Friday, April 18 - 1:00-4:00

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.  Contact Tim Urbaniak (email) or by phone at 406-247-3050 to register.

Montana Archaeology Education Initiative

This program will create a centralized location for archaeology education and outreach in Montana. The goals of the program are to:

1. Protect cultural resources in Montana by implementing a statewide archaeology education program.
2. Professionalize archaeology education in Montana.
3. Bring together existing educational tools (curriculums, trunks, lesson plans, and archaeology events) for wider distribution to a larger audience.           

2007  SCHOLARSHIP  OPPORTUNITY

DEADLINE: March 15, 2007

The Society is seeking to recognize a class paper in anthropology, archaeology, or a related field (e.g., American Indian, paleoclimate studies) that exhibits

·        Evidence of sufficient scientific or humanistic research,

·        Ability to organize and construct a written argument supported by the research; and

·        Ability to write in a grammatically correct and acceptable manner with stylistically appropriate references if they are used in the paper.

All applicants must have achieved sophomore status and have a grade point average of ≥3.25.

Scholarship applicants must submit the following items.

·        Their paper in hard copy,

·        An official transcript documenting their grade point average and class standing,

·        A one-page statement of interest and goals in anthropology, archaeology or related field, and

·        Two sealed letters of recommendation from individuals knowledgeable of the student’s academic training and goals.

Send applications by March 15, 2007, to Dr. Ruthann Knudson, MAS Scholarship Committee, 3021 4^th Ave. S., Great Fall, MT 59405. The award will be announced at the Society’s annual meeting in Dillon on April 20^th. Award funds will be deposited with the financial office of the winning student’s academic institution. For additional information please contact: 

2005 Scholarship Awarded

Monica Cooper, a junior in the archaeology program at Montana State University, was awarded the 2005 Montana Archaeological Society Scholarship. Cooper received the $1,000 scholarship in part based on her research diagnosing certain bone surface modifications on bones recovered from the Powers-Yonkee site in southeastern Montana. her findings were presented at the Undergraduate Scholars Conference. Cooper has also analyzed bison bones recovered from the Sparrowhawk site on the Marias River.

Montana's Heritage: Bringing Archaeology Into The Classroom

Education Curriculum Workshop

April 21, 2006

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Red Lion Hotel, Butte, Montana

The Montana Archaeological Society and the Forest Service is very pleased to co-host a one-day workshop in Butte to instruct teachers, archaeologists and interested persons in the use of the Montana's Heritage curriculum and other resources for teaching historical archaeology in Montana schools.

Montana's Heritage: Bringing Archaeology Into The Classroom describes archaeology activities arranged as curriculum that any teacher can easily apply in the classroom. The lessons are arranged in order of increasing complexity representing activities targeted at a specific grade level, however many of the lessons can be used at multiple grade levels. The lessons range from those that take less than one hour to some that may take several hours to complete. A sequence of lessons may be used together as a unit on archaeology, or individually to accompany several of the exercises. Of the 22 lessons, 14 have supplemental teaching trunks providing hand's on learning. Most of the items in the teaching trunks can be reproduced by teachers without direct access to the trunks.

For further information contact:

Rebecca S. Timmons

Kootenai National Forest

1101 U.S. Highway 2 West

Libby, MT 59923

email: btimmons@fs.fed.us