Wonderlust: A Clovis Burial in Park County, MT

Wonderlust at the Belgrade Library is free and open to the public thanks to sponsorship by First Interstate Bank. Visit montana.edu/wonderlust to register. The term “Clovis,” derived from a site finding near Clovis, NM, is used by archaeologists to define one of the New World’s late Ice-Age hunter-gatherers groups. In 1961, while hunting marmots along Flathead Creek near Wilsall, Bill Roy Bray found a stone tool known as a biface and some small infant bones covered with red ocher. In 1968, while removing talus from the same area, two men found the partial remains of a 1- to 2-year-old male child associated with 115 red ochre-covered stone and faunal artifacts of the Clovis type. Stories surrounding these discoveries—and the twists that followed—are the focus of archaeologist Larry Lahren’s presentation. Dr. Lahren is a Park County native who has been conducting archaeological research in Montana since 1966. He has Bachelor and Master’s degrees from Montana State (College) University and a Ph.D in North American Archaeology from the University of Calgary. He has taught at Montana State College, Mount Royal College, the University of Calgary and Eastern Montana College. Since 1971 he has been operating Anthro Research Inc., a private consulting firm. His book Homeland: An Archaeologist’s View of Yellowstone Country’s Past was published in 2006. In 2013 he received the Governor’s Award for the Humanities.

Cost: FREE

Age: Adults

Time(s)

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Thu. Sep. 6, 2018   6-7:30pm


Location
Belgrade Community Library
106 N Broadway
Belgrade, MT 59714
(406) 388-4346
belgradelibrary.org