouped together (p.65-71), with more emphasis on the Alsea. "PDF available. Email jei@uoregon.edu for access."},
	pages = {198 p.},
	institution = {University of Oregon. Dept. of Anthropology},
	address = {Eugene, Or.},
	keywords = {Alsea River, anthropology, archeology, historical, Native Americans, Salmon River, Tillamook Bay, Yaquina River},
	author = {Minor, Rick and Beckham, Stephen Dow and Lancefield-Steeves, Phyllis E. and Toepel, Kathryn Anne},
	editor = {Aikens, C. Melvin}
}
@mastersthesis {16751,
	title = {An Osteo-Archaeological Investigation of Pinniped Remains at Seal Rock, Oregon (35 LNC 14)},
	year = {1978},
	note = {"Contrary to ethnographic literature, the Alsea did possess the technology and the will to hunt pinnipeds...  Adult male Stellar sea lions were hunted to a much greater degree than any other sex or age class of any of the species represented..." (p.82-83)  Most artifiacts found were parts of harpoon heads.  Includes bw photographs of marine mammal bones. Richard E. Ross was major professor.},
	pages = {96 p.},
	school = {Oregon State University},
	type = {Masters Thesis},
	edition = {M.A.I.S.},
	chapter = {Interdisciplinary Studies:  Anthropology, History, Zoology},
	address = {Corvallis, Or.},
	keywords = {Alsea Bay, archeology, California sea lion = Zalophus californianus, Harbor seal = Phoca vitulina, marine mammals, Native Americans, Northern fur seal = Callorhinus ursinus, paleosciences, pinnipeds, Seal Rock, Steller sea lion = Eumetopias jubata},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/tx31qp13z},
	author = {Snyder, Sandra L.}
}
@article {29541,
	title = {Historical \& Archaeological Site Inventory},
	year = {1973},
	note = {"Preliminary Report - For Review Only." "This document is an initial inventory of major historical and archaeological sites along the Oregon Coast prepared for OCC\&DC by Stephen Dow Beckham, Associate Professor of History at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon. The report is a discussion draft and is being distributed to various individuals, groups and organizations for review and comment." },
	month = {March_1973},
	pages = {72 p.},
	institution = {Oregon Coastal Conservation \& Development Commission},
	address = {Florence, Or.},
	keywords = {archeology, general, historical, Yaquina Bay Lighthouse},
	url = {https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CZIC-f876-h57-1973/html/CZIC-f876-h57-1973.htm},
	author = {Ternyik, Wilbur E. and Oregon. Coastal Conservation and Development Commission,}
}
