Bison Procurement - Monday March 5th

The next OAS talk will be Monday March 5, at 7PM at Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History

Bison Procurement: The Bison Jump Systems of the Northwestern Plains by K.C. Carlson, M.A.

People of the Northwestern Plains pioneered a set of communal bison hunting strategies that required inter-band cooperation, topographic understanding, and a sophisticated knowledge of animal behavior. A bison jump is a communal hunting method employed by prehistoric hunters that involves running the lead animals in a stampeding bison herd off a cliff. Through the use of GIS analysis the complex system of bison jumps and cairn marked drive lanes can be seen from a new perspective giving us insight into the realm of prehistoric bison hunters on the Northwestern Plains. 

Dr. Stephen Perkins - MONDAY February 6

Hello and Happy New Year!  A few announcements:
- The next Oklahoma Anthropological Society Cleveland County chapter meeting will be on MONDAY, February 6th, 7pm at SNOMNH.  We are moving our meetings to Mondays this semester because of a Tuesday conflict.  Dr. Stephen Perkins from OSU will be giving a talk, topic tba very soon.
- Simone Rowe is the new chapter president.  Simone is a doctoral candidate at OU studying bioarchaeology of the Woodland period in eastern Oklahoma.  Thank you Simone for taking the reigns!
- We are working on rescheduling George Sabo.

December meeting with George Sabo postponed

Due to sudden health issues in his family, Dr. George Sabo had to cancel his talk at the OAS Cleveland County chapter December meeting.  I am cancelling the meeting tonight, and will let you know when we've got Dr. Sabo rescheduled.

Eagle Video

Video footage of the Sia eagle at the November OAS Cleveland County chapter meeting!

And one more:

Dr. George Sabo - Rock Art

On Tuesday, December 6, the OAS Cleveland County chapter will host George Sabo III (Professor of Anthropology, University of Arkansas and Archeologist, Arkansas Archeological Survey).  Dr. Sabo will be giving a talk on Arkansas rock art, with emphasis on a unique distribution of images in the central Arkansas River Valley that provides intriguing insights into Southeastern Indian world views during the A.D. 900 - 1600 Mississippi period.  Come join us at 7pm at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History!  

For more info on George, visit

http://anth.uark.edu/people/faculty/sabo.php

Also, if you are interested in serving as an officer next year, get in touch with Elsbeth at efield@ou.edu.  

Lab Volunteer Days - Rose Hill Artifacts

The OAS is holding two laboratory volunteer days to wash artifacts from the Rose Hill site (an antebellum Choctaw plantation) on Friday, December 9 from 8 AM - 5 PM and Saturday, December 10 from 10 AM - 5 PM.  Lab Days will be held in the Southeast Lab at the Oklahoma Archeological Survey.  We will be joined on Friday by volunteers from the Oklahoma Historical Society.  Everyone is welcome for as many hours as they can contribute, and lab hours count towards the certification program and will earn you credit for the Historical Archaeology certification seminar.  We look forward to seeing you!

Please contact Amanda Regnier at the Oklahoma Archeological Survey with any questions.

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