Rocky Mountain Anthropological Association

04/21/2026

Thanks to the , the Office of the Wyoming State Archaeologist is curating the Willow Springs Campsite! The Willow Springs collection includes a wide variety of artifacts from Paleoindian projectile points to historic buttons and ammunition. We wanted to showcase part of this awesome site by reviving the Artifact of the Week posts, so stay tuned for more fun artifacts from the Willow Springs site!

Kickstarting this series is a projectile point collected by William Mulloy in the early 1960s. OWSA considers this an Avonlea projectile point, one of multiple identifiable point types from the site associated with the Late Prehistoric Period. Avonlea are finely knapped arrow points first classified for several sites in southern Saskatchewan, and this example from Willow Springs is among the southernmost examples identified. What do you all think?

Supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, a program of the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources.

12/17/2025

Can't believe we are already wrapping up another great season of archaeology in the Rocky Mountains. It's been a busy year for the RMAA and we're excited to share our 2024-2025 annual report in the attached link

10/13/2025

Generous donations this year allowed us to support four students attendance. Thank you to the donors and the students.

10/13/2025

Good Monday morning! I just wanted to once again thank Adams State University, Chris Merriman, and Caroline Gabe for hosting the 17th Biennial Rocky Mountain Conference this past weekend. It was a great time, highlighted by Dr. William Taylor's presentation on his research into the domestication of the horse (https://www.williamttaylor.com/).

Great research was presented by the foremost Rocky Mountain researchers.

Thanks again to everyone who made this a very enjoyable conference.

The conference program is available athttps://rockymtnanthro.org/resources/Wyoming-Archaeological-Society-and-Rocky-Mountain-Anthropological-Association-2024-Meeting.pdf

09/26/2025

05/05/2025

2025 Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference
Adams State University
Alamosa, Colorado
October 9-12, 2025

04/25/2024

The Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference in a joint rendezvous with the Wyoming Archaeological Society program has been finalized! Check it out before the conference starts.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DcraMuJb9-Pup4yO4-AoAD9vRzqFttTd/view?pli=1
https://rockymtnanthro.org/

04/19/2024

Today is the last day to for early bird prices for the conference! If you have not signed up for the Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference in a joint rendezvous with the Wyoming Archaeological Society on May 2nd-5th, 2024 please do so at our website or online.
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We are now offering merchandise for the Rocky Mountain Anthropological Association. Your purchase will be used to provide student travel assistance for our May 2-5, 2024 conference in Laramie Wyoming, and free registration for students presenting at the conference. Visit: https://www.bonfire.com/sto...

We are now offering merchandise for the Rocky Mountain Anthropological Association. Your purchase will be used to provide student travel assistance for our May 2-5, 2024 conference in Laramie Wyoming, and free registration for students presenting at the conference. Visit: https://www.bonfire.com/sto...

04/17/2024

Calling All Creatives! We want you to submit your creative Rocky Mountain Anthropology inspired designs to our merchandise contest. Finalists will be displayed at RMAC, and voting will be held to choose our winning design(s). Winner(s) will have their designs featured on future RMAA merchandise and receive $100 cash prize. Our RMAA merchandise sales support our efforts to provide student travel assistance for our conferences. To participate: Please email your submissions to [email protected] . Submissions should be high-res vector (.png) files. We prefer single or two-color designs only. Share this contest with your artsy-archy friends!