Presentations

archeological presentations

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2010

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2010 TIN STRIPS AND DISKS: Indian Modification and Reuse of Early Tin Cans. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Montana Archaeological Society, Red Lodge.

2009

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2009 Weeksville Pictographs, Western Montana: Prehistoric and Historic Importance of Location. Paper presented at the 9th Biennial Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference, Gunnison.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2009 Indian Cave Pictographs, Central Montana. Paper presented at the Rock Art '09 Symposium at the San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2009 Bears in Northwestern Plains Rock Art. Poster presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Conference, Norman. Full Size Version of Poster (pdf, 2.1mb) Legal Paper Size Version of Poster (pdf 348 kb)

Greer, John, and Mavis Greer 2009 Rock Art and Other Archeological Cave Use on the North American Plains from Canada to Northern Mexico . Paper presented at the 15th International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2009 What Rock Art Scenes Can Tell Us, Examples from the USA Northern Plains. Paper presented at the International Congress of Rock Art, Global Rock Art, National Park Serra da Capivara, Piauí, Brazil.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2009 Rock Art Recording, What Happens Next: Examples from the USA Northwestern Plains. Paper presented at the International Congress of Rock Art, Global Rock Art, National Park Serra da Capivara, Piauí, Brazil.

Greer, John, and Mavis Greer 2009 Tin Strips & Disks: Possible Indian Reuse of Early Tin Cans. Paper presented at the 17th Annual Island In the Plains Conference, Custer.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2009 Bighorn Sheep in Montana and Wyoming Rock Art: Are they clues to cultural identity and migration? Paper presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Atlanta.

Greer, John, and Mavis Greer 2009 Log Structures in Caves and Rockshelters in the Northern Rockies. Paper presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Atlant.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2009 Armored Horses Along the Musselshell River: Evidence of Early Contact in Montana. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Montana Archaeological Society, Kalispell.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2009 Horses: Late Aboriginal Use of the Legend Rock Site. Paper presented at The Legend Rock Petroglyph Site in Time and Space: A Symposium at the Annual Meeting of the Wyoming Archaeological Society, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody.

2008

Greer, John, and Mavis Greer 2008 Tin Strips & Disks: Historic Indian Artifacts in Wyoming . Paper presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Conference, Laramie.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2008 What Can Rock Art Scenes Tell Us: Examples from Wyoming and Montana. Paper presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Conference, Laramie.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2008 Bears in Wyoming Rock Art. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Colorado Rock Art Association, LaJunta.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2008 Weaponry in Wyoming and Montana Rock Art. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Wyoming Archaeological Society, Rock Springs.

Greer, John, and Mavis Greer 2008 Evaluating Ritual Use of Caves in Wyoming and Montana. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Wyoming Archaeological Society, Rock Springs.

Greer, John, and Mavis Greer 2008 Archeological Use of Caves in Montana and Northern Wyoming. Paper presented at the Northern Rocky Mountain Grotto (of the National Speleological Society) at Lewis & Clark Caverns, Three Forks.

Davis, Carl, John Greer, Mavis Greer, James Keyser, Marvin Rowe, and Sara Scott 2008 Bear Gulch Project: A Chronology of Occupation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Montana Archaeological Society, Billings.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2008 Weaponry in Northwestern Plains Rock Art of North America. Paper presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver.

Greer, John, and Mavis Greer 2008 Ritual Cave Use on the Northwestern Plains, Montana and Wyoming, USA. Paper presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver.

2007

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2007 Lookout Cave, an Example of Ritual Cave Use in Montana. Paper presented at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin.

Greer, John, and Mavis Greer 2007 Rock Art Associated with Ritual Cave Use in the Southwest and Northern Mexico. Paper presented at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2007 Bear Gulch Montana, History of Rock Art Studies at the Site. Paper presented at the 34th Annual Conference of the American Rock Art Research Association, Billings.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2007 Armored Horses in the Musselshell Rock Art of Central Montana. Paper presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Conference, Rapid City.

Greer, John, and Mavis Greer 2007 Stone Burial Platforms in Central Wyoming. Paper presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Conference, Rapid City.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2007 Indian Cave, High Pictographs in the Little Belt Mountains, Montana. Paper presented at the 8th Biennial Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference, Jackson.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2007 Transitional Petroglyphs in Southwestern Wyoming. Paper presented at the Rock Art '07 Symposium at the San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego.

2006

Greer, Mavis and John Greer 2006 Bear Gulch Pictograph Recording Project: 2005 Progress Report. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Montana Archaeological Society, Butte.

Greer, Mavis, John Greer, James Keyser, and Melissa Greer 2006 The Pros and Cons of Tracing in Rock Art Recording: The 2005 Season at Bear Gulch Pictographs, Montana. Paper presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Greer, John, and Mavis Greer 2006 Rock Art on the Upper Orinoco, Southwestern Venezuela. Paper presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2006 Prehistory and History of Squaw Creek, Powder River Basin, Wyoming. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Wyoming Archaeological Society, Cheyenne.

Greer, John, and Mavis Greer 2006 Archeological Cave Use on the Northwestern Plains, USA. Paper presented at the IFRAO – GLOBAL STATE OF THE ART, An International Rock Art Meeting at the UISPP XV Congress, Lisbon, Portugal.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2006 Rock Art Research in the Continental United States of America. Paper presented at the IFRAO – GLOBAL STATE OF THE ART, An International Rock Art Meeting at the UISPP XV Congress, Lisbon, Portugal.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2006 Field Tracing, Computer Tracing, and Photographic Processing in Rock Art Recording: On-Going Controversies and Realities. Paper presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Conference, Topeka.

2005

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2005 30 Years of Montana Archeology: Reflections on Rock Art Research. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Montana Archaeological Society, Three Forks.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2005 Dance Rings on the Northern Plains. Paper presented at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Salt Lake City.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2005 Conserving Wyoming Rock Art Through Recording. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Wyoming Archaeological Society, Rawlins.

2004

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2004 Patterns and Outliers: Noteworthy Features and Artifacts in Wyoming. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Wyoming Archaeological Society, Jackson.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2004 Notches Dome Pictographs: Are They Foothills Abstract Tradition in Central Wyoming? Paper presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Conference, Billings.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2004 Bison Jumps and Rock Art on the Northwestern Plains. Paper presented at the Rock Art 2004 Symposium at the San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2004 Pictures in the Caves: Rock Art in Montana and Wyoming Caves. Paper presented at the Rock Art 2004 Symposium at the San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego.

Greer, John, and Mavis Greer 2004 Caves on the Plains: Archeological Use of Caves in Montana and Wyoming. Paper presented at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Conference, Billings.

Greer, Mavis and John Greer 2004 Seriation and Vertical Series Rock Art. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Montana Archaeological Society, Miles City.

2003

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2003 Dangling Legs Petroglyphs, Natrona County, Wyoming. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Wyoming Archaeological Society, Sheridan.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2003 Dangling Legs Petroglyphs, Central Wyoming. Paper presented at the 30th Annual Conference of the American Rock Art Research Association, San Bernardino.

2002

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2002 Armored Horses in Northwestern Plains Rock Art. Paper presented at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Denver.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2002 Overview of Powder River Basin Rock Art. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Wyoming Archaeological Society, Riverton.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2002 Shield Figures in the Rock Art of Bear Gulch, Central Montana. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Montana Archaeological Society, Great Falls.

Greer, Mavis and John Greer 2002 Rock Art and Bison Kills on the Northwestern Plains. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Conference, Oklahoma City.

2001

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2001 Seriation in Rock Art Analysis. Paper presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans.

Greer, John, and Mavis Greer 2001 Cuban Rock Art and Caves. Paper presented at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2001 Rock Art of the Smith River. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Montana Archaeological Society, Missoula.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2001 Armored Horses in Natrona County Rock Art. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Wyoming Archaeological Society, Laramie.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2001 Armored Horses in Central Wyoming Rock Art. Paper presented at the 27th Annual Conference of the American Rock Art Research Association, Pendleton.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2001 Rock Art of the Southern Little Rockies. Paper presented at the 5th Biennial Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference, Waterton.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2001 Fire and Rock Art in the Helena National Forest. Paper presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Conference, Lincoln.

2000

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2000 The Garland Gateway Petroglyphs. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Wyoming Archaeological Society, Cody.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2000 Rock Art and Well Pad Construction: An Example of Conservation from Wyoming. Paper presented at the 26th Annual Conference of the American Rock Art Research Association, Phoenix.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2000 Introduction to the Rock Art of Bear Gulch, Montana. Paper presented at the Rock Art 2000 San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 2000 Boulder Rock Art of Montana. Paper presented at the Joint Midwest Archaeological/Plains Anthropological Conference, St. Paul.

1999

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 1999 Northeastern Montana Boulder Rock Art. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Montana Archaeological Society, Sidney.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 1999 A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Rock Art. Paper presented at the International Rock Art Congress hosted by the American Rock Art Research Association and Mid-America Geographic Foundation, Ripon.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 1999 Two Rock Art Sites in the Powder River Basin. Paper presented at the 4th Biennial Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference, Glenwood Springs.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 1999 A Turtle Geoglyph in Central Montana. Paper presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Society, Sioux Falls.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 1999 Turtles in Montana Rock Art. Paper presented at the Rock Art '99 Symposium at the San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego.

1998

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 1998 Rock Art in the High Caves of Central Montana. Paper presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Seattle.

Greer, Mavis and John Greer 1998 Conserving Rock Art Through Recording. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Montana Archaeological Society, Billings.

Greer, Mavis and John Greer 1998 Southwestern Montana Rock Art. Paper presented at the 25th Annual Conference of the American Rock Art Research Association, Ridgecrest.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 1998 A Review of Montana Rock Art Recording Methods. Paper presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Society, Bismarck.

Greer, John, and Mavis Greer 1998 Rock Art Passport-in-Time Projects on the Northern Plains. Paper presented at the Rock Art '98 Symposium at the San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego.

1997

Greer, John 1997 Rock Art in Southern Venezuela. Paper presented at the Congreso Internacional De Arte Rupestre, Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Greer, Mavis and John Greer 1997 A Continuing View of Montana Rock Art. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Montana Archaeological Society, Bozeman.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 1997 Montana Rock Art Motifs: Handprints. Paper presented at the 24th Annual Conference of the American Rock Art Research Association, LaJunta.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 1997 Pictographs of Southwestern Montana. Paper presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Society, Boulder.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 1997 Shaman Portrayals in Montana Rock Art. Paper presented at the 3rd Biennial Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Anthropological Conference, Bozeman.

1996

Greer, Mavis and John Greer 1996 Smith River Pictographs: Reflections of Central Montana Rock Art. Paper presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans.

Greer, John, and Mavis Greer 1996 Synthesis of the Rock Art of Southern Venezuela. Paper presented at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans.

Greer, John, and Mavis Greer 1996 Dark Zone Rock Art in a Ceremonial Cave in Central New Mexico. Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Conference of the American Rock Art Research Association, El Paso.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 1996 Bears in Central Montana Rock Art. Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Conference of the American Rock Art Research Association, El Paso.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 1996 The Rock Art of Central Montana. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Montana Archaeological Society, Havre.

Greer, John, and Mavis Greer 1996 Dark Zone and Twilight Zone Pictographs in U-Bar Cave, Southwestern New Mexico. Paper presented at the Rock Art '96 Symposium at the San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego.

1995

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 1995 Spatial Distribution of Pictograph Sites in Central Montana. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Minneapolis.

Greer, John 1995 Recent Fieldwork in Southwestern Venezuela. Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Rock Art Research Association, Albuquerque.

Greer, Mavis and John Greer 1995 An Evaluation of Abstract Figures in Central Montana Rock Art. Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Conference of the American Rock Art Research Association, Albuquerque.

Greer, John, and Mavis Greer 1995 Pictographs in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Southeastern New Mexico. Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Conference, Laramie.

Greer, John, and Mavis Greer 1995 Handprints in the Rock Art of the Smith River Drainage, Central Montana. Paper presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Conference, Laramie.

Greer, John and Mavis Greer 1995 Introduction to the Dark Zone Rock Art Study. Paper presented at the Rock Art '95 Symposium at the San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego.

1994

Greer, John, and Mavis Greer 1994 Anthropomorphs in Pictographs of Southern Venezuela. Paper presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Anaheim.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 1994 An Overview of Central Montana Rock Art. Paper presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Anaheim.

Greer, John and Mavis Greer 1994 A Survey of Human Figures in the Cave Paintings of Southern Venezuela. Paper presented at the International Rock Art Congress hosted by the American Rock Art Research Association, Flagstaff.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 1994 Shaman Activity Portrayed in the Pictographs of Central Montana. Paper presented at the International Rock Art Congress hosted by the American Rock Art Research Association, Flagstaff.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 1994 Montana Rock Art: The 1994 Field Season and Changing Perspectives in Recording and Site Evaluation. Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Conference, Lubbock.

1993

Greer, John 1993 Continuing Research on the Rock Art of Southwestern Venezuela. Paper presented at the 21st Annual Midwest Conference on Andean and Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory, St. Louis.

Greer, John 1993 Some Preliminary Observations on the Painted Rock Art of Southwestern Venezuela. Paper presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, St. Louis.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 1993 Shamen in the Pictographs of the Smith River Drainage in Central Montana. Paper presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, St. Louis.

Greer, John 1993 Considerations for the Rock Art of Southwestern Venezuela. Paper presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the American Rock Art Research Association, Reno.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 1993 The Sun River Pictographs in Central Montana. Paper presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the American Rock Art Research Association, Reno.

Greer, John and Mavis Greer 1993 Pictograph Sites on the Judith River of Central Montana. Paper presented at the Rock Art '93 Symposium at the San Diego Museum of Man, San Diego.

Greer, John, and Mavis Greer 1993 Pictograph Sites on the Judith River of Central Montana. Paper presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Conference, Saskatoon.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 1993 The Rock Art of Montana: A Progress Report. Paper presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Conference, Saskatoon.

1992

Greer, John, and Mavis Greer 1992 Bears in Smith River Cave Paintings, North-central Montana. Paper presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Conference, Lincoln.

Greer, Mavis, and John Greer 1992 Pictographs of the Smith River Drainage in Central Montana. Paper presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Plains Anthropological Conference, Lincoln.

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