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MONTANA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
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MONTANA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
April 18, 19, and 20, 2008
Billings, Montana
This year commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Montana Archaeological Society. The meeting will be held on April 18, 19, and 20. Please join us for a fun-filled weekend of archaeology and history!
Conference Headquarters: As in the early days of the society, we will once again be meeting at the Elks Lodge in Billings, Montana, located at 934 Lewis Ave. For those not familiar with the city, we have provided a map showing key conference locations.
Motels: There are numerous places to stay in Billings. If you need help finding a location, contact Jackie Ferry at 406-252-7945 or jferry@ethnoscience.com.
Registration: The registration and information table will be located in the lobby of the Elks Lodge from 8:30 to 10:30 and from 1:30 to 4:30 on Friday, April 18. On Saturday, the registration table will be open from 8:30 to 1:00. Download the Meeting Registration Form Here!
Fees: The meeting registration fee is $30.00. The banquet fee is $25.00.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
8:30-10:30 Committee Meetings, Elks Lodge
10:30-12:30 Board of Directors Meeting, Elks Lodge
1:00-4:00 Technology Workshop, College of Technology, Room A034
1:15-5:00 Conference Registration, Elks Lodge
7:00-9:00 MAS Social and Auction, Elks Lodge
Saturday, April 19, Elks Lodge
9:00-12:00 Conference Registration
9:00-11:40 Presentations
11:40-1:20 Lunch Break (on your own)
1:20-4:00 Presentations
4:00-5:00 Business Meeting and Election of Officers
6:00-8:00 Banquet
8:00-9:00 Banquet Keynote Address
Sunday, April 20
8:30-12:30 Field trip to Castle Butte, meet at the BLM Office, 5001 Southgate Drive
FRIDAY, APRIL 18
Committee Meetings, Elks Lodge: The Education Committee, Scholarship Selection, and Conservation Committee meetings will be held from 8:30 to 10:30 at the Elks Lodge. The early meeting times are designed to provide committee members an opportunity to participate in the afternoon Technology Workshop.
We are looking for small projects designed to bring professionals and avocational archaeologists together in a meaningful way. Proposals between 1-2 pages long should be sent to mitzi.rossillon@gmail.com or call Mitzi at 406-782-0494.
Board Meeting, Elks Lodge: The board meeting will be held from 10:30 to 12:30 at the Elks Lodge. Please remember to bring your 3-ring binders.
Technology Workshop, College of Technology: The Montana Archaeological Society and the College of Technology will co-host a Technology Workshop. The meeting will be held in Room A034 at MSU-Billings College of Technology, located at 3803 Central Ave. It is open to all archaeologists, educators, and interested persons. The workshop will explore:
· Image Stitching (create panoramas by joining images together)
· Multimedia Editing (editing techniques using Windows Movie Maker and Adobe Premier)
· Basic 3D Construction using SketchUp (create 3D building images)
· Geolocating using SketchUp and Google Earth (placing 3D building on Google Earth)
· Desktop Virtual Reality (create you own virtual environment)
The workshop will examine these techniques and their application to cultural and historic preservation. All participants will be provided a DVD of software and support material. There are currently fifteen computers available so register early.
MAS Social and Auction, Elks Lodge: As always, the meeting will include a Friday night registration social and auction. The auction is an important fundraiser for MAS and lots of fun. The money we raise supports journal publication, committee work, scholarships, and other worthy endeavors.
We depend on lots of items to fund many of our activities. Items donated in the past include books, posters, photographs, crafts, homemade brew, artifact reproductions, etc. So bring your items to the auction room by 6:30 and help make our 50th meeting a success!
SATURDAY, APRIL 19
Meeting Papers (Elks Lodge): The meeting features a full day of presentations on Saturday, April 19, from 8:30 to 4:00 at the Elks Lodge. Papers will be 20 minutes in length and cover a wide range of topics about Montana archaeology.
Abstracts will be accepted until April 4, 2008. Students are strongly encouraged to give papers. People interested in presenting a paper at the meeting should send a topic, abstract, and short presenter biography to: Becky Kallevig, 406 10th Ave SW, Sidney, Montana 59270, or e-mail your abstract to bkallevig@sidneyps.com or homested@midrivers.com
Banquet and Speaker (Elks Lodge): An evening banquet will be held on Saturday, April 19, from 7:00 to 8:30 at the Elks Lodge. The cost of the meal is $25.00. There will be a no-host cocktail from 6:30 to 8:30. Following the banquet will be our keynote address, given by Craig Lee. A native of Bozeman, Montana, he recently obtained his PhD from the University of Colorado-Boulder. His topic will address recent finds in alpine archaeology.
As a result of global warming, unique archeological sites and paleontological specimens are being discovered in association with melting snow and ice features around the world, including in the Rocky Mountains. Research sponsored by the University of Colorado, USDA Forest Service, and the Buffalo Bill Museum in Cody, Wyoming is producing unprecedented insight into prehistoric hunter-gatherer adaptations in high elevation (tree line and above) environments through the recovery and analysis of rare organic artifacts, including atlatl darts and foreshafts. Once exposed, these incredibly fragile and rare artifacts quickly rot and/or are in danger of theft. The presentation will describe the development of the field of “ice patch archeology,” present new discoveries and outline a strategy for the future protection and study of these resources.
SUNDAY, APRIL 20
Field Trip: A field trip is scheduled for Sunday morning, April 20 from 8:30 to 12:30. We will meet at the BLM office at 5001 Southgate Drive. From there we will travel to Castle Butte, located approximately 40 miles east of Billings. The place was chosen because of its relatively easy access by car. Ethnoscience will provide space for six people if you do not have access to a vehicle or wish to carpool.
Castle Butte is one of the premier rock art sites of the Northwestern Plains. Information from the site has been used by a number of prominent rock art investigators in constructing and debating an understanding of the sequence of regional rock art styles in use on the Northwestern Plains and elsewhere on the High Plains from Alberta to Texas, particularly for the early historic period. The quality, quantity, and concentration of rock art, as well as the potential for relative and absolute dating, make this site more than locally significant.
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS OF THE
MONTANA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
2008 Annual Meeting of the
Montana Archaeological Society
April 18-20, 2008
Billings, Montana
Notice is hereby given of the annual meeting of the members of the Montana Archaeological Society, a Montana non-profit corporation, which will be held at the Elks Lodge, Billings, Montana at 4:00 pm on Saturday, April 19, 2008 for the purposes of electing four directors to serve three year terms and other such business as may properly be brought before the membership.
The regular annual meeting of the Board of Directors will be held immediately following this meeting at the same site.
3/4/2008
Lynelle Peterson Date