2026 Annual Meeting
April 10-12, 2026
Holiday Inn Downtown, Missoula, MT
The Montana Archaeological Society (MAS) will be holding the next annual meeting in Missoula. Missoula offers a great central location, with many amenities.
This year’s meeting will begin Friday with a site tour, Education workshop, Board and Committee meetings, and an evening social hour with posters and fundraising auction. Saturday will be filled with interesting papers and an evening banquet with a guest speaker. There will be additional offerings throughout the weekend, and a more detailed schedule is forthcoming. All meetings and presentations will be held at the Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Oral presentations: Oral presentations (20 minutes maximum) are invited on all aspects of Montana archaeology. Please submit less than 200-word abstracts in MS Word format to jlarmon@hrassoc.com. Please include paper title, author(s) name(s) and affiliation(s), author(s) mailing address, email address and telephone number, and designation as an oral presentation. Abstracts will be accepted through Monday, March 2, 2026.
Authors who have had articles published in Archaeology in Montana are encouraged to present their research. Presenters are also encouraged to submit their research as an article to Archaeology in Montana. Remember to renew your membership or become a member when submitting your abstract and registration.
Poster Presentations: Poster presentations will also be accepted this year. While authors will not be expected to give formal presentations, they should be present and available to discuss their work when presented on Friday evening. Anyone wanting to do a poster presentation should contact Jeannie Larmon at jlarmon@hrassoc.com
ATTENTION STUDENTS:
MAS will offer two $275 stipends to students who personally present a paper and two $225 stipends for poster presentations. Student co-authors do not receive a stipend. Only one student stipend per presented paper or poster. Student presenters who receive a stipend will also receive a Saturday evening banquet ticket. You must be an MAS member with active registration to apply. If you are a student and interested in presenting a paper, please download a student reimbursement form from the MAS website (https://www.mtarchaeologicalsociety.org/
ROCK ART SITE RECORDING WORKSHOP
The Montana Archaeological Society (MAS), in collaboration with Sacred Sites Research (SSR), will sponsor a hands-on workshop on rock art site recording at the upcoming MAS annual meeting in Missoula on April 10, 2026. Participants will be guided through the ten steps for recording a pictograph or petroglyph site. The workshop includes three hours of illustrated classroom lectures, followed by two hours of practical field instruction at a rock art site east of Missoula. (MORE INFORMATION HERE!)
UNSEEN MISSOULA TOUR
While most in Missoula are familiar with the name Mary Gleim or the brief history of Front Street, many of the district’s stories remain untold including Gleim’s and her businesses. Since its existence along the historic Mullan Road, Front Street has been dubbed with the title of Missoula’s ‘red light district’ implicating that district remained a place of vice, sin, and corruption influenced by the radical reformist religious movements of the late 19th century. However, violence and addiction found throughout the entirety of the American West remain only a sliver of the true story. Please sign up for the tour when you register.
(MORE INFORMATION HERE!)
HOTEL INFORMATION
The host facility is the Holiday Inn Downtown, Missoula, Montana (200 S Pattee St, 406-721-8550)
As the conference hotel, the Holiday Inn has reserved a block of rooms at the conference rate ($151 per night). The cutoff date for booking a room at the conference rate is March 10, 2026. Book early to ensure the widest room selection.
Online Reservations Booking Link:
Simply click on the booking link below and book your stay.
Reservations via phone:
You may also contact the front desk 24/7 at 406-721-8550 to make a reservation or ask questions. If you call, please let the front desk please have the following information available to provide the agent on the phone.
Group Name: MAS 2026 Conference Group Booking Code: MAS
MEETING REGISTRATION
Meeting registration is $45 for members, $50 for non-members, and $10 for students.
The Banquet will be on Saturday evening and banquet tickets are $40-45, per person (based on meal choice). Please indicate your dinner choice (Roasted Vegetable & Creamy Polenta, Bison Meatloaf, Salmon, or Chicken) along with your registration. Dinner registrations must be received by March 18, 2026.
Register on-line at: https://mtarchaeologicalsociety.org/mas-2023-meeting-registration/ Online registration offers an option to pay via PayPal or mailing a check to P.O. Box 4522, Missoula, 59806.
If you have any questions please feel free to send a note to jlarmon@hrassoc.com Jeannie Larmon, MAS President
FOR UP-TO-DATE MEETING AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION VISIT:
https://www.mtarchaeologicalsociety.org
FIND MAS on FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAM (@mt_archaeological_society)!
See you in April!!
Jeannie Larmon
MAS President