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Event
When: 03/27/2025, 7:00 p.m.
Who: Dr. Todd Surovell, Professor of Anthropology and Director of the George C. Frison Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Wyoming
Title: First Peoples of the Rocky Mountain West at the La Prele Mammoth Site, Converse County, Wyoming
Abstract: Dr. Surovell is the principal investigator for the La Prele site, and he will discuss major findings from work done over the last decade.The La Prele Mammoth Site is an Early Paleoindian mammoth kill site with an associated campsite. Investigations at the site have spanned almost forty years, and recent work at the site has revealed many surprising aspects of the social organization and technology of the First Americans.
Dr. Surovell’s Biography: Todd Surovell is a Professor of Anthropology and Director of the George C. Frison Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Wyoming. He grew up in northern Virginia, received his B.S./anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his M.A. and PhD degrees from the University of Arizona. Dr. Surovell’s expertise and professional interests include human behavioral ecology, hunter-gatherer archaeology, ethnoarchaeology, and the colonization of the Americas. He has authored two books and over 75 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. His recent work/projects include being the principal investigator for the Barger Gulch (Colorado) site and completing a five-year ethnoarchaeological study of Dukha reindeer herders in northern Mongolia that examined the spatial properties of human behavior in nomadic peoples’ campsites.
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- IN-PERSON PARTICIPANTS: 2520 55th St, Boulder, CO 80301
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Cost: Free & Open to the Public
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