Saturday, September 9th
September is Wyoming Archaeology Awareness Month, so join us at the Washakie Museum for our Archaeology Symposium!
This FREE event is open to everyone and will even include lunch!
This FREE event is open to everyone and will even include lunch!
Speakers: 9am-2pm
PRESENTATIONS BY: Dr. Maddie Mackie & Dr. Bree Doering
40 Years Later: New Work on the Colby Mammoth Site Hillary Jones & Matt Bangeman Site Structure and Geoarchaeology: How We Know What We Think We Know Mike Bies An Overview of the Rock Art in the Wind River and Big Horn River Basins Richard Olsen Public Archaeology: Education and Opportunity |
Field Trip: 2pm-5pm
(MUST pre-register; open to the first 30 sign-ups) Come and listen to talks from archaeologists working in and around the Bighorn Basin and then, be sure to SIGN-UP for the FIELD TRIP to a private petroglyph site led by Mike Bies and BLM archaeologist Hillary Jones.
The field trip will be approximately 3 hours (2pm-5pm) and will require participants to be able to walk on uneven surfaces. Car-pooling will be necessary. The field trip will depart from, and return to, the museum parking lot. The field trip is free, but limited to 30 people and pre-registration is required. |