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Montana Archaeological Month Events

Images from 2009 Events! Click on the images for full size.

 

 

    

    

 

Here are some images from the 2009 Montana Archaeology Month. They are from the Miles City BLM Field Office where Atlatl and Flintknapping events occurred. Images are of
participants practicing throwing darts using replica atlatls, Doug Melton shows a little guy how to hold the atlatl, Doug Melton discusses the MCFO teaching collection with visitors (the collection includes several replica projectile points and examples of materials found in the area), Robert Mitchell of the Montana Natural Resource Conservation Services demonstrating flintknapping techniques using an antler pressure flaker,
Doug Melton explains how to use the atlatl while Will Hubbell explains the history of atlatl use in Montana and the The Miles City Field Office Mammoth Herd.
 

Check out Field Trip images from 2009 in News & Photos

 

Montana Archaeological Society 2010 Annual Meeting

(Rumor has it that Red Lodge is the location)

 

 

Geoarchaeology Workshop by Bill Eckerle, Geoarchaeologist

 

Topics to be presented:

- Introduction to Geolarchaeology:  definitions, concepts, scope

- Introduction to Geological and Soils Processes

- GIS, Satellite and Aerial Imagery, and Remote Sensing

- Paleotopographic Reconstruction:  Site Specific

- Paleotopographic Reconstruction:  Regional-Alluvial

- Paleotopographic Reconstruction:  Regional-Aeolian

- Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction:  Site Specific

- A Paleoenvironmental Correlation Tool:  The Aaberg Graph

- Climate Modeling:  Macro-Physical Paleoclimate Modeling

- Site Formation:  Occupation Substrates

- Site Formation:  Assemblage Fabric Analysis

- Burial Modeling

- Resource Analysis:  Plants

- Resource Analysis:  Game Animals

 

 

Bill.Eckerle@WesternGeoArch.com

 

 

Montana Site Stewardship Program

Project Archaeology and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) formed a partnership to develop a Montana Site Stewardship Program. The program will promote public awareness of both pre-contact and historic cultural resources in Montana. The program will begin monitoring sites in the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (UMRBNM) lands. Over the next five years, the program will expand to additional lands throughout Montana. 

 

Program Goals

  • Prevent destruction of cultural resources due to the acts of nature, theft or vandalism.

  •  Preserve pre-contact and historic cultural resources for the purpose of conservation, scientific study, interpretation, and for their significance to American Indian people.

  •  Raise public awareness of the value of cultural resources through education and outreach.

  •  Support and encourage high standards of cultural resource investigation throughout the state.

  •  Promote stewardship of irreplaceable resources in perpetuity.

  •  Enhance communication, understanding, and collaboration among organizations, agencies, tribes, and individuals concerned with the protection of cultural resources.

 

What do Site Stewards do?

  • Site Stewards monitor archaeological sites in danger of vandalism or natural deterioration.

  •  Report any changes in a site to the professional archaeologist with jurisdiction over the site and working closely with Federal and State agency archaeologists.

  •  Use observations, field notes, drawings, and photography to record changes over time.

  • Community education and outreach concerning the Site Stewardship program and the importance of preserving archaeological sites.

 

To become a Montana Site Stewardship volunteer, you must fill out an application and attend a two-day training workshop. Volunteer training includes classroom instruction and fieldwork. To register for the upcoming workshop please contact Crystal Alegria at (406) 994-6925 or calegria@montana.edu . The program seeks volunteers with a strong interest in cultural resource conservation.

 

Upcoming Training:

Location:  Lewistown, MT

Date:        May 15-16, 2009

Time:        8:30am to 5:00pm each day

Contact:    Crystal Alegria at 406.994.6925 or calegria@montana.edu

 

 

Check out Field Trip images from 2008 in News & Photos

Check out MAS 2008 Article on Bear Gulch Project in News & Photos