Montana
Archaeological
Society
Organized in 1958, membership in the Montana Archaeological Society is open to both amateur and professional archaeologists.
Welcome Dr. Jeannie Larmon, New MAS President
Dr. Jeannie Larmon was elected as the new president of the Montana Archaeological Society at the 2025 annual meeting in Livingston.
Jeannie holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an M.A. in Anthropology from Washington State University, and a B.S. in Anthropology from Bates College. She grew up in New Hampshire, where she spent her free time running and skiing.
Jeannie conducted her doctoral research in Belize, investigating the ways in which water helped shape the Terminal Classic Maya (c. 800–950 CE) landscape at the site of Cara Blanca. With laboratory experience in palynology, isotope analysis, and micromorphological analysis, Jeannie enjoys integrating specialized methods with varying theoretical frameworks.
During graduate school, Jeannie worked for various cultural resources firms in Utah and Illinois. In 2018, while finishing her dissertation, she moved to Missoula, Montana and began working for Historical Research Associates, Inc. Since 2022, she has led HRA’s CRM operations for the Missoula office. In addition to her professional responsibilities, Jeannie is affiliate faculty with the University of Montana Department of Anthropology and serves on the Heritage Missoula Committee.
In her free time, Jeannie plays in a band, runs the trails, and floats the rivers. She has come to love everything that Montana offers and looks forward to advancing the MAS mission by engaging with the public and fellow MAS members to promote and discuss archaeology throughout Montana.
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MAS 2025 Keynote Address, Dr. Maria Nieves Zedeño: Billy Big Spring and the Blackfoot Early Origins Program
Dr. Maria Nieves Zedeño gave the keynote address at the 2025 meeting of the Montana Archaeological Society in Livingston, Montana on April 12. Her work with the Blackfoot Confederacy in collaboration with genomic researchers shows that “the genomics of sampled individuals from the Blackfoot Confederacy belong to a previously undescribed ancient lineage that diverged from other genomic lineages in the Americas in Late Pleistocene times.” During her talk, Dr. Zedeño described her work along with co-author Francois Lanoë in northern Montana at the Billy Big Spring site and the fascinating details of discovering evidence of the Blackfoot people in Montana and Canada during Pleistocene glacial times.
MAS 2025 Film Screening: The Life & Legend of John Colter
This film by geologist/filmmaker Daniel Smith was shown on day one of MAS 2025. Interpretive biologist and storyteller Ken Sinay who told the story in the film was available to discuss Colter’s legend and the sources including Lewis & Clark’s journals and other fur trapper journals from the early nineteenth century.
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Member Benefits
The new member benefit is here! Members now have access to all of the AIM Journals in PDF format from the first issue in 1958 to the most current published issue. An index of articles in each journal is also provided.
NOTE: Currently the AIM index works on a PC but not yet on a Mac! This is because of an an issue with Excel for Macintosh which is lacking some features needed to implement the interactive index. We are working on a solution.
Archaeology In Montana
Receive Archaeology In Montana, the biennial journal publication which is sponsored by the Montana Archaeological Society (MAS). Also, members now have access to PDFs of all published journals in the Member Area.
MAS Annual Meeting
Attend and vote at the annual MAS meeting, where you get updated on archaeological activities in Montana and adjacent areas.
Expand your horizons
Meet professional and amateur archaeologists who share your interest in archaeology.
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MAS Story
The Montana Archaeological Society (MAS) was founded in April, 1958 during the annual meeting of the Montana Academy of Sciences, held at Montana State University. The Bozeman campus was called Montana State College at that time. Francis L. Niven of Bozeman was elected the first president of the MAS and helped to promote the early ambitions of the group, namely the education and training of amateur archaeologists interested in working in the field. It was at the second meeting, held one year...
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