The Precontact Archaeology of Lewis and Clark County

For an estimated 600 generations, people lived and thrived in what is now Montana, without modern conveniences or technology. The traces they left behind are subtle, easy to overlook, and right under our feet. The Lewis and Clark County Historical Society invites the public to discover them at "The Precontact Archaeology of Lewis and Clark County, Montana," a presentation by archaeologist Patrick J. Rennie.
Rennie, of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, will guide visitors through the kinds and distribution of Native American archaeological sites dating before 1805 A.D., in Lewis and Clark County and across Montana. Attendees will learn how people adapted so successfully to this landscape at a so-called Stone Age level of technology, and how to recognize the quiet evidence of their lives.