The Newsletter of the Texas Archeological Society
Volume 59, Number 1
Winter 2015
Nacogdoches County Annex, site
of Historical Archeology Academy.
ARCHEOLOGY 101
AND HISTORICAL ARCHEOLOGY
IN ACADEMY SESSIONS
Save the Dates for two great Academy
sessions: Archeology 101 March 27–29 in
Columbus with field work on Tait property
and Historical Archeology May 2–3 in
Nacogdoches at the Nacogdoches County
Annex.
Archeology 101
TAS President Mary Jo Galindo with ceramic vessels and grinding
stones that belonged to her grandmother.
MEET THE INCOMING
TAS PRESIDENT
TAS President Dr. Mary Jo Galindo is a senior principal
investigator (PI) and project manager in Atkins’ Austin office with extensive knowledge of the important historic and
archaeological resources of Texas and the border region of
southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. She has more than
18 years of experience conducting archaeological surveys,
testing, data recovery, and traditional cultural property projects to assure compliance with the Antiquities Code of Texas
and various federal mandates. She has worked throughout
Texas, Oklahoma, Mexico, and Belize.
Before joining Atkins, Dr. Galindo was PI at SWCA
Environmental Consultants, and served as a regional
Provides an introductory course about archeology. It will
begin on Friday, March 27, 5–8:30 PM (light refreshments);
continue on Saturday 9 AM–4 PM (includes lunch) and go to
the field on Sunday 8:30 AM–3 PM. This Academy will introduce basic archeological procedures. Instruction will include
identifying archeological sites, mapping remains, analyzing
evidence, reporting finds, and protecting our heritage. The
class sessions will be taught by Dr. Jon Lohse and held at St.
Anthony’s Catholic School. Field work on the Tait property will
be supervised by Dr. Jason Barrett assisted by HAS and BAS.
We also will visit with Rita Tait Jackson about the archeological collection from family properties. Previous participants in
Archeology 101 responded: “what I learned - how archeology
works, how artifacts tell a story, and the importance of mapping.” They also explained: “what I liked - it was easy: step by
step, the wealth of information, quality of manual and presentation, and nice people.”
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TEXAS ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY®
ETHICS
• Members of TAS must abide by all terms and
conditions of the TAS bylaws and all Federal
and State antiquities laws or regulations.
• TAS does not condone the practice of buying
or selling artifacts for commercial purposes.
• TAS does not condone the disregard of proper
archeological field techniques or the willful
destruction or distortion of archeological data.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mary Jo Galindo, President
Karen Fustes, President Elect
Wendy Lockwood, Immediate Pat President
Zac Selden, Secretary
Marybeth Tomka, Treasurer
Tamara Walter, Publications Editor
Ronald J. Jorgenson, Newsletter Editor
ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR
Carole Leezer
EDITOR
Ronald Jorgenson
3518 Clairmont
San Antonio, TX 78259
[email protected]
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INSIDE
Meet the Incoming TAS President
1
Archeology 101
1
Letter from the Editor
4
Oysters and Minnows (Poem)
4
Academy Registrations
5
TAS 2014 Awards
6
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86 Annual Meeting Announcement
Field School Information
8
Navarro College Archeology Exhibit
14
Texas Beyond History
15
nd
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22 ETA Conference Invitation
TxDOT Roadside Chat
16
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85 TAS Annual Meeting Report
Obituaries19
TAS Membership Certificate Awards
20
Education Committee Report
21
Book Review
21
TAS Donor's Fund Analysis
22
Membership Form
23
New Members
24
NEWSLETTER
DEADLINES
Spring 2015: March 6th (Friday)
Summer 2015: May 29th (Friday)
Fall 2015: August 28th (Friday)
Winter 2015: November 30th (Monday)
CALENDAR
January 15, Parker County Archeology Society
February 14-15, ETAC Conference (see article)
March 27-29, Academy—Archeology 101 (see article)
May 2-3, Academy—Historical Archeology
(see article)
June 13-20, Field School
First Mondays, Deep East Texas
Archaeological Society
Third Tuesdays, Valley of the Caddo
Archeological Society
2015 TAS BOARD MEETINGS
Jan 17th, Austin area TBD
April 11th, location TBD
June 14th, at Field School
Sept 19th, CAR at UTSA
October 24th, at Annual Meeting
PRESIDENT, Continued from page 1
archaeologist for the Texas Department of Transportation.
She was responsible for ensuring National Environmental
Preservation Act compliance in 30 counties of central and
south Texas, including tribal coordination with 22 various
Indian Nations. Dr. Galindo also served as a regional
archaeologist for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department,
covering the north central region of Texas and its roughly 25
parks and wildlife management areas. Currently, she serves
as a City of Austin Historic Landmark Commissioner, which
she finds very rewarding.
“Public service is a tradition in my family,” Galindo said.
Her dissertation research topic was the ranching communities of Spanish Colonial Nuevo Santander, along the lower
Rio Grande valley. Taking a multi-scalar approach, Galindo
combined genealogical, ethnohistorical, and archival data
with oral interviews and archaeological investigations. The
dissertation addresses the indigenous heritage of the lower
Rio Grande valley, as well as the ways colonists adapted to
the region, and their trade and settlement patterns.
The eighteenth-century, Nuevo Santander ranches were
among the first in what is now Texas, and represent a unique
form of colonization based on the relocation of entire families,
without a major emphasis on missions or presidios. In addition
to her dissertation and more than 100 cultural resources reports, she has published chapters in three books about Nuevo
Santander ranching communities focused on their household
structure, the ethnicities of the colonists, and nearly a century
of development at Rancho San Lorenzo de las Minas.
“Archaeology was not really on my radar as a kid,” said
Galindo, “It wasn’t until I was changing my major at UT
for the third time that I discovered cultural anthropology.”
In graduate school her focus shifted to archaeology, partly
because she began tracing her ancestors along the lower Rio
Grande valley. Galindo’s roots through her maternal grandfather, Pedro Hernandez Barrera, go back nine generations to
the Spanish colony of Nuevo Santander that was established
in the 1750s. Longhorn cattle were developed by settlers
through their open-range method of ranching with roots in
the eleventh-century Andalusian plains of Spain. Six towns
and some of the earliest ranches in Texas were founded on
both banks of the Rio Grande, and land grants to the settlers
straddled the river as well. “My grandfather told me that
prior to the Falcon Dam’s construction the family land was
sometimes in Texas and sometimes in Mexico, depending on
the meanderings of the Rio Grande,” she said, “I was thrilled
with the longhorn connection between my roots and my alma
mater. It was an affirmation.”
“Fortuitously, I met the present owners of a colonial-era
land grant and they agreed to let me excavate,” she said. Using
census and genealogical data she was able to reconstruct
the occupants of San Lorenzo de las Minas for more than
70 years. Based on variations in the lead-glazed majolica
that was used, Galindo was able to follow the family as it
expanded across the landscape. A notable artifact recovered at
the ranch was a cross-shaped pendant with a heart at its base.
“Holding that in my hand made me feel connected across
the generations,” said Galindo. Her dissertation is available
to download at no cost through The University of Texas at
Austin library. “I wanted the information to be accessible to
anyone interested in Nuevo Santander,” she said.
Her current project is a book about her grandmother, Maria Latigo de Hernandez, a powerful orator who fought against
discrimination in San Antonio public schools, beginning in the
1930s. An elementary school in the San Marcos Independent
School District is named in her honor. “My grandmother
emphasized to me the importance of a good education, and I
guess it sunk in. She was definitely ahead of her time and is
someone that inspires me to this day,” Galindo said.
Wars have punctuated events in Galindo’s family tree,
including the Mexican Revolution, both World Wars I and II,
Korea, and Vietnam. Three of her four grandparents crossed
the Rio Grande with their families as they fled the Revolution,
two from Monterrey (Maria L. de Hernandez and Evaristo
Galindo Montemayor) and one from Piedras Negras (Josefa
Garcia de Galindo). Pedro Hernandez Barrera, however, was
born in Roma, Texas. He was drafted for World War I and
had to report to San Antonio in February 1918. Armistice
was declared before he shipped out, but the family stayed and
made San Antonio their home. Five of Galindo’s uncles (Rudy
Rocha, Sr.; Pedro Hernandez, Jr.; Gaspar Giunta; and Paul
Rangel, Sr.) served in World War II, including Elias Hernandez (U.S. Navy) who did not come home. Pedro Hernandez,
Jr., also served in Korea, and Rudy Rocha, Sr., in Vietnam.
“My dad, Roland G. Galindo, retired after 20 years in the
U.S. Marine Corps and served during Korea and Vietnam. He
happened to be deployed on a ship in the Caribbean during
the Cuban Missile Crisis,” she said, “I have a lot of respect
for people who have served in the military and the sacrifices
they’ve made.” Three of her cousins,—John P. Giunta, Alan P.
Hernandez and Paul Rangel, Jr.—are also Vietnam Veterans,
to name just a few in her family who have proudly served
their country.
After being stationed in North Carolina, California, and
Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Galindo and her family moved to Lytle,
Texas, when her father retired from the Marines, where she
attended public school, graduating from Lytle High School in
1982. She received a Texas Achievement Award scholarship
and attended The University of Texas at Austin, earning her
bachelor’s degree in 1989.
“It was a struggle because I kept changing my major.
Finally, after studying electrical engineering and journalism,
I stumbled upon anthropology and it became my ticket to
graduation,” she said. After working at TxDOT for 7 years,
she returned to The University of Texas at Austin for graduate
school, earning her doctorate in 2003. “It was the best thing I
ever did because it opened up so many doors,” Galindo concluded, “I never would have learned so much about Nuevo
Santander if I hadn’t pursued a graduate degree. Although I
was aware of the colony through family oral history, it was
not a topic during my public school education and it is not
included in today’s curriculum.
Texas Archeology ✦ 3
ARCHEOLOGY 101, Continued from page 1
Historical Archeology
In 2009 the Texas Archeological Society hosted its first
Historical Archeology academy in Brazoria County offering a
look at the amazing variety and extent of historical archeology
in southeast Texas. TAS continues the quest by hosting a
second Historical Archeology academy based in Nacogdoches
on Saturday May 2 and Sunday May 3, 2015. Dr. George
Avery, well known in the Nacogdoches area for his extensive
experience investigating historic resources along the El
Camino Real de los Tejas in and around the Nacogdoches area
including Mission Dolores, has developed the curriculum and
will be the lead instructor for the academy. Local historian and
Texas Historical Commission Archeological Steward Dr. Tom
Middlebrook will provide instruction on Urban Archeology,
Spanish Colonial archeology and local historic sites. Local
historian Dr. Morris Jackson will provide instruction on
seriation, Spanish Colonial archeology and local historic
archeological sites. Professor of history at SFA Dr. David
Rex Galindo and historic metal artifact expert Mr. Jay Blain
will provide instruction on historic artifact identification and
analysis along with colonial archaeology. The curriculum will
define Historical Archeology and address the many historical
sites found in Texas. Historical research, artifact analysis,
urban archeology, Spanish Colonial archeology, and seriation
will be part of the agenda. A field trip of historic sites in
Nacogdoches near the El Camino Real de los Tejas will offer
participants the opportunity to see what can be learned from
the Historical Archeology of Texas.
OYSTERS AND MINNOWS
(in the corridor during the 2014 TAS meeting)
Dr. Charles A. Stone
Like clusters of Carolina oysters
clinging tightly to one another
to challenge the turbulent current,
to sift the shoals for tide-borne plankton,
Or like shiny minnows
intent on some fishy mission
known only to cold-blooded conspirators
flashing by at the speed of intended consequences,
They gather in smoke-free nooks
outside inundated conference rooms
or dart here and there, back and forth around
channels and eddies of conversation.
Some are intent on late registration;
others are scurrying to post abstracts
in exhibition halls before rushing headlong
to the next and most pressing concurrent session.
Clusters and schools of archeologists
who could as well be medical scientists,
engineers or community organizers, too many intent
on tearing flesh and feasting on his or her own kind.
Registration Information:
The registration fee for each academy is $100 for TAS
members. Fees for non-members are $140/$160/$170 (depending on membership type listed on page 5). Registration includes
two or three days of instruction, a digital manual, and lunch
and snacks on each full day. A certificate of participation will
be awarded to attendees. Continuing Professional Education
(CPE) credit is available for teachers as approved by the Texas
State Board of Education.
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
This is the first issue of the newsletter under my hand. I hope I can continue the quality that previous editors have established, especially my immediate predecessor, Jonelle Miller. If you’ll pardon the comparison; Jonelle has small feet, but
pretty big shoes.
I don’t know whether I will routinely insert a letter from my desk in each issue, but wanted to take the opportunity to
thank Jonelle for the great work she has done for so many years (I think she took the reins in 2003). I realize already that she
leaves a remarkable legacy and, thankfully, a comprehensive set of guidelines to help me through the process. If I have any
success at all, there is all the more thanks due Jonelle.
Whether or not a letter of this sort becomes a regular feature, I may with your indulgence add another feature or two.
Nothing radical, just something here or there to round out the articles submitted by members and the recurring announcements.
The letters, however often they appear, will be personal observations on this or that, and will be short.
So ends the first of them. Thank Jonelle for her service when you see her and look through the pages herein to find a poem
that I wrote while sitting in the corridor during the annual meeting, watching people be people at a convention.
—Ronald J. Jorgenson (Ron)
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2015 Texas Archeological Society Academies
Archeology 101 will meet March 27-29, 2015 in Columbus, Texas. Dr. Jon Lohse, Coastal
Environments Inc., will be the lecturer. Dr. Jason Barrett, TxDOT, will operate as P.I. for the field day
portion on the Tait Ranch. Deadline for registration is March 10, 2015
Historical Archeology will meet May 2-3 in Nacogdoches, Texas. Dr. George Avery will be the lead
instructor with assistance from Drs. Tom Middlebrook, Morris Jackson and David Rex Galindo and Mr.
Jay Blaine. Deadline for registration is April 14, 2015.
Fees: The registration fee for each academy is $100 for TAS members. Fees for non-members are
$140/$160/$170 (depending on membership type listed below). Registration includes two days of
instruction, a digital manual, and lunch and snacks on both days. A certificate of participation will be
awarded to attendees. Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit is available for teachers as
approved by the Texas State Board of Education.
Please check the Texas Archeological Society web site, http://www.txarch.org for updates and specific
details about each of the academies. You can register by mail (form below) or with a printout of the
registration PDF found on the TAS web site (check only); you can register online with credit cards.
2015 TAS ACADEMIES REGISTRATION FORM
Name: ______________________________________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________________________
City: _______________________________ County: ___________ Zip:___________
Phone:______________________________________________________________
Email: ______________________________________________________________
Circle All That You Wish To Attend
TopicLocation
Archeology 101
Columbus, TX
Historical Archeology
Nacogdoches, TX
DateRegistration Deadline
March 27-29, 2015 March 10, 2015
May 2-3, 2015
April 14, 2014
Registration Type
No.
____ TAS Member 2015
$100
____ Non-member (includes 2015 TAS Individual membership)
$160
____ Non-member (includes 2015 TAS Family membership)
$170
____ Non-member (Includes 2015 TAS Student membership)
$140
Total ________
Cancellations after the deadline are non-refundable. Cancellation vacancies will be filled from a waiting list.
MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: Texas Archeological Society
MAIL FORM AND PAYMENT TO:
Texas Archeological Society
One UTSA Circle
Center for Archeological Research at UTSA
San Antonio, TX 78249-0658
Texas Archeology ✦ 5
TEXAS ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2014 AWARDS
The Texas Archeological Society
In the Year 2014
Has Conferred upon
LARRY RIEMENSCHNEIDER
The C. K. Chandler Award
For the Avocational Archeologist
Most Sites Recorded in 2013
The Texas Archeological Society
In the year 2014, has conferred upon
GLYNN OSBURN
The President’s Award
For Exemplary Service
to the Texas Archeological Society
Wendy Lockwood, President
San Marcos, Texas
TAS Annual Meeting
25 October 2014
Joe D. Hudgins of Wharton County
with the THC’s “Award of Merit.”
The Texas Archeological Society
2014 Lifetime Achievement Award
is presented to
DR. S. ALAN SKINNER
For decades of service and
dedication to Texas Archeology
through publication, research,
administration, teaching and mentoring
San Marcos, Texas
The Texas Archeological Society
In the year 2014, has conferred upon
CHARLES FREDERICK
Distinguished Service Award
For Outstanding contributions of
Service to Texas Archeology
The Texas Archeological Society
In the year 2014, has conferred upon
SUE GROSS
the Francis Stickney
Field School Award
For Major Contributions to the
Annual Summer Field School
The Texas Archeological Society
recognizes with gratitude
WENDY LOCKWOOD
2014 President of the Society
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The Texas Archeological Society
In the year 2014, has conferred upon
JERRY GRUBIS
The President’s Award
For Exemplary Service
to the Texas Archeological Society
Wendy Lockwood, President
San Marcos, Texas
TAS Annual Meeting
25 October 2014
The Texas Archeological Society
In the year 2014, has conferred upon
LOUIS E. “PINKY” ROBERTSON
The President’s Award
For Exemplary Service
to the Texas Archeological Society
Wendy Lockwood, President
San Marcos, Texas
TAS Annual Meeting
25 October 2014
The Texas Archeological Society
In the year 2014, has conferred upon
JOSEPH D. HUDGINS
The President’s Award
For Exemplary Service
to the Texas Archeological Society
Wendy Lockwood, President
San Marcos, Texas
TAS Annual Meeting
25 October 2014
Linda Gorski and Kathleen Hughes,
co-chairs of the Local Arrangements Committee
with Jane Pierce of OMNI Houston Westside.
86TH ANNUAL
TAS MEETING HOUSTON,
OCTOBER 23–25, 2015
Linda C. Gorski, HAS President and Co-Chair
Larry Riemenschneider of Miles, Texas with his plaque
commemorating the CK Chandler Award.
Chandler Award
At the annual meeting of the Texas Archeology Society
on Saturday October 25th in San Marcos the C.K. Chandler
Award was presented by the society to Larry Riemenschneider of Miles, Texas recognizing his 30 years of service as
a Steward for the Texas Historical Commission and for his
accomplishment of recording the most archeological sites
for 2013. Fellow members of the Conch Valley Archeology
Society are very pleased about the recognition of Larry’s
work in preserving and protecting archeological sites in
western Texas.
The Houston, Brazosport and Fort Bend Archeological
Societies look forward to welcoming you to Houston, Texas,
for the 86th annual meeting of the Texas Archeological Society! The meeting will be held at the gorgeous Omni Hotel
and Resort on Houston’s Westside, at I-10 and Eldridge Road,
October 23–25, 2015. Best news about this location—you will
not have to tackle Houston traffic to get there! It’s on the far
western outskirts of downtown and there are 600 free parking spaces! Possibly the best news is the price tag—$105 per
night! The OMNI has already set up a website for the TAS
meeting and you can make hotel reservations for the event
at http://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/houston-westside/meetings/texas-archeological-society-86th-annual-meeting. 2014
TAS Annual Meeting Registrar Leslie Bush recently attended
a meeting at the Omni and gives the venue two big thumbs
up!!! So y’all come!
HAS members Kathleen Hughes and Linda Gorski are
heading up the Local Arrangements Committee. HAS and
BAS member Sue Gross has volunteered to run the Silent
Auction and is prepared to take donations starting immediately. You can email her at [email protected] and she’ll
send you an address to which you can mail your treasures.
You can also bring items to Columbus if you attend the
Archeology 101 Academy scheduled for March 27–29, or
to any of the preliminary work weekends in Columbus for
TAS Field School between January and June, or to the 2015
Field School June 13–20. You can also bring donations to the
meeting in October.
Houston awaits and we hope you will make plans now
to join us in 2015. We’re working with all the area museums
and attractions to ensure special rates for meeting attendees.
Plus we have a few other surprises up our sleeves! Please
email me at [email protected] or co-chair Kathleen Hughes
at [email protected] if you have any questions.
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FIELD SCHOOL –
BEHIND THE SCENES
Barbara Chadwick
Imagine it is a warm Friday in June. You spent last week
getting all your gear prepared for the annual TAS field school.
You just arrived at the camp site. As you stop the car and look
around, you see the registration table, the cook trailer, the Ben
E Keith truck, the Camp Boss’ truck, and a few pop ups and
casitas…. ALREADY HERE? What’s the deal? They took
the best camping places! HUH! Unfair! So, now it’s time to
check in. The registrar has all you need for this, but it takes
a few minutes…let’s see. Oh, you registered online the day
before the tee shirt deadline on May 25th so now you have
to sign the required release. Now, sign for your annual tee
shirt (hmmm…kind of cute this year), and get your name
tag. NOW you can go find a place to set up. You must find
a shady spot fairly close to the kitchen but far enough away
from the Ben E Keith truck that the refrigeration truck motor
won’t bother you at night. Guess those early birds messed
up….they are too close to that annoying truck. It will disturb
them all week! Hah!
Now that you are all settled in, with an easy chair and a
cold drink, let’s take a look at exactly HOW everything came
together to get you to this place. Remember last year? Well, it
was about then, or even the year before, that this field school
was being planned.
Let’s start “at the top”…the Field School Committee. The
Committee is made up of TAS members who volunteer their
time, talent and expenses to make the annual field school a
success.
TAS Field School Committee Chair is in charge overall.
He works with his committee to locate possible field school
sites, work out agreements with land owners, and also work
with all other committee members in various aspects of school
preparation.
In addition, the chairman:
1. comes to an agreement and contracts with a
professional archeologist to handle the PI (Principle
Investigator) assignment,
2. approves the cooks’ contracts,
3. ensures sufficient power and water for the duration of
the school,
4. either finds a place for hot showers or builds cold
ones,
5. with the PI, scouts the site one or more times,
6. heads “clean-up” days to prep the site for school,
7. finds a camping site,
8. contracts for porta-potties for camp AND dig sites,
9. contracts for ice and trash pickup,
10. designates a Camp Boss and co-ordinates with him all
the stuff that goes on in camp.
11. arranges for the trailers (all 3 of them....kitchen, cook
storage, and equipment storage) to be picked up and
delivered to the proper locations. Then, after field
school is over, find a place to store them and get them
to that storage place.
I know there is MUCH more the chairman does. Ask Glynn
Osborne sometime ; he’s been there, done that.
TAS Field School
Youth Program
What about your little guys? How do Doug Boyd, Trudy
Williams, and Neal Stilley always manage to create a new and
unique experience for the children each and every year with
so little effort? Well, for starters, there’s actually a LOT of
work involved for all three of them!
Doug, for example, co-ordinates with the Field School
Chair and Principal Investigator to determine WHERE the
YG (Youth Group) will dig, how large their area will be,
what the archeological goals of their site investigation will
be, and so on. Then he spends time researching the targeted
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Texas Archeological Society
Center for Archaeological Research
University of Texas at San Antonio
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, Texas 78249-0658
Phone (210) 458-4393
2. FIELD WORK
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TEACHER TRAINING: Check if you wish to attend
MAKE CHECK OR MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO: TEXAS ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Teachers’ Workshop ($5/person, pay on site) ______
Send to: Sylvia Gunn
(First installment must be 50% of total fees)
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FIELD SCHOOL, Continued from page 8
cultural deposits and preparing the information for his crews.
He also stores and maintains all the YG specific equipment in
the YG trailer at his own house! He and Trudy work together
on logistics and prep to make sure everything is ready for June.
Trudy is the queen of field trips! Besides working side by
side with Doug and Neal during field school, she searches out
and finds fascinating field trips for the kids, handles getting
the transportation ready, and, of course, there’s always “The
Titanic!”
Finally, YG workshops. Who but Neal could teach atlatl
throwing, fire making, flint knapping, salt making, plant gathering, earth oven cooking, and who knows what else to such
a diverse age group and make it all both informative and fun?
One of the biggest chores after the field school is doing the
Post-field work. YG always end up finding quite a few interesting features, and taking hundreds of photos, etc. Doug brings
back the original forms (kept, by the way by super site secretary
Sharon Menegaz), organizes them into a notebook, and writes
additional interpretive summaries of the features and the site.
Trudy types up the hand-written photo logs, and then Doug
goes through them and adds more detailed notes if necessary.
Try to imagine how many volunteer hours are involved in
just this one area of field school?
5. 6. 7. 8. person in charge of youth, the person in charge of the
teacher workshops, the person in charge of newcomer
training, the lab supervisor, the scholarships coordinator,
and, if requested, the principle investigator.
Keeps a running total of tee-shirt orders and sizes for
persons ordering the annual shirts. Creates a sign off
sheet for shirt pick up at field school.
Keeps a notebook of signed releases as well as a list
of the online registrants who need to sign a release at
check-in.
Creates, prints, and sorts name badges for field school.
Double checks membership status.
Sylvia and her helpers arrive at least one day early, usually two, in order to make any last minute changes, get their
own camps set up, and prepare for Friday check-in. Many of
you start showing up Thursday night and are annoyed that you
can’t check in, aren’t you? Anyway, on Friday, the registration
area is like a zoo, getting each of you checked in, any papers
signed, name badges, tee-shirts, gimme bags, and schedules
handed out, not to mention answering dozens of questions,
becoming the lost and found station. Nine times out of ten,
Sylvia and her helpers don’t even get a break for food from
8AM until after dark! Throughout the rest of the week, the
registrar also has to be available for those who arrive on different days, so Sylvia is always on call.
Once field school is over, she has to write a final report
to turn into the field school committee with final attendance
figures, monies received, monies spent for her supplies, and
future recommendations -- and after all these years of doing
this she still enjoys being a part of this wonderful group of
people and getting to know each and every one of you.
Tell me, does that really sound like a snap?
Crew Assignments
Registration
Registration is probably a snap, right? After all, you filled
in all the information and mailed in your money (or did the
online sign-up with a credit card). Let’s take a look at what
Sylvia Gunn, the registrar, does each year BEFORE ever
getting to the site.
1. Receives mail-in registrations at home and online from
the TAS office starting in about March.
2. Double checks each registration and contacts you if
there is an error or something is missing.
3. Makes bank deposits of checks for mail-ins.
4. Creates a spreadsheet that is e-mailed WEEKLY with
updates from March until the last week of May to the
field school chairman, the person assigning crews, the
person in charge of purchasing field and lab supplies,
the person in charge of purchasing food for camp, the
Chris Meis is the current Field School Committee member in charge of crew assignments. Beginning in about April,
he receives weekly spreadsheets from registration with details
of attendee preferred activity (excavation, lab, survey), gender, age (in the case of kids), and level of experience. Why
does Chris need to know these things? “A crew works best
with a really diverse mixture of people. You don’t want a crew
of newcomers and nobody who can recognize potsherds or
lithic debitage,” Chris explained. “Also, the physical work
can be demanding so a mix of strengths is also important.”
“We always try to match our members with their preferences and succeed about 95% of the time. We have many
crews who like to work together every year, so those participants are easy to place. I also try to incorporate newcomers
into the “old” teams to keep them fresh and to ensure the
newcomers have a good base of knowledge to draw from,
without burdening any one crew with too many inexperienced
members I think TAS is unique in the way that the experienced members are always ready to welcome and mentor
newcomers.”
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Chris is in weekly contact with the committee chair and
the principle investigator with the count of crews for each
area. This lets them know how many crews they can form for
each site or activity. In addition, Chris has to make sure he has
enough experienced crew chiefs for all the crews. “In 2014,
we had a real problem finding last minute crew chiefs because
so many people waited until the end of May to register,” Chris
commented, “and that was really a challenge. It also impacted
our survey and excavation strategies. If I can say anything to
our membership, it’s this: Please register early!”
Principle Investigator
Usually, the only paid archeologist attached to a field
school is the Principal Investigator, or PI (occasionally a couple
of others are paid depending on the scope of the site). This
person receives a stipend for overseeing the actual archeological events that take place during the field school as well
as pre-school preparation, and post-school analysis and final
written report.
In order to be prepared, the PI, upon signing his/her contract, must become familiar with the intellectual goals for the
site. Is it historic? Prehistoric? A combination of both? What
eras? What cultures? Once the PI has done this research, one
or more visits to the site will be necessary to decide WHERE
excavation and survey will occur. This visit is always in the
company of at least one member of the FS committee (most
often, the chair) and/or the land owner. During the site visit,
the PI and the FS committee member do a thorough site survey to determine where to excavate and where to survey. To
paraphrase 2014 PI, Jason Barrett: what they are looking for
is where to place excavation to ensure the TAS excavation
members have the most success in furthering our understanding of the peoples being researched, and where on the site the
survey crews have the best chance of finding more preserved
evidence that will add to the knowledge of the peoples that
inhabited the land.
“Sometimes it can be very frustrating,” Barrett continued.
“When you don’t know how many people you can hope to have
to fill out crews. This year (2014), for example, as of the first of
June we had less than 200 people signed up for ALL the school
and only about 100 for excavation, but by the first day of the
school (Saturday) we had over 200 in excavation alone! We
were scrambling to find enough crew chiefs and units for all
the diggers. If I can say one thing to TAS members it would
be this: REGISTER EARLY!! It can make all the difference.”
Teacher Workshops
It’s always a challenge to organize meaningful Field
School workshops for teachers. Robin Matthews, the TAS
Education Committee Chairman, has to consider many variables such as grade level, subject area, and the archeological
experience level of the teachers who may attend.
The goal of the Education Committee is to provide
activities, information, and encouragement for teachers to
include archeology in their curriculum. Thus, these workshops are much more than a presentation by a speaker.
“Hands-on activities” and games are a necessary part of
any student centered activity and the trick is to impart some
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meaningful appreciation for archeology while the teaching
and learning are creative, fun, and appropriate for various
grades and subjects.
Just for fun, envision 15 teachers, from 3rd grade to
12th grade, art, music, physics, chemistry, U.S. and world
history, geography, biology, and chemistry all in a group…
and your job is to come up with workshops that each teacher
can modify for her/his classroom.
And then, there is the question: “can this workshop
be counted for Gifted and Talented Credit for Professional
Education (CPE) hours.”
Arranging a location for the workshop is always a
struggle. Will there be shade? What if it rains? Finding tables,
chairs, a dark space to show slides or video, a safe place for
flint knapping and friction fire activity, fire extinguishers,
goggles, gloves, and, oh yes, bandages. The atlatl contest
has to have a space so as not to impale a camper to a tent
wall! Water for the potter, fresh-water mussel shells for an
activity, rocks for an incised pebble activity, the list goes on.
Each teacher receives a packet of handouts, activities,
crossword puzzles, archeological articles, and a certificate for
CPE credit, so it is important for teachers to register early.
Programs
For 13 of the last 14 years, the evening programs have
been supervised by the fabulous, creative Andi Comini of the
Field School Committee. The exception, 2014, was handled
by Sue Gross and Sandy Rogers, who did a great job as
well. Andi and her friends have always found interesting
and informative topics for each evening of camp as well as
coordinating the Wally party and Friday night awards.
Camp Food
Planning and arranging for food at Field School start
when the site and campsite are first identified for an upcoming
Field School. Provisions for electricity, water, wastewater and
garbage must be identified and arranged for. Often, additional
electricity must be provided (or even a generator provided).
Sometimes, like at Del Rio, we even had to haul in water!
For a specific Field School, planning starts as soon as
the previous Field School ends, with a review of the invoices
and menus from the previous Field School. Notes are made of
likes, dislikes, and needs for the following years.
The cooks’ contract is prepared and signed before the
January TAS Board Meeting so that the Field School chair
can sign it, and the contract is given to the TAS Office with
copies mailed back to the head cook and the food liaison.
The head cook contacts food vendors and gets bids on
food and then the food liaison contracts with the food vendor
and provides that vendor with the TAS certificate of insurance.
Preliminary orders are placed with the vendor and finalized about a week to ten days before Field School (using the
registration numbers and number of meals ordered as a guide).
Estimates are made for days when additional meals may be
required, such as the Sunday evening meal when extra TAS
Board members are at camp for the Board meeting and the
night of the Wally (margarita) Party.
In addition, once the food trailer is in camp, a local nonprofit is identified for donations of leftover perishable items
(there is not much leftover). Usually this is a Food Pantry,
Nursing Home or similar place.
One of the BEST jobs is checking names for meals! “I
get to see everyone and say HI!” May Schmidt remarked, “Of
course, breakfast is a bit more complicated since my eyes are
barely open.”
After Field School, copies of the invoices are obtained
and annotated for the next year.
Food arrangements must be made in advance because of
the quantities involved. The cooks prepare 100-250 servings
for 15 consecutive meals, and supplement what is ordered
with local purchases.
Lab
The Lab has similar requirements to the Food (electricity, water) and security of artifacts. Many lab supplies must
be ordered from specific vendors in advance (the bags for
example).
The lab director must work with the PI to develop appropriate paperwork, tags, etc. and provide them.
The TAS trailer with the tables, chairs, drying racks,
flotation drums, etc. must also be set up.
After Field School, artifacts must be packed up and
moved to wherever continuing work is to be done and then
distributed to analysts.
Final Thoughts
Now that you’ve finished reading this, you realize that
those folks who “took all the good spots” are actually those
who spent the year preparing for this event and then came
BEFORE the electricity, water, or porta-potties to get things
ready for YOU!
I wish I could take credit for knowing all this stuff, but
I can’t. I contacted the volunteers who give of their time
and talent for their information. Thanks to Glynn, Chris,
Sylvia, Doug, May, and Robin for their contributions to this
article. I think, after reading this, we should ALL be willing
to REGISTER AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE and to pitch in
where needed!
Have a great
field school
next time
around!
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NOTABLE ARCHAEOLOGY EXHIBIT
AT NAVARRO COLLEGE
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By Don G. Wyckoff
On October 16, 2014, the Cook Center at Navarro
College in Corsicana formally opened a new 1400 ft2 exhibit
gallery: “Hunters and Gatherers of the Blackland Prairie.”
The gallery contains the extensive artifact collection of
the late Robert S. Reading, former city commissioner and
mayor of Corsicana. Between the 1930s and the 1950s, Mr.
Reading surface collected from nearly 50 sites in Navarro,
Ellis, Freestone, and adjacent counties. In October 1960
he donated the nearly 500 frames of artifacts to Navarro
Junior College where they hung (with no organization) on
two walls of a large meeting room in the Administration
Building of the college. In 2009, as the Navarro College
Foundation was raising funds for a major addition to the
Cook Center (which houses an unprecedented Civil War
archive and wonderful Western art collection as well as
one of the best planetariums west of the Mississippi River),
the board members decided that certain space would be
allocated to display the Reading collection. In beginning to
think about how to do this, the board members consulted
Bill Young, long-time TAS member and an avocational
archaeologist familiar with the collection and some of the
locations from which it came. From Bill, the board learned
of the knowledge and monetary value of the collection and
realized they needed to do something very special in terms
of exhibit planning.
In early 2010, Bill Young contacted Don Wyckoff (then
serving as Archaeology Curator of the Oklahoma Museum
of Natural History and Professor of Anthropology, Oklahoma University) regarding Oklahoma lithic materials in his
own collection. So, with Alan Skinner’s assistance, Don met
with Bill and Alan to review Paleoindian and early Archaic
artifacts. During this meeting Bill mentioned the extensive
collection housed at Navarro College and thought Don ought
to look at it when convenient. Later that spring, Navarro
College Foundation board member Oliver Albritton (nephew
of the noted geologist/geoarchaeologist Claude Albritton)
visited Don at the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
to seek advice and input regarding displaying the Reading
collection. Don agreed to come to Corsicana during the
Christmas break of 2010 and meet with Bill Young and the
Foundation board members to review the collection. Regrettably, Bill passed away shortly before that meeting, but Don
did come and meet with the Foundation board members and
with exhibit designer Ross Edwards (Creation Nest, Midlothian, Texas). Given the “wallpaper-like display” manner of
the collection it was easy to be mesmerized by it, but it was
obvious the collection was extensive, well documented, and
of chronologically diverse materials. Because he was retiring from O.U. in July of 2011, Don agreed to contribute his
time to work with Ross Edwards to develop some themes
around which the collection could be displayed. Critical to
such planning was the removal of the collection from the
Administration Building and sorting it into the counties and
sites from which the artifacts came. This was done, and between 2012 and the summer of 2014, Don and Ross worked
out several exhibit themes centered on the collection, most
of which included artifacts in use between 4500 and 600
years ago. The publications of Jim Bruseth, Tom Hester and
Ellen Turner, Elton Prewitt, Tim Perttula, and Alan Skinner
were most helpful in this regard.
The Navarro College Foundation raised the funds to
plan and install the exhibit, and, on October 16, 2014, celebrated with a ribbon cutting to open it. Besides housing all
of the Reading collection (some of which is in select exhibits
while the remainder is in shelving organized by counties
and sites), the exhibit includes one of the three original
Malakof stone heads, videos of the blackland prairie and of
flint knapping, interactive devices appropriate to the exhibit,
and an array of exhibit cases focusing on point style changes
through time, raw materials used for various kinds of tools,
and comparisons of assemblages from upland sites with
those along the Trinity River. Docents are being trained to
guide and answer questions about the exhibit, and Navarro
College invites you to come to Corsicana and visit this new
addition to the Cook Center on the college campus.
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TEXAS BEYOND HISTORY
Life after Slavery: Investigations of an African American Farmstead
By Susan Dial
This 12-section exhibit traces the Ransom
and Sarah Williams family from 1865 into the
20th century based on archeological remains,
historic documents, and the recollections of the
large descendant community. Rich in information
and imagery, the exhibit not only guides viewers
through the history of this freedman family but
provides a detailed look at the researchers’ methods
and approaches used to reconstruct the story.
An illustrated, interactive timeline and historic
context section help us imagine the family’s experiences against the backdrop of rapidly changing
laws and highly charged events in Texas and the
U.S. during the Reconstruction and Jim Crow
eras. For many Texans, the breadth, scope, and
economic importance of slavery in the state is not
well known, and this section provides an arsenal
of facts and figures, along with broadsides, news
clippings, and cartoons of the time. The Family and
Community section outlines what has been learned
about the Williams family based on a variety of historic records and maps, and includes an illustrated
family tree created especially for the project. In
the Oral History section, cherished family photos
are intermixed with audio clips of members of the
descendant community who recall traditions and
their varied experiences growing up in Antioch
Colony, Manchaca, and the East Austin area.
Several sections provide background on the
investigative techniques used to reconstruct the
family’s lifeways and the farmstead system at the
40-acre site—archeological excavations, landscape analysis, and archival research. By clicking
through interactive maps of the cabin complex and
adjacent fields, viewers can discover what was
uncovered in each area. Video interviews with the
investigators conducted at the site and in the laboratory provide insights into different approaches
used and the significance of findings. For example,
Project Investigator Doug Boyd historian discusses
the extensive system of rock walls created by Ransom Williams, and historian Terri Meyers explains
how she discovered the 1872 brand registration
that indicated Ransom Williams raised horses.
With more than 65 color image plates with
detailed descriptions, the exhibit’s artifacts section
is a remarkable catalog of tools and possessions
One of the three exceptional paintings created by artist/archeologist Frank Weir
for the farmstead exhibit graces the main page. Ransom and Sarah Williams and
seven of their children are shown hard at work in a variety of activities in this
scene, circa 1895. This scene also was developed as an interactive activity for
young students, allowing them to “meet” the members of the family and learn
about farm life.
reflecting the varied activities of 19th-century farm life. This section, in
particular, should be of considerable value to researchers struggling with
historic artifact identifications.
The Ransom and Sarah Williams Farmstead exhibit was written by
multiple contributors: Doug Boyd and Aaron Norment of Prewitt and
Associates; Maria Franklin and Nedra Lee of the Department of the Anthropology at UT-Austin; and Terri Myer at Preservation Central. Carol
Schlenk and Laine Leibick created student interactives and lesson plans for
K-12 students and teachers (see TAS Spring Newsletter 2013). Funding for
the exhibit was provided by the Texas Department of Transportation, the
Travis County Historical Commission, the Travis County Archeological
Society, the Texas Archeological Society, Council of Texas Archeologists, Friends of TARL, and individual contributors, including Elton
and Kerza Prewitt and Doris Hill.
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TxDOT—ROADSIDE CHAT . . .
TxDOTArcheology Reports Available
22ND EAST TEXAS
ARCHEOLOGICAL
CONFERENCE
We invite you
to attend the
East Texas Archeological Conference
February 14, 2015
at the University of Texas at Tyler.
Ornelas Activity Center
3402 Old Omen Rd.
Tyler, Texas
9 AM–4 PM. Registration begins at 8:30 AM
and admission is $10 at the door.
On Sunday, February 15th, there will be a field visit to the
Gregg County Historical Museum to visit the Buddy Calvin
Jones Caddo Collection and site visit to the Hudnall-Pirtle
Site. (Times to be arranged.)
The ETAC was established to bring together people interested in the archeology of our area. This is an opportunity
for professional archeologists, avocational archeologists, and
members of the general public to visit with each other about
their shared and common interest in the region’s cultural
heritage. Come and enjoy paper presentations, poster sessions,
and book sales.
CALL FOR PAPERS:
Papers and symposia are invited on the archeology and history
of East Texas. Send paper titles and abstracts by to:
Dr. Cory Sills ([email protected]) or
Dr. Thomas Guderjan ([email protected]) or
Dr. Timothy K. Perttula [email protected]
LODGING: STAYBRIDGE SUITES is the designated
ETAC hotel.
2759 McDonald Road & SE Loop 323
Tyler, Texas 75701
903.566.1100
http://www.staybridge.com
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Dr. Cory Sills [email protected] 903-566-7402
Dr. Thomas Guderjan [email protected] 817-831-9011
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The following new reports in PDF format are available
through the TxDOT drop box system. Please contact Sharon
Dornheim ([email protected]) to receive a copy of
one or both of these reports.
Archeological Investigations at the Kitchen Branch
(41CP220), B. J. Horton (41CP20), and Keering (41CP21)
Sites, Big Cypress Creek Basin, Camp County, Texas. Timothy
K. Perttula and Mason D. Miller (Editors). Archeological Studies Program Report No. 164, TxDOT Environmental Affairs
Division, Technical Report No. 82, AmaTerra Environmental,
Inc., Austin, TX, May 2014.
This report summarizes the testing and data recovery
of site 41CP220. The artifacts and features are attributed to
Middle-Late Archaic, Woodland, and Early Caddo to Late
Caddo Titus Phase occupations with a small minor historicage (late 19th and early 20th century) component. The majority
of the investigation centered on the Late Caddo Titus Phase
domestic farmstead during the 15th century. Special studies
include: organic residue on ceramic sherds, petrographic, neutron activation, experimental production of Late Caddo ceramic
vessels, thermoluminescence dating of prehistoric ceramics
and radiocarbon assays of ceramic residue and burned plant
remains from the site. There are a total of 31 radiocarbon dates
obtained for the site. Multiple cultural features were examined
and interpreted. The appendix contains many photographs including 137 projectile points and numerous other lithic tools.
This report includes a current analysis and interpretation of: the
unpublished 1974 investigation of site 41CP20 a Titus Phase
Caddo cemetery and the 1974 testing of site 41CP21 a Titus
Phase domestic Caddo farmstead. The analysis and interpretation includes how these two Caddo Titus Phase sites relate to
41CP220.
Data Recovery Investigations at the Tank Destroyer Site
(41CV1378) at Fort Hood, Coryell County, Texas. Douglas K.
Boyd, John E. Dockall, Karl W. Kibler, Gemma Mehalchick,
and Laura M. Short. Archeological Studies Program Report
No. 149, Environmental Affairs Division, Texas Department
of Transportation, and Reports of Investigations, Number 172,
Prewitt and Associates, Inc., Austin., TX, July 2014.
This report describes data recovery at an upland burned
rock mound/midden conducted by Prewitt and Associates, Inc.,
for TxDOT. The midden is located within the planned right
of way on State Highway 9, near Copperas Cove, within the
boundary of Fort Hood. In addition to traditional analyses of
lithic, burned rock, and snail assemblages, the report explores
social identity during the Late Archaic in Central Texas, and
uses landscape analysis to investigate the relationship between
burned rock mounds and middens and environmental variables.
THE 85TH TAS ANNUAL MEETING:
IT IS OVER AND DONE NOW!
The 85th Annual Meeting of the Texas Archeological
Society (TAS) is now in our rear view mirror. Held on October 24-26, 2014, at the Embassy Suites San Marcos – Hotel,
Spa, and Conference Center, 365 individuals were registered
for the event, with 61 of those registering at the door. Your
Travis County Archeological Society hosts were exceptionally
pleased with the permanent Registration Area we used during the meeting with its large counter area and two lockable
rooms where we could park equipment and supplies. All the
meeting rooms and special function rooms we used worked
very well for our group, too. The Local Arrangements Committee (LAC) found hotel staff to be exceptionally cheerful
and helpful, as were the PSAV (audio-visual) team.
Members staying at the hotel had a great start to their
mornings at the complimentary breakfast buffet held by
the hotel, which allowed folks to have a tasty prepared (at
the buffet) or specially-ordered breakfast shared with their
colleagues.
Friday activities were meeting-oriented, with the Council of Texas Archeologists (CTA) and the Texas Historical
Commission (THC) Stewardship Network having their Fall
meetings and the TAS having its last Board
meeting under
(Photo/Heather Hanselka)
the leadership of the 2013-2014 officers. Eighteen of the 70
papers scheduled for the meeting were given in the two concurrent sessions held Friday afternoon. Program Co-Chairs
were Margaret Howard and Britt Bousman. An early reminder
for next year: as indicated in the Call for Papers, all presenters
and primary authors are to be TAS members and registered
for the meeting, an issue that was addressed multiple times
during the process of setting up this year’s program.
Away from the hotel, tours organized by Karen Fustes
(our new President-Elect) to Texas State University (TSU)
were taken by 27 TAS members on Friday. They visited the
Center for Archaeological Studies and the Prehistory Research Project/Gault Lab, traveling to their destination and
back on a bus provided by the Department of Anthropology
at TSU. Extending beyond Friday, tours to Ezell’s Cave Preserve were offered early Friday, Saturday, and Sunday mornings by Ron Ralph, one of the LAC Equipment Wranglers
and a steward at the preserve. Six TAS members enjoyed
this “Walk in the Dark,” learning about the history, biology,
and geology of the area. The Meadows Center for Water and
the Environment at TSU offered discounted glass-bottomed
boat tours to TAS members during the meeting. Even further
from the hotel, a tour of the La Belle exhibit was provided at
the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin on
Sunday morning. Thirty-five members had an hour touring
with David Denney, Curator of Special Projects, before the
public was admitted. They heard about getting the La Belle
preserved and bringing the exhibit to Austin where the hull
will be restored in the coming months.
Members got an early start socializing Friday evening
at the hotel’s Manager’s Reception before attending the Public Forum presentation given by Amy Borgens (THC State
Marine Archeologist) and Frederick (Fritz) Hanselmann
(Research Professor and the Chief Underwater Archaeologist/
Dive Training Officer with The Meadows Center for Water
and the Environment at TSU). Their topic was The Monterrey
Shipwrecks: Three Early 19th-Century Shipwrecks in the Gulf
of Mexico. The talk was followed by an artifact identification
opportunity offered to guests by Elton Prewitt, Alan Skinner,
and Chris Lintz.
The wrap-up for the evening was the CTA Careers in
Archeology Social. Fourteen cultural resource management
firms and agencies provided exhibits highlighting their
archeological work: ACI, Ama Terra (formerly Ecological
Communications Corporation), Apex, AR Consultants, Atkins
Global (formerly PBS&J), Blanton & Associates, Coastal
Environments, Cox|McLain, Prewitt & Associates, SWCA,
William Self , the Texas Historical Commission/Archeology
Division, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, and the Texas
Department of Transportation. Additional money beyond the
CTA-budgeted comestibles part of this social was donated by
several of the above organizations and other generous folks,
providing truly exceptional snacks for those who came to
view the exhibits.
Saturday continued with three concurrent paper sessions,
30 papers offered in the morning. Ten posters were up for
viewing on Saturday, with 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM set for the
authors to discuss their posters.
Also continuing on Saturday from their start on Friday
were the Silent Auction (coordinated by May Schmidt) and
the Book/Exhibit Room tables (shepherded by Nick Morgan),
with TAS merchandise tables overseen by Kathleen Hughes,
chair of the TAS Merchandise Committee. The Silent Auction
proceeds added $3,022.00 to the TAS General Fund, with the
Door Prize bringing in $192.00. An addition to the Saturday
activities in this room was the Authors’ Book Signing Event
(Book Fest) coordinated by Steve Davis, where authors had 50
minutes each to chat about and sell their books. Those authors
were Mike Collins and Clark Wernecke; Mary Black; Tim
Perttula (quickly substituting for Tom Hester, who couldn’t
attend); Gregg Dimmick; Harry Shafer; John Arnn; Britt
Bousman and Bradley Vierra; Linda Gorski and Louis Aulbach; and Douglas W. Owsley. Having these individuals who
had written about history and prehistory (much of it focused
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ANNUAL MEETING, Continued from page 17
on Texas) share the fruits of their labors with us brought an
extra zest to the publications area.
Splitting morning from afternoon activities were the
Box Lunch and TAS Annual Business Meeting, where
membership years were recognized, officers for 2014-2015
elected, a 2015 budget adopted, and President’s Awards
given out. Receiving those awards were Jerry Grubis, Joe
Hudgins, Glynn Osburn, and Louis E. (Pinky) Robertson.
With only one hour taken up by business, members were
encouraged to go across the hall to take in the presentations
of the poster authors before the afternoon concurrent sessions (22 papers) began.
A feature event for our Annual Meetings is the Saturday
evening Banquet. The Banquet was preceded by a Social
hour (the bartenders continued serving throughout the Banquet). We served 204 meals, and had an additional 44 folks
attending just to hear the speaker. Responses from a number
of Banquet attenders indicated that the dinners were probably the best they had encountered at TAS Banquets! We had
a moment of silence for members who had died since our
last Annual Meeting, and went through the “Where-As’s”
with Elton Prewitt. Awards were presented by Alan Skinner,
TAS Awards Committee chair. Receiving the Distinguished
Service Award was Charles Frederick; Sue Gross received
the Francis Stickney Field School Award; and Larry Riemenschneider received the C. K. Chandler Award. In a surprise
move, Award Committee member Karen Fustes presented
the TAS Lifetime Achievement Award to committee chair
Alan Skinner. Congratulations to all these fine people!
The changeover in TAS leadership occurred, as outgoing
President Wendy Lockwood passed the ceremonial gavel
to incoming President Mary Jo Galindo, and Mary Jo gave
Wendy a plaque thanking her for her service as President.
The focal point of the Banquet was the presentation
by Dr. Douglas W. Owsley, Division Head for Physical
Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution’s National
Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. His talk,
Interpreting Kennewick Man and the Double Burial from
Horn Shelter No. 2, covered this Washington State burial and
the burials found in a shelter overlooking the Brazos River
in central Texas. Dr. Owsley was especially involved in the
controversy of whether or not scientists would be allowed
to study the human remains of the Kennewick Man, and his
talk was much anticipated. While we had an noise issue with
a wedding celebration being held on the other side of our
room’s air wall (requests to tone it down fell on deaf ears, as
it were), Dr. Owsley did his best to counter the situation by
giving most of his talk from the back of the room so those
closest to the noise would have a better chance of hearing
him. While we were very disappointed by this disruption
throughout Dr. Owsley’s presentation and the Banquet, we
were caught up in the story he brought to us and appreciated
his professionalism in completing his talk. Dr. Owsley received our thanks and our apologies; Embassy Suites will be
offering some compensation for the Banquet noise debacle.
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Sunday morning saw a TAS Board meeting and
orientation for new 2014-2015 Board members as TAS
folks began preparing to leave for home or to stop for the
previously described tour at the Bob Bullock Texas State
History Museum.
The Travis County Archeological Society is pleased
to have been the host for this successful 85th TAS Annual
Meeting, aided and abetted by our partners at Texas State
University – the Department of Anthropology, The Meadows
Center for Water and the Environment, the Center for
Archaeological Studies, and the Prehistory Research Project/
Gault Lab; the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department; the
Texas Historical Commission; and the Council of Texas
Archeologists (Careers in Archeology Social). Equipment
was provided by the Travis County Archeological Society,
the Texas Archeological Society, the Tarrant County
Archeological Society, the Texas Parks & Wildlife
Department, and the Llano Uplift Archeological Society.
The Local Arrangements Committee consisted of
Annual Meeting Organizer, Carolyn Spock; Hotel Search
Coordinator, Doris Hill; Registrar, Leslie Bush; Assistant
Registrar, Jean Hughes; Program Co-Chairs Britt Bousman and Margaret Howard; Publicity and Special Speakers
Coordinator, Pat Mercado-Allinger; Treasurers, Jonelle
Miller-Chapman and Carole Leezer; Silent Auction Coordinator, May Schmidt; Book/Exhibit Room Coordinator, Nick
Morgan (with Authors’ Book Signing Event Coordinator,
Steve Davis); Extracurricular Activities/Tour Coordinator,
Karen Fustes; Equipment Wranglers, Ron Ralph and Elliot
Richmond; and Volunteer Coordinator, Jennifer Anderson.
Additional decorations for the Banquet were provided by
May Schmidt and Jonelle Miller-Chapman, set up by Judi
Bush, McKenna Martin, and Sarah Brawn.
We look forward to passing the mantle for the upcoming 86th TAS Annual Meeting to the Houston Archeological
Society. Led by society president Linda Gorski, they have
already engaged a hotel, the Omni Westlake, and set a date,
October 23-25, 2015. Thanks to all of you who helped to
make the 2014 TAS Annual Meeting a success; let’s make it
great for our compadres hosting in Houston in 2015!
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REGIONAL MEETINGS
Region 3
January 8 monthly meeting for Tarrant
County Archeological Society
January 15 monthly meeting for Parker
County Archeological Society
In Memory of
TOM ELLZEY
TOM ELLZEY (December 23, 1941 – October 10, 2014) passed away recently. He was born in
Shattuck, Oklahoma and raised on a ranch in the Texas Panhandle. He received his BA in Anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin and his MA in Anthropology from the University of
Michigan. He taught many informal seminars on Forensic Anthropology and performed as a forensic
anthropologist for the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation in and for the pathologist’s office
in Liberal, Kansas. He also taught cultural, archaeological and physical anthropology at Oklahoma
Panhandle State University, as well as courses in criminology, sociology, anatomy and geography.
He was Park Archeologist at Wolf Creek County Park and worked as consulting archeologist with
many archeological enterprises in the Panhandle of Texas. Later in life, he moved with his wife to
Thailand where he taught English to school-aged children.
In Memory of
GREGORY SUNDBORG
Gregory Sundborg
GREGORY SUNDBORG (December 12, 1953 - October 5, 2014) was born in Waltham, Mass.
to Air Force Colonel Andrew Thomas Sundborg, Jr. and his wife, Jean Putnam Johnston Sundborg.
Greg was a seasoned archeologist, long time member of the Texas Archeological Society, passionate
music lover, and student of the world. He is preceded in death by his parents and his brother, and
is survived by a nephew, sister-in-law, and two Godchildren.
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TAS 2014 Membership Certificate Awards
60 YEARS
Charles N. Bollich
Michael B. Collins
Bert L.Speed
Dr. R.H. Tull, Jr.
55 YEARS
Harold V. Johnson III
50 YEARS
Tom E. Adams
Frank W. Calhoun
William L. Fullen
Margie Fullen
Donald J. Priour
Teddy Lou Stickney
J. Ned Woodall
30 YEARS
Roy Hanus
William E. Haskell
Paul V. Heinrich
Eugene Majerowicz
Richard T. Malouf
Betty Marshall
ShirleyMock
Rodney “Bo” Nelson
Daniel Prikryl
Robert W. Van Til
Judy Wayland
Audrey Taylor
25 YEARS
Robert W. Anthony
Cynthia R. Banks
C. Britt Bousman
Meg Cruse
45 YEARS
Nancy Mottashed Cole Jerry Deal
Karen M. Gardner
Frank Fry
Beverly Gordon
Dr. John Greer
Doug Gordon
Grant D. Hall
Jerry Grubis
Ruthann Knudson
Deana Grubis
Ralph L. Robinson
Mark Henderson
Robert L. Smith
Matt Hood
Gay Smith
Brett A. Houk
Jane Wilson
MiltonJordan
Paul Katz
40 YEARS
Alvin Lynn
Dr. D. Kirk Brown
Jonelle Miller-Chapman
Meeks Etchieson
Reeda L. Peel-Fleming
Christopher Lintz
David G. Robinson
Robert J. Mallouf
Robert T. Shelby
Logan McNatt
Neal Stilley
John Montgomery
Linda Swift
Carolyn Spock
James Robert “Bob” Ward
Doug Wilkens
35 YEARS
Voy Althaus
Stephen L. Black
David Carlson
Jesse E. Clark
Donny L. Hamilton
R. C. Harmon
Richard L. McReynolds
Roger G. Moore
Suzanne Patrick
Mary L. Williamson
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20 YEARS
Joan E.Baker
Carolyn Boyd
Pat Clabaugh
Phil Dering
Alan Garrett
Christine Klinger
Timothy Klinger
Chris Meis
Thomas E. Speir
DonnaOtto
10 YEARS
Royce Baker
Del Barnett
David Campbell
Linda Domelsmith
Kevin Durrant
John G. Forister
Anton Paul Hajek III
Bea Harmon
Jean Hughes
Richard Hughes
Jennifer Hatchett-Kimbell
B. F. Hicks
David Gage
Mary Jo Galindo
J. R. Kenley
Eleanor King
Karen Little
Ruth Marcom
Erna Martin
McKenna Martin
Katrina Nuncio
Joe Nuncio
Mary Ann Paul
Mike Shannon
Lewis R. Stiles
Michael Strutt
Ruth Stockley
Barry A. Thompson
Victor H. Treat
Tricia Van Til
Scott Wehner
15 YEARS
Michael Aiuvalasit
Debra Beene
Russ Brownlow
Leslie Bush
Dr. James R. Cave
Lloyd H. Erwin
Eugene Foster
Victor Galan
ShirleyGreen
Sylvia Gunn
William Havelka
John D. Hills
Clint Lacy
Karen Lacy
Tiffany Lamb
Nelson F. Marek
Sharon Menegaz
Steve Menegaz
Myles R. Miller III
Larry K. Ripper
Tim E.Roberts
Joe D. Rogers & Family
William B. Stallings
Lance K. Trask
Cindy Smyers
Sonny A. Wheeler III
DannyWitt
NEWS FROM THE
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
The Education Committee has just completed a project
that entailed mailing teacher packets to 50 selected public and
home schools. Each packet contained a variety of archeological activities and handouts that can be used in 4th grade, 7th
grade Texas history, 9th grade world geography, 10th grade
world history and beginning science classes. Also included
in the packets were TAS bookmarks and information about
both TAS and Texas Beyond History.
In 2015, there will be a student “research-based competition project” featuring rock art in Texas. The Education Committee will be working with the Texas Historic Commission
and hopefully the Region 13 Education Service Center on
curriculum and future project possibilities. Robin Matthews, Education Committee Chairman, stated
that there will be a teacher workshop for Columbus teachers
in early Spring 2015. One of the goals of this workshop will
be to encourage teachers from Columbus and nearby school
districts to attend Field School. Teachers can earn professional development credit hours at Field School.
BOOK REVIEW
WALKING IN KIT’S SHOES Ex-Dumas teacher’s book examines
Adobe Walls battle By Chip Chandler
In his decades of teaching history in Dumas, Alvin Lynn
had a motto: “If you don’t walk on it, don’t write about it.”
So, when he decided he didn’t know enough about the
trail Col. Kit Carson took to the first Battle of Adobe Walls,
that’s just what he did: He walked it. All 200 and some miles, in fact, from Fort Bascom, N.M.,
to the battlegrounds near Stinnett in Hutchinson County.
The trek turned into a book, Kit Carson and the First
Battle of Adobe Walls: A Tale of Two Journeys, released this
summer from Texas Tech University Press.
The book sold out its first run of 2,000 and is now in a
second printing, said Lynn, who relocated to Amarillo with
wife Nadyne after retiring in 1995.
Acclaimed photographer Wyman Meinzer provided
shots of the battle sites and aerial views of the wagon paths.
The research process took more than 15 years, during
which Lynn uncovered 1,800 artifacts, verified what he
thought he knew about the battle and got a hands-on education in what he didn’t know.
“I’ve read so many things that are not totally true,” Lynn
said. “It wasn’t intentionally (wrong), just the information
wasn’t there. I needed to walk it out and find everything I
could to see if it verified everything I’d read.”
The 1864 battle pitted the U.S. Army against Kiowa,
Comanche and Plains Apache tribesmen who were blamed
for wagon-train attacks on the Santa Fe Trail.
It was one of the largest battles to take place on the
Great Plains, though casualties were rather low.
“Carson ... could see his odds were getting against
him,” Lynn said. “More and more indians were coming up
the river.”
Instead of coming back and resuming the fight, Carson
built a short-lived new fort, Camp Nichols in the Oklahoma
Panhandle. On the site of Kiowa Chief Dohasan’s winter village
in Hutchinson County, Lynn learned that Union soldiers
stacked the Native Americans’ teepees and burned them.
He located spots where mountain howitzers were sitting and even found some remaining cannonballs shot from
the guns. The howitzers likely prevented more Army deaths, said
Lynn, who said the battle could have turned into another
Little Big Horn, which resulted in the death of Gen. George
Armstrong Custer.
“The artifacts helped me redo the battle and learn the
location of all the men,” he said.
Ten years later, Comanches attacked the settlement
again in the Second Battle of Adobe Walls, which led to the
Red River War and the Plains Indians’ forced relocation to
reservations in what is now Oklahoma.
All along the trail, Lynn was able to put history in his
hands.
It turns out the trail was quite frequently traveled, dating back to prehistoric times, and Lynn was able to find
artifacts from ancient people, from the Spanish military
men who traveled it in the 1800s and from cowboys driving
cattle along it.
“About 99 percent of the trail is on private ranches and
probably hasn’t been seen since 1864, so it had been well
protected,” Lynn said.
That’s why Lynn’s work is “absolutely vital,” said Michael Grauer, PPHM associate director for curatorial affairs
and curator of art and Western heritage.
“That’s the kind of scientific mapping that needs to take
place whenever you have any historic or prehistoric site,”
Grauer said. “That’s why it’s important that these sites aren’t
destroyed or disrupted by laymen. ... We can use those artifacts to tell the story.”
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TAS DONOR’S FUND RESEARCH—NEW ANALYSIS
OF THE COLEMAN COLLECTION (41BX568)
Jennifer Zonker Rice, Ph.D.
The Coleman site (41BX568) was a mortuary site located on private property owned by Jack and Joyce Coleman in south
Bexar County in Hidden Valley near Medio Creek. After its accidental discovery, salvage excavation began by volunteers of
the Southern Texas Archaeological Association and the Texas Historical Commission in late 1995 and early 1996. According
to Pickering and Potter (2005), the site contained a minimum of 20 individuals buried in two distinct groups or clusters within
a sand and gravel quarry. Seven burials were included in the first cluster with at least 13 individuals present in the second
cluster. Unfortunately, due to quarrying activity, many of the burials were badly disturbed and damaged. Although somewhat
fragmentary, initial analysis revealed that the collection consisted of remains from both adults and children. See La Tierra,
Volume 23, No.1, 2005. Age, sex, stature, and pathology were recorded for all individuals in the collection when possible.
Since this initial report, a more comprehensive analysis of the skeletal remains has been underway by the author. The
collection contained a large amount of “miscellaneous” bones and fragments that were not attributed to any one individual,
however, upon analysis, a number of bones have been successfully matched with burials (individuals). Additionally, reconstruction of many fragmented portions of bone continues.
Individual pathological assessment was conducted by Pickering and Potter (2005). Recently, new analysis, made possible
in part by funds from the TAS Donor’s Fund, allowed X-rays to be taken of selected long bones for the determination of the
presence of Harris lines. Most pathology on prehistoric remains can be observed macroscopically; however, X-rays allow
researchers to see more discrete markers of disease and growth patterns such as Harris lines. These lines, sometimes referred
to as growth arrest lines, appear on X-rays as opaque horizontal lines near the epiphyses of the bone, perpendicular to the long
bone. While the exact etiology of Harris lines is not fully understood, their presence is used as an indicator of non-specific
stressors associated with health and disease, nutrition, and overall living conditions.
X-rays were taken of at least one complete (or near complete long bone) from 15 burials in the collection. Burials with very
fragmented or minimal bone were not X-rayed. Of the 15 individuals X-rayed, 3 of the 7 children in the collection exhibited
evidence of at least one Harris line (43%). Harris lines are usually not present in adults since remodeling of bone tissue occurs
during growth which may obliterate any Harris lines that the individual may have incurred earlier in life.
With X-rays complete, Harris lines will be included in the larger data set of the Coleman collection. This additional
analysis broadens our understanding of the health and nutritional status of this hunter gatherer population of south-central
Texas. They sustained some level of environmental and/or cultural stress that affected their growth and development. Hopefully, with additional study, a more detailed picture of the lifestyle and subsequent health of this population will emerge.
Acknowledgments
The TAS Donor’s Fund award has been instrumental for the ongoing research conducted on the Coleman skeletal collection. Many thanks to the committee of the TAS Donor’s Fund for this award. I also thank Jack and Joyce Coleman for their
continued support and commitment in advancing our knowledge of Texas prehistory through their donation of this skeletal
collection and consent to scientific analyses.
References
Pickering R.B. and D. Potter.
2005. Description, context, and osteology of the Coleman burials. La Tierra, 32: 27-53
Potter, Daniel.
2005. Introduction. La Tierra, 32: 3-13
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