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Meet the Regional Director — Bryan Jameson

Regional News — April 12, 2008

In Region 3, the Dallas, Tarrant, and Parker County Archeological Societies, remain very active.  Listed below are some of the activities that these societies have been involved in since January of this year.

The Parker County Archeological Society, which was formed last year, continues to hold monthly meetings.  In January, Dan Potter, Regional Archeologist with the Texas Historical Commission, gave a presentation on “How to Record an Archeological Site”.  In February, Bryan Jameson gave a presentation on “The Upper Sprague Site (41HM54) in Hamilton County, Texas”.  In March, Laurie Moseley gave a presentation on the Grierson Springs U. S. Army Outpost and on Thursday evening April 17th, Max Rathael will give a presentation on “The Comanche’s and the U.S. Cavalry, as of September 28, 1874”.

The Tarrant County Archeological Society also continues to hold monthly meetings.  In January, Carol Macaulay and Bryan Jameson gave a presentation on “The Upper Sprague Site (41HM54) in Hamilton County, Texas”.  In February, Grace Lloyd Bascope, Director for the Yaxunah Projects of the Maya Research Program, gave a presentation titled “Past and Present: Linking Archeological Finds and Current Cultural Practices to the Maya Creation Myth”.  In March, Doug Boyd with Prewitt and Associates, gave a presentation titled “On the Margins of Toyah: The Phenomenon on The Texas Plains” and in April, Dr. Thomas Guderjan, current President of the Maya Research Program, gave a presentation titled “New Research at Blue Creek, Belize”

The Dallas Archeological Society also continues to hold monthly meetings.  In January, Bryan Jameson gave a presentation on The Upper Sprague Site (41HM54) in Hamilton County, Texas”.  In February, Wilson “Dub” Crook gave a presentation titled “The Late Prehistoric of the East Fork of the Trinity River or Whatever Happened to the Wylie Focus?”  In March, Max Rathael gave a presentation on “The Comanche’s and the U.S. Cavalry, as of September 28, 1874” and in April, Clive Siegle, at Southern Methodist University, gave a presentation titled “Beyond Buffalo Bill, A Short Course on Bustin’ Buffs for Fun and Profit in Nineteenth Century America”.

On Saturday, February 16th, members of the Dallas, Tarrant and Parker County Archeological Societies participated in a survey at the Garrett Creek Ranch in Wise County.

On March 15th and 16th, members of the Dallas, Tarrant and Parker County Archeological Societies were also involved in excavation activities at the Upper Sprague Site (41HM54) in Hamilton, County and weather permitting, work will be continued on April 19th and 20th.

In closing, TAS members from Region 3 remain actively involved with preparations for the upcoming 2008 TAS field school which will be held on the Courson Ranch in the Texas Panhandle.  Planning and coordination activities for this field school are well under way and on May 28th and 29th, Field School Committee Members traveled to Perryton, Texas for what hopes to be the final planning and coordination meeting prior to the field school.

For more information contact: Bryan Jameson at 817-249-5242 or by E-mail at: bryanjameson@sbcglobal.net
Glynn Osburn at 817-571-2727 or by E-mail at: gosburn@comcast.net.
Jay Hornsby at 817-496-5475 or by e-mail at: jhornsby@sihometheater.com

Respectfully submitted, Bryan Jameson

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Bryan Jameson     E-mail: region03@txarch.org

I am a native Texan.  I was born in the town of Muleshoe, Texas.  When I was three months old, my family moved to Friona and it was in this small panhandle town that I grew up.  After graduating from High School I moved to Denver, Colorado to pursue an education in engineering.

In 1968, after graduating from college, I accepted a job offer with General Dynamics and moved to Fort Worth to pursue a career in the aerospace industry.  At present, I am an Engineering Specialist at Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems (formerly General Dynamics) where I have been employed for the past 36 years.  During this time I have been involved in the design and development of laboratory and flight-test hardware on numerous military aircraft programs.

I became interested in archeology when I was about 14 years of age.  One morning, while walking in a neighbor's pasture, I found my first projectile point which I later learned was a dart point.  This discovery made me very curious about the people who had lived then and about the person who had made that point.  As a young man, I really didn't know about opportunities in archeology but I read about archeology whenever I could.  As time went on and I learned more about archeology I started to admire prehistoric peoples and the way they had lived off the land.

While working at Lockheed, I met several members of the Tarrant County Archeological Society and started attending their meetings.  In 1986, I joined the Tarrant County Archeological Society and the following year I joined the Texas Archeological Society.  In 1989 I attended my first field school which was held in Del Rio.  Since that time I have been very involved in the Texas Archeological Society and the Tarrant County Archeological Society.

As a member of the Tarrant County Archeological Society, I have held the offices of Vice President and President.  I served as Vice-President in 1989 and as President from 1990 through 1994.  At present, I am serving a second term as Vice-President.

As a member of the Texas Archeological Society, I served as camp director during the 1991 and 1992 Red River field schools and I have been a member of the Field School Committee since 1997.  During this time I have served as Crew Assignments Coordinator for the 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2004 field schools and I served as Chairman for this same committee for the 2002 Melton Site field school.  I also served on the 2003 Nominating Committee and at present, I am serving as Chairman for the Field School Committee.

I am also a member of the Texas Archeological Stewardship Network for the Archeology Division, Office of the State Archeologist of the Texas Historical Commission.  I have been a Steward in this network for the past nine years.  As an archeological steward, I was once asked what I thought was the greatest challenge facing Texas archeology today.  I believe it is the education of people as to the importance of preserving our cultural history and this can only be accomplished through a very strong outreach program.  Since most archeological sites in Texas are on private property, it is very important that we work with landowners to make them aware of the importance of these sites and what steps they can take to preserve archeological sites on their land.

My greatest satisfaction as a Steward has been working with private landowners who are interested in the preservation of archeological sites on their property.  It's a wonderful experience to work with people who share a common desire to preserve our cultural history.

One of my most rewarding experiences as a member of TAS was during the 1997 and 1998 field schools when we excavated a lime kiln at Mission Espíritu Santo in Victoria County.  It was an incredible experience to be able to work closely with other society members to fully excavate and document this feature.

As an archeological steward for the Texas Historical Commission, one of my most rewarding experiences was the testing of a deeply stratified multi-component site in Hamilton County.  On this project I worked with Mr. Sprague, the landowner, fellow archeological stewards and with Dan Potter and Brett Cruse (Texas Historical Commission regional archeologists).  Because of the work accomplished at this site the Sprague site has since been declared a State Archeological Landmark.

My dream is to one day be able to retire from Lockheed Martin and pursue archeology on a full time basis.  I want to be very active within the Texas Archeological Society and the Texas Historical Commission and contribute to the preservation and knowledge of archeology in Texas.

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