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In 2012, a Lithics Academy is planned for Uvalde and a Ceramics Academy for College Station; see Upcoming TAS Events below.
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Dr. Cary Voss demonstrates his flintknapping skill at the 2010 Lithics Academy in Kerrville.
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Dr. Harry Shafer and Marybeth Tomka provide feedback about pottery types
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Who We Are
The Texas Archeological Society welcomes you to the web site where you can learn
more about archeology around the state and how to actively participate in
preserving your heritage.
The Texas Archeological Society is dedicated to the study and preservation of
the historic and prehistoric aspects of Texas' past.
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TAS activities include Archeological Academies, a yearly Field School, an
Annual Meeting, a Speakers' Bureau, and rock art recording.
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It's Time To Pay Dues for 2012!
Join TAS online! – Click a link below to either join/renew online or print and mail in a form with your dues.
MEMBERS -- if your contact information has changed, please email updates to the
TAS office.
FYI - More information
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Just What Do Archeologists Do??
Have you ever wondered what archeologists do these days; what kinds of jobs and careers they have? Here is a link to a special issue of the Society for American Archaeology's magazine, The SAA Archaeological Record. It provides 12 personal accounts of careers in archeology that show archeology is about MUCH more than digging. This group of stories should be interesting if you are a student considering archeology as a career, as well as offer interested members of the public a look at the diversity of archeologists' work today.
The issue can be accessed for free through this link:
http://onlinedigeditions.com/publication/?i=65152
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Fall 2011
Newsletter (PDF) 7.8 MB
Opportunities for Teachers
Teachers -- interested in earning professional credit hours??! Check out some options in our Teachers/Opportunities section. Information on short courses through TAS and other sponsors may be found
here.
Support of TAS teacher outreach initiatives has been provided by the Texas Historical Foundation.
Upcoming TAS Events
2012 TAS Archeology Academies
The TAS Texas Archeology Academies have been scheduled for 2012.
Lithics: Reading Stone Artifacts will be held in Uvalde on February 4-5, registration deadline January 22;
Ceramics: The Stories Found in Pottery will be held in College Station on March 3-4, registration deadline February 22. More information may be found on the
2012 Texas Archeology Academies home page. For those of you who are already prepared to register for one of these Academies, the direct link to the online and PDF registration pages may be found below with the link to the 2012 TAS Academies home page. Additional information will be posted as it becomes available.
TAS Academies are intended for anyone interested in archeological topics: avocational archeologists experience new dimensions of expertise, professional archeologists benefit from review, and students can learn additional information outside of school curricula. Additionally, teachers may receive continuing education credit for attending. Refreshments, as well as lunch, will be provided by the Texas Archeological Society. All other meals and accommodations, however, are the responsibility of each participant.
2012 Field School
The 2012 TAS Field School will be held north of Del Rio on June 9 through 16. TAS will again be collaborating with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) at TPWD's new addition to the Devils River State Natural Area, formerly the Devils River Ranch. The property is downstream from our 1989 Field School location in the original Devils River State Natural Area. Camp headquarters will be familiar, as we will be lodging in the San Pedro campground on Amistad Reservoir, about 30 miles south of Devils River Ranch, where we camped for the 1999 TAS Field School. In 2012 TAS members will help to identify the most significant sites on the new acquisition, so that TPWD can protect them before the park opens to the public in 2013.
Registration is not set up at this time, but Margaret Howard and Luis Alvarado, Co-Principal Investigators on this project, have provided initial details and some reading suggestions to get you in the mood. The link below will take you to that information.
Been There and Done That!
Past Events!
2011 Annual Meeting
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Quentin McGown
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Michael Waters
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The 2011 TAS Annual Meeting (the 82nd) was held at the Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel and Spa on October 28-30. It was an excellent event. Friday saw meetings of the Council of Texas Archeologists, the Texas Historical Commission Archeology Stewards, and the TAS Board. The Friday night Public Forum, with support from Humanities Texas, featured Quentin McGown, historian and sixth-generation Fort Worthian, who provided information about events in the region's past that not only included early settlers, but also the Native Americans that had occupied the Fort Worth area. His talk was followed by the Council of Texas Archeologists Careers in Archeology social and a chance for local individuals to have their artifacts identified by archeologists present. Saturday was filled by paper and poster presentations, a Silent Auction fundraiser, books and more to purchase in the Book/Exhibit Room, and the luncheon/Annual Business Meeting where officers were elected and a budget adopted. A Saturday evening social preceded a Banquet that featured Dr. Michael Waters of Texas A&M University speaking on Clovis/pre-Clovis occupations and the peopling of the Americas. TAS awards were also presented at the Banquet. A meeting of the newly-elected TAS Board occurred Sunday morning as folks began their treks back home. Thanks to all the local arrangements workers (find a partial list at the bottom of
this page) who made the meeting so successful!
2011 Field School
The 2011 TAS Field School was held again in the Hondo area June 11 through June 18. Read the Hondo Anvil Herald Field School 2011
Article.
Field School photographs are beginning to trickle in and are being posted.
2011 Texas Archeology Academies
The March 11 - 13 Archeology 101 Academy was a great success. Classroom instruction (led by Harry Shafer) and other orientation (a tour led by Susan Snow) was held in the San Antonio area at Mission San Jose on Friday evening and Saturday, with Sunday fieldwork at Rancho de las Cabras near Floresville led by PI Marybeth Tomka. Academy facilitators Gerri and Howard Crockett have written an article on the Academy; you can read all about it
here. There are also pictures by Carolyn Gritzmaker to illustrate the activities Sunday morning at Las Cabras.
Unfortunately, the Geoarcheology Academy, to be held in the San Angelo area on April 2-3, had to be cancelled. For those of you who wish to acquire some geoarcheology knowledge, the Academy Committee is hoping to reschedule that topic in the next year or two, particularly since the March 2010 Geoarcheology Academy at Fort Hood was quite popular. Keep an eye out as information for the 2012 Academies is posted about the time of the 2011 Annual Meeting in Fort Worth this fall.
Rock Art Recording Group
The Spring Break Rock Art Recording session in the Panhandle (under the auspices of the Rock Art Committee and leaders Wendy Lockwood and Teddy Stickney) is over and done. We're hoping to get the lowdown on their activities, so watch for a link to some fresh information soon.
Contacts:
Rock Art Recording Group
Wendy Lockwood
Teddy Stickney
Gustav's Library
Texas Archeological Society Members - 10% discount;
see Gustav's Library ad in Bulletin or check in Member Area for instructions
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Texas Beyond History
The Virtual Museum of Texas Cultural Heritage
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