67th Annual Plains Anthropological Conference

Join us on a tornadic tour of NW Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Panhandle, home of the Beaver Dusters. This Post-Plains tour will leave the Embassy Suites in Norman at 12:00 noon on Saturday, 10/17/09, (eat before you board bus or bring a sandwich), travel to Woodward where we will visit the Folsom-age Cooper site and Clovis- and Folsom-age Jake Bluff site. After this walk-in visit to these old sites we will be treated to an awesome BBQ dinner at one of Woodward’s oldest, quaint, establishments. You will then be ushered into motel rooms for the night’s stay (with a fellow traveler—to be arranged by, you guessed it, Beaver Dusters R Us). Breakfast the following morning will be an expansive buffet of culinary delight after which we will once again board the tornado express to continue to the haunts of the Beaver Dusters. The destination is Bull Creek where we will tour the 13,000 year old climate record, beginning with the Allerod and ending with the Altithermal. Here we will witness evidence of the areas’ earliest inhabitants (3 sites), an exquisite record of climate change (4 stream cuts), and visit the area’s only nano-diamond mine. We then return to Woodward to pick up a box lunch and continue back to Norman. We anticipate arriving in Norman at approximately 7:30 pm on Sunday, 10/18/09. All will hike approximately 2.5 miles each day over relatively flat, yet varied landscapes.

The entire package, valued at $85/person, includes Travel kit (T-shirt, guide book etc), meals, and double occupancy of motel room,). Or $120 for single occupancy.
THE TRIP IS DESIGNED FOR 50 TRAVELERS ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS. ALL RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY AUGUST 1.

Registration Form

Return form and payment (check payable to Plains Conference) to: Leland C. Bement, Oklahoma Archeological Survey, 111 E. Chesapeake, Rm 102, Norman, OK 73019. For additional information or questions, contact Lee at Lbement@ou.edu or (405) 325-7215. Reservation not confirmed until payment is verified