ABSTRACT
Today there are six University of Wyoming Department of Anthropology Master's theses that deal with Northwestern Plains and Rocky Mountain bioarchaeology and eight that treat skeletal biology topics covering prehistoric Northwestern Plains and Rocky Mountain populations. Some micro evolutionary changes of real significance are now well supported for the Northwestern Plains and Rocky Mountain Native American populations. Much of the research on Northwestern Plains Woodland burial patterns has been done by Colorado archaeologists, but a few key sites have been worked by Nebraska and Wyoming professionals. The Department of Anthropology Human Remains Repository (HRR) has over 350 skeletons physically present within the repository. Prehistoric burial practices in the Northwestern Plains and Rocky Mountain region took many forms, and these forms changed noticeably through time. With the advent of the Late Prehistoric period approximately 1500 years ago, a number of dramatic cultural and biological changes occurred.
