-July 17 - 18, 2010 WAS Summer Meeting at Ft. Laramie, Wy.
- July 31, 2010: Dubois Wyoming- David Hurst Thomas, author and current curator of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, will talk about a Central Nevada Native American high altitude residential site in an evening lecture in Dubois on July 31.
The Dubois Museum-sponsored talk, "Thoughts on Alta Toquima", will be held at 7 p.m. in the Dennison Lodge in the Dubois Museum complex.
The Alta Toquima site, located at 11,000 feet on Mt. Jefferson in central Nevada, is almost identical to the "High Rise Village" site in the Wind River Mountains near Dubois. That site is also located above 11,000 feet.
Thomas and Wyoming archaeologist Richard Adams, who discovered the High Rise Village site in 2006, have compared notes and concluded both residential sites were constructed by Shoshone Indians about 1,500 years ago.
Only a few high-altitude village sites were previously thought to exist, but archaeologists now believe they were part of a common survival strategy for the Shoshone Indians.
Despite the 500 miles that separate Altima Toquima and the High Rise Village site, dwellings at the sites appear to have been similar in construction. Stone tools and weapons found at the site are also similar.
Thomas, a specialist in Native American archaeology, holds four degrees from the University of California, Davis, including a Ph.D. He also earned a Doctor of Science Degree from The University of the South. He has taught at Columbia University, New York University, University of California, Davis, University of Florida, University of Nevada and the City College of New York. He has lectured in more than forty countries.
Thomas has written 30 books, edited 90 additional volumes, and written more than one-hundred scientific papers. His most recent book is the award-winning Skull Wars: Kennewick Man, Archaeology, and the Battle for Native American Identity.
For more information about the Thomas talk or other Dubois Museum programs, please call 307-455-2284. To learn more about what Wind River Country has to offer, or to request a vacation packet, please visit us at http://www.wind-river.org call 800-645-6233 and fan us on Facebook at Wyoming's Wind River Country and follow us on Twitter under WindRiverWY.
-September 16-18 The Fall WAPA meeting will be held in Kemmerer at the Best Western Fossil Country Inn on the afternoon of September 17, 2010. A block of rooms has been reserved for September 16-18 in order to accommodate a potential field trip to a Ruby Pipeline site excavation on the morning of September 17, before the meeting, and to allow folks to stay over on Saturday night, September 18, after our inventory of the Bridger Antelope Trap. Rooms are $92.00/night for standard rates and $70.00/night for government rates, and continental breakfast is included with the room charge. You may call the Best Western Fossil Country Inn at 307-877-3388 to make your reservations.
You are advised to make reservations early because the motel gets booked up with energy industry business, which may include Ruby Pipeline crews at the time of the meeting.
More information will be provided about specific plans for the meeting & field trips, and other accommodations in Kemmerer as the meeting time approaches.
-October 6-9, 2010 The 68th Annual Plains Anthropological Conference will be held in Bismarck, North Dakota at the Radisson Hotel. Click here for more information.
-April 2011, Spring WAS/WAPA Meeting in Sheridan, Wy. More info to come.
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