The Newsletter of the Texas Archeological Society www.txarch.org Volume 59, Number 3 Summer 2015 Continued on page 3 86 TH TAS ANNUAL MEETING COMING UP FAST A s the TAS Summer newsletter goes to press, we are just a few months away from the 86th Texas Archeological Society Annual Meeting. Hosted by the Houston Archeological Society, the Fort Bend Archeological Society and the Brazosport Archeological Society, this year’s meeting will be held at the Omni Resort and Hotel on Houston’s Westside October 23–25, 2015. All the information you need to know about the hotel is elsewhere in this newsletter and I urge you to read that article and make your reservations at the Omni as soon as possible. I know we will have a lot of newcomers to TAS at the meeting this year so I want to give you an overview of what you can expect. First, the meeting will follow the familiar order of previous years. The Registration committee, led by HAS member Bob Sewell, will start registering folks early on Friday and will continue throughout the day. The Friday schedule calls for the Council of Texas Archeologists (CTA) to meet in the morning, the Texas Historical Commission (THC) Stewards’ Network to meet in the early afternoon, followed by a TAS Board meeting. On Friday afternoon there will be a full schedule of concur- rent sessions, papers and workshops. The Public Forum featuring a presentation by Marilyn Johnson, author of the national bestselling book Lives in Ruins: Archeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble will be held Friday night at 7:00 p.m. and will be followed by artifact identification. The CTA Careers in Archeology Social follows the Public Forum, wrapping up a full day. However, if you are not tired yet, the hotel’s casual Black and Gold Bar (Figure 1) will remain open until 2 a.m. for your drinking and visiting pleasure! While all this is happening on Friday, Sue Gross and her Silent Auction and Raffle team including members of the Bra- zosport Archeological Society will be will be logging in items that have been donated prior to the meeting and that have been brought to the meeting. See an article by Sue elsewhere in this newsletter about some of the exciting items that have already been donated to the Silent Auction and Raffle and what you can do to support this event by donating your treasures. Also, throughout the meting, merchandise will be for sale (Figure 3). Friday will also kick off the Second Annual TAS Book Festival, sponsored by the Journal of Texas Archeology and History. Organizer Steve Davis has some outstanding authors lined up. Authors who will appear on Friday afternoon and during the day on Saturday to discuss and sign books include Marilyn Johnson, our Public Forum Speaker, Dr. Mike Waters, The Hogeye Clovis Cache; Andrew Hall, Civil War Blockade Running on the Texas Gulf Coast; Wes and Jace Tunnell, Pioneering Archeol- ogy in the Texas Coastal Bend: The Pape-Tunnell Collection; Myriam Archangeli, Sherds of History: Domestic Life in Colonial Guadeloupe; and Harry Shafer, Painters in Prehistory: Archeology and Art of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands. There are just a couple more slots open for the book festival so please contact Steve for more information at [email protected]. On Saturday we will go into full meeting mode. Morning and afternoon concurrent sessions and poster sessions will keep people moving between the meeting rooms. Members of the Fort Bend Archeological Society will be on hand as room moni- tors to keep all the sessions on schedule. An International Symposium is in the works and much more information about this Figure 1. Kathleen Hughes at the Omni’s Black and Gold Bar. Linda Gorski
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The Newsletter of the Texas Archeological Society
www.txarch.org
Volume 59, Number 3 Summer 2015
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86TH TAS ANNUAL MEETING COMING UP FASTA s the TAS Summer newsletter goes to press, we are just a few
months away from the 86th Texas Archeological Society Annual Meeting. Hosted by the Houston Archeological Society, the Fort Bend Archeological Society and the Brazosport Archeological
Society, this year’s meeting will be held at the Omni Resort and Hotel on Houston’s Westside October 23–25, 2015. All the information you need to
know about the hotel is elsewhere in this newsletter and I urge you to read that article and make your reservations at the Omni as soon as possible.
I know we will have a lot of newcomers to TAS at the meeting this year so I want to give you an overview of what you can expect.
First, the meeting will follow the familiar order of previous years. The Registration committee, led by HAS member Bob Sewell, will start registering folks early on Friday and will continue throughout the day. The Friday schedule calls for the Council of Texas Archeologists (CTA) to meet in the morning, the Texas Historical Commission (THC) Stewards’ Network to meet in the early afternoon, followed by a TAS Board meeting. On Friday afternoon there will be a full schedule of concur-rent sessions, papers and workshops. The Public Forum featuring a presentation by Marilyn Johnson, author of the national bestselling book Lives in Ruins: Archeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble will be held Friday night at 7:00 p.m. and will be followed by artifact identification. The CTA Careers in Archeology Social follows the Public Forum, wrapping up a full day. However, if you are not tired yet, the hotel’s casual Black and Gold Bar (Figure 1) will remain open until 2 a.m. for your drinking and visiting pleasure!
While all this is happening on Friday, Sue Gross and her Silent Auction and Raffle team including members of the Bra-zosport Archeological Society will be will be logging in items that have been donated prior to the meeting and that have been brought to the meeting. See an article by Sue elsewhere in this newsletter about some of the exciting items that have already been donated to the Silent Auction and Raffle and what you can do to support this event by donating your treasures. Also, throughout the meting, merchandise will be for sale (Figure 3).
Friday will also kick off the Second Annual TAS Book Festival, sponsored by the Journal of Texas Archeology and History. Organizer Steve Davis has some outstanding authors lined up. Authors who will appear on Friday afternoon and during the day on Saturday to discuss and sign books include Marilyn Johnson, our Public Forum Speaker, Dr. Mike Waters, The Hogeye Clovis Cache; Andrew Hall, Civil War Blockade Running on the Texas Gulf Coast; Wes and Jace Tunnell, Pioneering Archeol-ogy in the Texas Coastal Bend: The Pape-Tunnell Collection; Myriam Archangeli, Sherds of History: Domestic Life in Colonial Guadeloupe; and Harry Shafer, Painters in Prehistory: Archeology and Art of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands. There are just a couple more slots open for the book festival so please contact Steve for more information at [email protected].
On Saturday we will go into full meeting mode. Morning and afternoon concurrent sessions and poster sessions will keep people moving between the meeting rooms. Members of the Fort Bend Archeological Society will be on hand as room moni-tors to keep all the sessions on schedule. An International Symposium is in the works and much more information about this
Figure 1. Kathleen Hughes at the Omni’s Black and
Gold Bar.
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NEWSLETTER DEADLINESFall 2015: August 28th (Friday)
Winter 2015: November 30th (Friday)
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2015 TAS BOARD MEETINGS June 14th, at Field SchoolSept 26th, CAR at UTSA
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INSIDE86th Annual Meeting—Houston 1Working for You 4Archeological Resources Protection Act 4Buried Treasure 5Hotel Information for Annual Meeting 6Middlebrook Honored 7International Research Collaboration Symposium 7Getting Ready for Field School 8Annual Meeting Registration Form 9Exhibit Room Request Form 10Call for Papers 11Steward News Region 1 11Around the Block 12TxDot—Roadside Chat 13SHA Courses on Metal Detection 14TCAS Supports TAS 14Poem—Without and Invitation 14Nacogdoches Historical Academy 15TAS Annual Awards Request 18An Adjustment to Bylaws 18Article XII: Funds for Grants 19Call to Arms 19Guidelines for Support Fund 20Links of Interest 21Book Review 22
The Texas Archeological Society promotes study, preservation and awareness of Texas archeology. The Society encourages scientific archeological explora-tion and research, the preservation and conservation of archeological materials and sites, and the interpretation and publication of the data attendant thereto.
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exciting event will be forthcoming. The Silent Auction and Exhibit Room Vendors will be working throughout the day to offer items of interest to everyone.
The two-hour lunch and Annual Business meeting is scheduled for Saturday when incoming officers will be elected and other society business will be conducted. Food is always an important factor at all our TAS Annual meetings and this one is no exception. You will be happy to know that several of us from the Local Arrangements Committee have done our due diligence and had a meal at the Omni to ensure that the food is good—it’s not—it’s GREAT! The menu options for the box lunch (covered in your registration fee) are Italian Poor Boy (salami, mortadello, smoked turkey and provolone cheese with olive relish on Italian loaf), Croissant Club (honey roasted ham and turkey, roast beef, American cheese, lettuce and tomato served on a freshly baked croissant) and a Vegetarian wrap with Monterrey Jack cheese, avocado, shredded lettuce, cucumber slivers, diced tomato with basil mayonnaise, wrapped in a whole wheat tortilla. All options come with Potato chips, whole fruit, cookie and a soft drink.
Saturday afternoon will include more concurrent sessions and workshops, papers, and posters. The Silent Auction will shut down around 4:15 p.m. on Saturday afternoon so that winning bidders may be determined and a cashier area set up to receive payment. Announcements will be made at the Banquet on Saturday night about any items that remain unclaimed or unpurchased.
And that brings us to the grande finale of the weekend – the Saturday night banquet and our fantastic banquet speaker, Dr. Jean Clottes (Figure 2), internationally renowned rock art expert and former General Inspector for Archeology at the Ministry of Culture in France. Dr. Clottes has spoken to TAS in the past on the cave art in France but his presentation this year will highlight entirely new research that he has been conducting on Rock Art and Tribal Art in India, where he has researched several painted sites, most dating from 10,000 years ago, in the deep jungles of India. Clottes and his associate, Meenakshi Dubey-Pathak have published a book in French on their research entitled “Des Images Pour les Dieux. Art Rupestre et Art Tribal dans le Centre de L’Inde,” 2013, Arles, France. (Translated: Images for the Gods: Rock Art and Tribal Art in Central
India). This promises to be a very interesting talk, and I hope everyone will attend.The entrée options for the banquet on Saturday evening will include Herb Roasted
Chicken topped with grilled onions and button mushrooms with a cabernet sauce or Roasted New York strip served with a sherry mushroom sauce. Both of these options will include vegetables and a starch. The vegetarian option is a Mediterranean vegetable purse, Phyllo Dough Stuffed with Cous Cous and Vegetables. The meal will begin with a Harvest salad of mixed greens, sliced Roma tomatoes, candied pecans and dried fruit, gorgonzola crumbles and a raspberry vinaigrette dressing and end with a scrumptious dessert of Texas Pecan Chocolate Rum cake.
Annual TAS Awards will be announced at the Banquet; our Awards Committee chair Alan Skinner is seeking nominations for award categories including Lifetime Achievement Award, Fellow, The Golden Pen Award, the Distinguished Service Award, the Texas Biface Award, the Francis Stickney Field School Award, and the C. K. Chandler Award. There is also the President’s Award that originates with the TAS President and is sometimes suggested by members and decided upon with the advice and consent of the TAS Executive Committee. Please refer to the TAS website at http://www.txarch.org/AboutTAS/awards/index.html for additional information on all these awards. The final event at the Banquet will be the passing of the gavel from the outgoing to the incoming president.
So y’all come join us in Houston, Texas and don’t forget the annual social event (Figure 4)! We’ll leave the light on for you!
Figure 2. Dr. Jean Clottes, Saturday night banquet speaker, will present a program on Rock Art and Tribal Art in India including Bhimbetaka, shown here.
Figure 3. Plenty of TAS merchandise will be for sale, including this hoodie shown here by Sandy Rogers.
Figure 4. The Friday night CTA social is always a popular event at the TAS Annual meeting.
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attention on some of the committees that work hard on your behalf, but are not as
visible as the Field School, Annual Meeting, Education and Merchandise Committees."
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WORKING FOR YOU
How many committees does the Society have, who chairs them, who are the members, and what ex-actly do they do? Now, I know that committees publish statements in the Society’s End-of-Year
report, but really, how many of you focus on those reports when everything else is going on at year’s end. What I’d like to do here is focus your attention on some of the committees that work hard on your behalf, but are not as visible as the Field School, Annual Meeting, Education and Merchandise Committees. Not all at once, but in the course of several issues of the newsletter, I will highlight the less visible com-mittees, those that keep the Society’s blood flowing, and on which many of you serve or have the opportunity to do so when the Nominations Committee lays its heavy hand on your shoulders.
Let’s start with a committee in the throes of hard work on your behalf at this very moment: the Ad Hoc Bylaws Com-mittee, chaired by Carolyn Spock and staffed by your fellow members Pat Mercado-Allinger, May Schmidt, Brad Jones and Teddy Stickney. According to the statement in the 2014 Annual Report, the Committee (which did not meet between January and August of 2014) was tackling the issue of incor-porating new Research Support Fund (RSF) Guidelines into appropriate sections of the Bylaws; since the RSF is slated to be administered by the Donors’ Funds Trustees, some serious changes in the Bylaws had to be considered. That work has been ongoing, but time doing what it does best (slipping by) did not allow the suggested Bylaws changes to be published for the Membership ‘at least 30 days before the annual meet-ing’ (of 2014). So, the work goes on.
As Chair Spock reported to the Executive Committee re-cently, her team has been working to meld the RSF Guidelines and the Bylaws articles that empower the Donors’ Fund. The twists that Members will see when asked to vote on the By-laws amendments at the 2015 meeting (and actually published elsewhere in this issue) relate to combining Donors’ Fund interest with Research Support Funds available for grants, and returning to Donors’ Fund procedures from days past (applica-tions to be submitted at least 30 days prior to Board meetings instead of a single application cycle per year). Chair Spock stated that the Committee’s recommendations are based in part on consolidating rather small amounts of funds for greater impact, stressing that the Donors’ Fund itself would remain intact, following guidelines from years ago, but it would be more efficacious in supporting grants. In practice, a Grant Review Committee (see below) would oversee applications for grants from available money in both funds.
The Bylaws amendment renames the Donors’ Fund Trustees as the Grant Review Committee (with 3 professional and 3 avocational members) and has separate sections describing the Donors’ Fund and the Research Support Fund. The proposed amendment is annotated by remarks about changes in alphabetizing committees that would be needed. The Committee will also go through the Bylaws to see what other references would need to be changed to follow this shift in committee section numbers, matching those areas to the newly assigned section numbers for Education, Ethics, Field School, and Fiscal Overview. Furthermore an annotation, ‘formerly known as the Donors’ Fund Trustees’ will be incorporated in the Grant Review Committee’s description to be a bridge from the old terminology to the new, reassuring Members that it is a carry-over from the Donors’ Fund.
Now, if you think all this stuff with the Bylaws is easy or that your special expertise would make it easier, say the magic words: Hey, I volunteer to be on the Bylaws Committee.
ARCHEOLOGICAL RESOURCES PROTECTION ACT
by Mark Howe
In January the United States Section, International Bound-ary and Water Commission (USIBWC) with the National Park Service (NPS) held an Archeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) training exercise. This consisted
of two courses, one at Falcon Reservoir and the other at the USIBWC Mercedes Field Office and NPS Palo Alto Battle-field National Historical Park. The course was designed and led by Special Agent (SA) Todd Swain of the NPS. We had representatives from Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD), Department of Defense (DOD), Fish and Wildlife (USFWS), Texas Historical Commission (THC), International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) and NPS.
The course consisted of one day in office to go over recording, laws, scenarios and procedures. The second day consisted of “mock” field investigations of an ARPA violation.
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nice out. We went over material briefl y and Todd would tell us what we needed to do as we assessed the ARPA violation. Falcon fi eld work was an actual scenario of an ARPA violation on USIBWC lands. We recorded this as an actual case with artifact collection (diagnostics), GPS of the disturbance, and recording to standards. As the weather did turn bad on the second day, mid 70’s on fi rst day to 40’s and overcast on the second day, we spent the day in the Falcon Project Recreation Hall. This building was built in the 1950’s for employees working at the dam as part of the housing complex here. In setting up the meeting, we found a trove of 1950’s documents, “artifacts” and other accoutrements in this historic classroom.
The ARPA review covered several key points: what was found, fi guring out a damage assessment, law enforcement actions and preparation for court and criminal proceedings. SA Swain also reviewed actual cases he has worked on and the scenarios we would face with the ARPA violators. This training was helpful for all the agencies who attended and benefi ted from his knowledge of criminal investigation and actual court proceedings.
After lunch we arranged a tour of the Falcon Project Dam and Power plant that was built in the 1950’s. This facility is not open to the public but our gracious host, Falcon Project Area Operations Manager (AOM) Juan Uribe and other Fal-con employees provided a tour. We were able to examine the fl oodgates and structures, took pictures at the International Border with Mexico and had a complete tour of the power plant. The power plant tour was like going back to the 1950’s when the dam was built. An archeologist’s dream of seeing a living time capsule, especially an historical archeologist like myself. The equipment that was installed during the 1950’s is still used today but with upgrades. We visited the inner workings of the power plant and had one of the generators turned on to watch the turbine in motion and examined the area from basement and fi nishing on top of the building—on the roof to view the Falcon area downriver. After this tour we went back to fi nish ARPA training and discuss the materials, damage and conclusions of the course at Falcon.
A few days later we had a new class consisting of the same organizations but with more Law Enforcement (LEO) personnel. By having more LEO’s, this can help Law Enforce-ment to understand their roles in ARPA violations working with the Archeologists. This classroom training was con-ducted at the USIBWC offi ce in Mercedes and the next day was held at Palo Alto Battlefi eld and in the fi eld. This training consisted of a “mock crime scene” and investigation as the groups were split evenly between LEO’s and archeologists.
The training was only two days at each session but taught the attendees the procedures on how to investigate an ARPA violation and what not to do. It is hoped to have a similar training session by SA Swain in the El Paso area i n the future.
Buried Treasure?Sue Gross
It is never too late to do spring cleaning to uncover buried treasures in your house, attic, library, or offi ce for the Silent Auction at the TAS Annual Meeting. We accept any art, crafts, jewelry, books, reports, eclectic merchandise,
or anything smaller than an elephant, with everyone joining in the bidding wars to take home the best bargain of the day. Items can be new, gently-used, or previous auction items (hint —if you have already read the book from cover-to-cover and know that somebody else will enjoy it). It is very simple—ei-ther bring the items to the Annual Meeting or email Sue Gross [email protected] in advance to make arrangements. If you have a large amount of books or reports to donate, we would appreciate advance notice. Then, prepare to bid on any new items to replace those that you are giving up, or if you need new reading material!
TAS member Bill Birmingham will again donate a hand-made trowel, one of the most popular items in our annual auction. Last year, Bill donated a beautiful drag trowel with antler handle inset with turquoise (Figure 1). You could be the winner of his newest creation this year!
We will also be conducting a special Raffl e with several prizes including a 3-day resort package at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa—YES, HAWAII!! Other items include a two night stay including daily breakfast for two at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa near Austin (if you do not want to leave your beloved Texas!), and several other unique Texas or archeological-themed items. The two vaca-tion packages are graciously donated by Hyatt Corporation, and we appreciate their generosity. There will be two very lucky raffl e winners for these prizes, so plan to buy as many tickets as it takes to win one of these two vacation prizes! The winners will be announced at the Saturday evening Banquet, but your presence is not required to win. We will gladly take your email or phone number when you purchase the raffl e tickets, for notifi cation if you are a winner. Proceeds from the Silent Auction and Raffl e directly benefi t TAS General Funds, and are a primary fundraiser for the Society, as well as a popular event at Annual Meeting.
Look forward to seeing you October 23–25, 2015, at the Omni Hotel and Resort in Houston, Texas!
Figure 1. Trowel created for the 2014 silent auction.
Figure 1. Trowel created for the
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The host hotel for the 86th TAS Annual Meeting will be the Omni Hotel and Resort on Houston’s West-side: http://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/houston-westside. Located on the northwest corner of I-10
and Eldridge Parkway (13210 Katy Freeway, Houston, Texas 77079), the hotel offers luxurious accommodation without having to tackle Houston traffic.
The peaceful water garden in the atrium lobby of the Omni Houston at Westside welcomes guests with exotic foliage, tropical fish and a beautiful serene setting (Figure 1). The hotel sits on lavish greens and is surrounded by a picturesque two-acre lake. Glass elevators deliver guests to 400 beautifully renovated guest rooms, all richly appointed. There is an abundance of indoor and outdoor seating at the hotel to promote casual conversations… or lively discussions!
The room rates at the Omni are set at $105.00 per night to stay at this beautiful facility that offers a wide range of amenities. Block nights are for Thursday, October 22 through Saturday, October 24. Guest room types at this rate include the deluxe king or double queen bed rooms and will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Guest rooms include all the amenities including smart desks, a fully stocked refreshment center and LodgeNet systems featuring on-demand movies and video games. High speed wifi is available in the common areas at no charge and in all rooms for an extra fee.
The room block is reserved through Thursday, October 8, 2015, so be sure to have your reservations in by then. It is important that TAS members contact the Omni by October 8 and identify themselves as part of the TAS Group. The phone number for the hotel is 281-558-8338 and the fax number is 281-558-4028. You can also go directly to the website that has
Figure 1. The lobby at the Omni Resort and Hotel offers comfortable seating in a lush tropical atmosphere.
Figure 2. The Cafe on the Lake offers casual dining starting at 6 a.m.
been set up for the TAS meeting at http://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/houston-westside/meetings/texas-archeological-society-86th-annual-meeting to make your reservations.
Room nights not reserved by October 8 will be returned to the hotel’s general inventory. Reservation requests received from attendees after this date will be accepted on a space available basis at the rates available at the time. Guest ac-commodations will be available at 3:00 p.m. on arrival day and reserved until 12:00 noon on departure day.
The hotel’s Café on the Lake offers casual dining in a tropical atmosphere with views of the indoor lake and a de-licious and varied menu (Figure 2). The restaurant is open 6:00 a.m.–10 p.m. daily. The Black and Gold Bar offers a re-laxed atmosphere in a saloon-style bar where it’s okay to throw peanut shells on the floor! The bar is open from 5 p.m.–2 a.m. daily and we are going to be sure it is well stocked!!!
The state of the art fitness center is complimentary and features free weights, exercise cycles, stair master, treadmills and proximity to the Terry Hershey Park jogging trail (2 minutes away). There is also an outdoor pool and whirlpool with plenty of seating.
The hotel offers 614 complimentary parking spaces, 150 of which are covered. The popular shopping/restaurant areas of Town and Country Mall, CityCentre, Memorial City and Katy Mills Mall are nearby. The hotel also offers a compli-mentary shuttle within a 3-mile radius of the hotel which includes Town and Country and CityCentre.
If you have questions, please contact the hotel or TAS 2015 Annual Meeting co-chair Kathleen Hughes at [email protected] or Linda Gorski at [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you in Houston!
Hotel Information for the 86th TAS Annual MeetingKathleen Hughes
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Since 1990, Tom has served as a member of the THC’s Texas Archeological Stewardship Network (TASN) and has been a peer TASN advisor since 1998. As an active steward, he volunteers significant amounts of time to recording sites, documenting artifact collections, promoting archeological awareness and encouraging fellow landowners to preserve important sites. Tom also has direct, personal experience with site preservation, as he is the owner of the Bernardo D’Ortolan Rancho site (41NA299), established in 1796 along the El Camino Real de los Tejas. This historic rancho, which continued operations into the 1830s, is in the process of nomination to the National Register of Historic Places.
AINTERNATIONAL
RESEARCH COLLABORATION
SYMPOSIUM
This year’s program at the TAS Annual Meeting in Houston October 22-25 will include a symposium exploring the subject of collaboration with our fellow researchers in northern Mexico. The sympo-
sium is designed to throw a spotlight on recent archeological research along the international boundary region shared by Texas and Mexico. Focus will be on the benefits of success-ful past collaboration and where research could be enhanced by “trans-Rio Bravo/Rio Grande collaboration”. There will be further discussion by a panel of experts from both sides of the border after the paper presentations.
Six projects will be presented, three from each side of our 1,254 mile long international border. Following the presentations, our panel will discuss the challenges and the benefits of collaborating more closely with our colleagues across the border/frontera. The panel discussion will be led by Dr. Todd Ahlman, Director of C.A.S. at TxSU and J.T.A.H. Editor-in-Chief, and Sr. Gustavo Ramirez Castilla, Tamaulipas State Archeologist with I.N.A.H. and new J.T.A.H. Editorial Board member. Ahlman and Ramirez Castilla will be co-moderators of the panel discussion and are selecting the papers.
Our guests from Mexico will be present for the full weekend of activities, program and banquet. We encourage TAS members to engage them in conversation and network future collaboration opportunities. Summerlee Foundation has graciously provided funding for us to bring Sr. Ramirez Castilla and three presenters from Mexico. This symposium is organized and sponsored by the Journal of Texas Archeology and History.org (JTAH). For further information, please con-tact Steve Davis via email at: [email protected].
MIDDLEBROOK HONORED BY THE SOCIETY FOR
AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY Pat Mercado-Allinger
Tom Middlebrook, M.D. received the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Crabtree Award on April 17, 2015 (Figure 1). The award was presented at the 80th SAA Annual Meeting. The Crabtree
Award is given in remembrance of Don Crabtree, an avo-cational archeologist from Idaho whose experimental flint knapping work and related publications made substantial contributions to the study of lithic technology. We proudly note that Tom is the sixth Texan to receive this recognition since the award was initiated in 1985. He joins such deserv-ing awardees as J. B. Sollberger (1989), Leland W. Patterson (1994), James Word (1996), Jay C. Blaine (2007), and Leslie Paul Tanner (2009)!
Tom’s many accomplishments include holding numerous elected offices with the TAS, including President-Elect (1997), two terms as President (1998, 1999), and multiple terms as Regional Director for the East Texas region (1992-1994, 1996, 2006-2008). In 2005 he was named TAS Fellow, the organi-zation’s highest honor, for his many contributions to Texas archeology. A resident and native (with deep family roots) of Nacogdoches, Texas, Tom has aided and directed numerous survey and excavation projects that have revealed new informa-tion about prehistoric and historic occupations in the northeast Texas region. Professional archeologists frequently consult with him when working in the area. He is well known for his support of all manner of archeological endeavors in Texas, such as organizing and attending archeological and historical conferences, presenting his latest research and even helping to finance archeological investigations and special studies.
Figure 1. Tom Middlebrook and former SAA President, Jeff Altschul. Photo © 2015 Society for American Archaeology.
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GETTING READY FOR FIELD SCHOOL
Putting on the annual Field School requires the assistance of many members of the Texas Archeological Society performing tasks great and small. Recently, Leslie Bush requested that
volunteers meet at TARL for a morning of readying supplies for the fl otation crew to use. This requires caulking under the edges of colanders (fi gure 1). And even more importantly, cutting squares from no-see-um mosquito netting (fi gure 2). When cutting the netting, we ended up with strips of netting approximately 8 inches wide and up to 15 yards long. Leslie stated that she always kept the netting but didn’t know what to do with it. May Schmidt took the scraps, added some scraps of ribbon and lace and buttons and voilá fabric fl otation fl owers (fi gure 3).
Figure 1. Jonelle Miller Chapman caulking colanders.
Figure 3. Floral designs by May Schmidt from excess netting.
Figure 2. Ron Ralph cutting netting.
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86th Annual Meeting Houston, Texas October 23-25, 2015
If multiple persons are being registered on this form, please provide all names (and home towns if different than address below) for name tags and indicate after each what is being requested for that individual: Reg (Registration, TAS members), RegX (Registration, non-TAS members), Stu (Student Registration, TAS members), StuX (Student Registration, non-TAS members), B/S (Banquet and Speaker, TAS members), B/SX (Banquet and Speaker, non-TAS members), S (Speaker Only, TAS members), SX (Speaker Only, non-TAS members). If the individual is a newcomer (or a relative newcomer) to the TAS Annual Meeting, please indicate this by including N next to the above abbreviation. The deadline for online registration is midnight Friday, October 16th, 2015. The online PDF will remain available to copy, complete, and bring to the meeting. Mailed in registration forms should be postmarked October 16th, 2015 also. Late registration fees will be charged after October 5th, 2015. If paying by credit card, please register online at http://www.txarch.org. A separate form is provided to request table space in the Exhibit Room.
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Registration @ $75.00 @ $85.00Full-time Student Registration @ $40.00 @ $50.00Banquet and Speaker @ $55.00 @ $65.00Speaker Only @ $15.00 @ $20.00
TOTALMeal Choices: Number of each wanted.Saturday lunch is included in the registration fee; the Saturday evening Banquet is a separate charge.
Saturday Lunch Saturday Banquet__ Italian Poor
Boy__ Croissant
Club__ Vegetarian
Wrap__ Roasted NY
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Chicken__ Mediterranean Vegetable Purse
Make check or money order payable to: TEXAS ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.If paying by credit card, please register online at http://www.txarch.org.Send completed form and payment to: Bob Sewell, Registrar Texas Archeological Society 86th Annual Meeting P. O. Box 130631 Houston, Texas 77219-0631
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Exhibit Room Request Form86th Annual Meeting
Houston, Texas October 23–25, 2015
If you wish to utilize space in the Exhibit Room, please complete this form and return it to the Registrar with appropriate payment by October 5th, 2015. If paying by credit card, please complete the request form online at http://www.txarch.org.
Name of individual requesting space: Other contact person(s): Name of organization: Address: Phone number(s) and e-mail info: Date of form:
For profit ___ Not-for-profit ___ Day and time of arrival at Exhibit Room
Will you have items for sale? _______ Only information/give-away (brochures/publications)?
Space needs: What is the height/size of your display? Taller exhibits will be placed along walls for safety and to keep views across the room clear. Given the demand for space, there is a limit of one 6 ft table and two chairs per exhibit.
Comments about space needs (electric outlet, Wi-Fi…)?
Cost per table for vendors who are TAS members: $50 Cost per table for vendors who are not TAS members: $75Cost per table for non-sale exhibitors: $35Wi-Fi Internet access required: $20 Total cost: _________
Exhibit Room opens at 8:00 AM on Friday. Please have your exhibit materials removed by 5:30 PM on Saturday.
Please remember to reserve your table by October 5th, 2015.Make check or money order payable to: TEXAS ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.If paying by credit card, please complete the request form online at http://www.txarch.org.Send completed form and payment to: Bob Sewell, Registrar Texas Archeological Society 86th Annual Meeting P. O. Box 130631 Houston, Texas 77219-0631
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SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS 86TH TAS ANNUAL MEETING
Jason W. Barrett and Gus Costa
A bstracts and creative ideas are sought for papers, symposia, and posters to be presented at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Texas Archeological Society on October 23-25, 2015 in Houston, Texas. TAS encourages presentations by avocational, student, and professional archeologist members on any topic of archeological interest. According to TAS policy, all presenters must be TAS members and registered for the meeting. The Registrar and Program Committee
will ensure membership compliance. Papers will be allotted 15 minutes, a limit that will be strictly enforced. Because simultaneous sessions will be held, the
program schedule will be adhered to so that TAS members can move from room to room to attend talks of interest. A five-minute opening is scheduled between the end of one paper and the beginning of the next. The final deadline for receipt of paper abstracts is September 1, 2015.
Symposia may be organized around any topic, area, major project, or time period. Due to scheduling concerns, symposium organizers must ensure that all abstracts for symposia and symposium papers meet an earlier deadline of August 15, 2015.
Poster presentations effectively convey visual, graphic, and quantitative information, and posters reach a larger audience than oral papers. Members are encouraged to consider poster presentations as an alternative to papers. Poster abstracts must be received by September 1, 2015.
Other presentation formats such as discussions, demonstrations, and hands-on workshops may be conducted on approval of the Program Co-Chairs and Annual Meeting organizers. Alternative presentation formats require additional planning, so proposals for such presentations must be received by August 8, 2015.
Abstracts must be submitted through the online web form available at the 2015 Annual Meeting URL: http://www.txarch.org/Activities/AnnualMeeting/am2015/call_for_papers.php
Meeting rooms will be equipped with data projectors and laptop computers. Additional audiovisual needs may be accom-modated given prior notice. Contact the Program Co-Chairs with questions about submission dates, formats, and/or equip-ment. Authors will be notified in early to mid-September if their paper is accepted for presentation. We look forward to your contribution to this year’s meeting.
GUIDELINES FOR PRESENTERSTo sharpen conference standards and stimulate session impact, the Program Co-Chairs
recommend these guidelines for poster presentations:http://www.aaanet.org/meetings/upload/how-to-create-anthropology-posters.pdf.
STEWARD NEWS REGION 1
Tiffany Osburn
Stewards submit semiannual reports to the Texas Historical Commission (THC). These reports include the valuable projects, programs, and activities that Stewards participate in throughout the year. The
stewards of the THC’s of Region 1 volunteered over 2,700 hours on stewardship activities and drove more than 13,000 miles to conduct workshops, monitor, investigate, and record archeological sites, and distribute educational materials. Region 1 steward’s activities for the second half of 2014 amounted to an impressive contribution to the archeology of Texas!
DEL BARNETT of Mills County was involved in the much awaited grand opening of the Texas Botanical Gardens and Na-tive American Interpretive Center in Goldthwaite in October. The Gardens are now open and feature a burned rock midden, bedrock mortar, wickiups, manos and metates, and native plants from the surrounding area. He has also been helping Dr. Steve Howard from the Gault School conduct PaleoIndian research in the region.
JOHN BENEDICT, one of our newest stewards from Kendall County, spent much of his first term recording sites he had vis-ited during the previous year and serving as vice president of the Hill Country Archaeological Association (HCAA). HCAA activities included lithic workshops and a celebration for Texas Archeology Month at the Riverside Nature Center in Kerrville.
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STEWARD NEWS, Continued from page 11
KENNETH HEADRICK of Travis County helped the Travis County Archeological Society (TvCAS) at the Joyful Horse site and the Llano Uplift Archeological Society (LUAS) dur-ing their Archeology Fair.
DORIS HOWARD of Llano County stays very involved with the LUAS. She worked with LUAS on the annual Ar-cheology Fair and also recorded nine sites during the last reporting period!
ALVIN LYNN of Potter County presented several programs and tours for adults and children in the panhandle during the previous reporting period. He has also spent a significant amount of time cataloguing artifacts at the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum. One of the most important activities he was involved in during this period was the sesquicentennial remembrance of the first battle of Adobe Walls. This event had over 300 attendees, including Kiowa descendants. Fort Larned National Historic Site in Kansas even furnished moun-tain howitzers that were fired at the end of the event. Alvin’s book on Kit Carson and the First Battle of Adobe Walls was published last year by Texas Tech University Press.
LARRY RIEMENSCHNEIDER of Tom Green County presented a program and workshop on site recording during this reporting period. We are proud to say that he also received the Texas Archeological Society C.K. Chandler Award for recording the most sites in 2013!
ROLLA SHALLER of Randall County continues to spend a significant amount of time working with collections at the Panhandle Plains Historical Museum. He also assisted with the Adobe Walls 150th Anniversary Celebration.
JACK SKILES of Val Verde County has been hosting Dr. Steve Black and a team from Texas State University who have been conducting extensive investigations in Eagle Nest Canyon. We thank him for this major contribution to Lower Pecos research.
CYNTHIA SMYERS, who resides in Ector County, was asked to assist landowners in Uvalde County with a survey and artifact identification.
ART TAWATER of Parker County participated in archeologi-cal surveys in Brewster and Parker Counties and assisted with test excavations in a Gillespie County rock shelter during this reporting period. He has also been conducting ongoing testing at the Henry Maxwell cabin site in Parker County.
EVANS TURPIN of Pecos County frequently helps local landowners and ranchers as well as archeologists conducting research in the area. Notably, during this reporting period, he has been helping with test excavations in a rock shelter in Terrell County.
KAY WOODWARD of Kerr County has been very involved in HCAA activities this reporting period. She has been work-ing on a local site with the HCAA field committee and docu-menting a large lithic collection.
AROUND THE BLOCK
T he TAS Board of Directors will meet on Sunday, June 14th, from 4 to 5pm at the Guest House in the campsite area of the 2015 TAS Field School, Columbus, Texas. The Executive Committee will
meet prior to the Board Meeting at 3pm. The Diversity subcommittee of the Multicultural Com-
mittee has awarded a 2015 Field School scholarship to Kay-eron Bell, a recent graduate of UNT who lives in Denton.
Bob Skiles has posted an interesting message on our ListServ site about the Ice-Edge Hypothesis (IEH) which suggests that some unknown number of Solutrean peoples came in watercraft across the Northern Atlantic from western Iberia to the New World during the Last Glacial Maximum, contributing to early stone tool technologies can be seen in Clovis and possibly pre-Clovis biface and blade manufacture, along with other traits. Bob cites the contribution of Charlotte Pevny in compiling relevant articles from scattered journals where they have appeared over the past couple years, and lists several web sites that elaborate on the hypothesis. Of course, Bob’s posting drew several pointed responses.
Recently, Joe Wilson’s (R-SC) proposed amendment to the FY16 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed the House Armed Services Committee. The amend-ment—based on language proposed by Rep. Issa (R-CA) (H.R. 135)—would allow heads of federal agencies to block or revoke National Register listings for reasons of “national security,” a term not defined in the proposal.
Next on the legislative agenda the House GOP leadership will bring to the floor a National Science Foundation reau-thorization bill (H.R. 1806) that would make a drastic 45% cut to the NSF’s research funding for the social sciences. One of our partners in opposing this measure, the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA), is leading the charge against this punitive legislation. It has established a site that explains how you can contact your Representative to oppose the America COMPETES Act of 2015 (H.R. 1806). Go to the COSSA site to take action.
This year at Field School there will be a metal detecting class on Saturday 3-5 pm with a repeat session on Wednesday 3-5pm. The classes will be taught by Becky Shelton and Kerry Nichols, THC archeologists. The classes will be limited to 16 participants each. Sign-up sheets will be in the registration areaby Friday noon. There is a $5 fee for the class and this can be paid at class time. The classes will be in the building by the registration area.. The Field School Committee and the Education Committee are handling the logistics. There will be handouts, a power point presentation by Becky and Kerry, a field activity AND participants will get a dandy certificate to decorate your home or office!!!!
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Northeast Texas Project Reveals New Insight into Middle Caddo
to Late Caddo Occupation
Laura Cruzada
Carthage, Texas, population 6,779, is the home to the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame and is also the setting for the 2011 film Bernie, which memorialized the true story of the mortician and
convicted murderer Bernie Tiede. To archeologists, how-ever, this region of Northeast Texas is better known for its archeological record and history, including the archeology and history of the Caddo. At the time of European contact, Caddo groups lived in northeast Texas and neighboring areas in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. In early 2011 about 10 miles south of Carthage, the Texas Department of Transporta-tion (TxDOT) undertook a planned project in Panola County at a Caddo site on the edge of Murvaul Creek. A new TxDOT report details the results of data recovery, adding to the cul-tural and archeological prehistory of the region and its people.
As a result of previous investigations of the area, the site – subsequently named “Murvaul Creek Site” – was deemed eligible for the National Register for Historic Places and efforts to recover and preserve archeological data officially commenced. After just two months, the excavations and field work by Versar Inc. (formerly Geo-Marine Inc.) resulted in the recovery of more than 15,000 prehistoric artifacts, includ-ing: sherds from clay pipes and decorative ceramics from prehistoric Caddo pottery vessels; multiple various lithic artifacts (projectile points and chipped stone tools); and 400 grams of ecofacts (charred vegetal material, animal bone and mussel shell). Features from the site and radiocarbon dates indicate that the site primarily was occupied as a Middle Caddo to Late Caddo farmstead or settlement during the pe-riods of A.D. 1457 and 1513 as well as A.D. 1610 and 1618. Archeologists were essentially looking at a portion of what has been interpreted as one Caddo family’s outdoor work area adjacent to a refuse midden.
But someone’s trash is another’s treasure, as they say. Waldo Troell, TxDOT Archeologist and former TAS President, said data from the site (likely a trash dump for earth oven debris) presented new insight to the Caddo peoples: Where historical accounts of the use of terrestrial tubers had been previously identified in East Texas, the Murvual Creek Site includes the first evidence of aquatic tubers, most likely a water lily, according to the analysis (Figures 1 and 2). The tubers could have potentially been consumed for
Figure 1. Recovered water lily specimen.
Figure 2. Life cycle of water lily type recovered at site.
food, ceremonial or medicinal purposes similar to the agave traditions of West Texas and they were as difficult to harvest as they were time consuming to cook [in earth ovens]. The report also provides a glimpse into the agricultural landscape of the Caddo, which is relatively unknown: a soil analysis indicates that maize may have been grown outside the site toward the stream during the time of occupation. Details, maps and images are included in the report.
Current and previous investigations were limited to the right-of-way (ROW). The settlement is very likely larger than has been documented because of the site’s rich archeo-logical findings. As a result of the archeological studies, the planned widening of the road near the site was reduced in order to preserve these cultural resources. For a PDF copy of the report, Data Recovery Investigations: Murvaul Creek Site (41PN175), Panola County, Texas, please contact Laura Cruzada ([email protected]).
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SHA Courses on Metal Detection
TAS member Joseph Luther suggests that members might be interested in a set of courses offered through the Society for Historical Archaeology: AMDA and APP: Two Training Programs in
Archaeological Metal Detecting. Advanced Metal Detecting for the Archaeologist (AMDA) is a continuing education class aimed at professional archeologists. Archaeological Partnership Program (APP), is designed for avocational detectorists who would like to work in tandem with professional archaeologists.
The AMDA class was started in October, 2011 in Helen, Georgia. The class recognizes that the three main factors af-fecting the efficacy of a metal detector investigation are: 1) competency of the operators; 2) appropriateness of the device to the task at hand; and 3) suitability of the research design. The class includes eight hours of classroom instruction, and includes a case study CD with examples of successful research efforts. Participants also gain hands-on, practical field experience with a variety of currently available devices.
The APP class is designed to emphasize how and why professional archaeologists do what they do and to make avo-cational detectorists understand and buy into the professional approach to metal detector research. APP classes are held only on test gardens (site proxies created only for the class, using modern replicas of key artifact classes). The class is offered only to avocational detectorists willing to sign and abide by this ethics pledge: I will neither purchase nor sell artifacts. I will not detect on any property without written permission of the land owner. I will record all discovered sites within 30 days with the state site files. I will keep records on the loca-tion of all materials I recover. I will not excavate any targets below the topsoil/plowzone. I will not disturb any human remains. I will report sites threatened by development or other actions to the state archaeologist or state historic preserva-tion office. I will share data and knowledge with professional archaeologists. I will partner, when feasible, with profes-sional archaeologists to assist in the preservation and study of archaeological resources. I will strive to be a responsible avocational detectorist. I understand that violation of this pledge may result in my name and contact information being removed from the APP database of responsible avocational detectorists. Graduates who take the pledge and abide by it are placed on an internet data base of avocational detectorists willing to work with professional archaeologists.
TCAS SUPPORTS TAS
T he Tarrant County Archeological Society (TCAS) in an effort to support Archeological education and outreach has established a student scholarship fund. Precipitated by the death of TCAS member Joe
Nichols, the TCAS Memorial Fund was established late last year as a way to assist students while honoring those who have passed away. The fund is supported entirely through donations which will be used to pay enrollment fees at a TAS or TCAS event. The Tarrant County society has a long history of active involvement in the TAS Annual Meetings, Field Schools and the Academies and feels this new program will allow more students to experience those outstanding events.
Generous donations from our members sent four students to the 2015 Field School in Columbus, Texas. One student, Daniel Davenport attends University of Texas at Arlington, the other three; Veronica Canizalez, Justin Jones and Kahleia Hawkins attend Tarrant County College. These individuals were very appreciative of the scholarship and the chance to experience a TAS Field School. Hopefully you got a chance to meet and work with these students and made them feel welcome.
The eligibility requirements, procedures and application can be found on the TCAS website (www.tarrantarch.org). The deadline for submitting an application is April 1 and applicants must be a member of TAS and TCAS.
WITHOUT AN INVITATION
By Dr. Charles A. Stone
All your dreams are in my handsin this flake of flint I found buried herenear the remains of your camp fire.
At first touch the flint spoke to mein your indigenous tongue, accented bythe beat of drums and your hammer stones,
while your spirit and the fate of your peoplewere revealed to me in the dancingshadows of the mid-day clouds above.
Now in the light of my own camp fire,I apologize to you and to Mother Earthfor removing this artifact from Her breastwithout an invitation.
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NACOGDOCHES HISTORICAL ACADEMY
Leslie Bush and Karen Fustes
Forty-three TAS members participated in the Historical Archeology Academy in Nacogdoches on May 1 and 2, 2015, learning about the rich history of the Nine Flags City. Jimmy Barrera and other members of the Academy Committee took on administrative duties for the Academy while Dr. George Avery, of Stephen F. Austin State University’s Center for Regional Heritage Research, developed the curriculum and acted
as lead instructor. Venue host Dr. Morris Jackson made sure we had plenty of coffee, snacks, and other necessities in our rooms at the Nacogdoches Courthouse Annex. Appropriately enough, the facilities are located on Highway 21, the well-traveled Native trade route that later became the Spanish royal road between missions in East Texas and more established communities in Mexico.
After a warm welcome by incoming TAS President Karen Fustes, Dr. Avery kicked off the Academy Saturday morning, sharing his extensive experience investigating historic resources along the El Camino Real de los Tejas such as Mission Dolores and Mission Los Adaes. Next up was local historian and Texas Historical Commission Archeology Steward Dr. Tom Middlebrook, who provided instruction on Spanish Colonial archeology with an emphasis on historical ceramics. After two lectures, participants were turned loose on archeological ceramics from
Continued on page 16Figure 1. Academy participants identify and date historic ceramics from the Nacogdoches area.
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sites in the Nacogdoches area to try our hands at identifying different types and varieties (Figure 1). An excellent color guide compiled by the Academy instructors really helped us out!
A delicious box lunch from Shelly’s Bakery and Café provided some quick refreshment, then Dr. Avery explored the his-tory of glass bottles with plenty of examples for us to examine (Figure 2). Historic metal artifact expert Mr. Jay Blaine, who noted that he has been using a metal detector since 1949(!), shared some of his vast experience and advice on the restoration and conservation of metal artifacts (Figure 3). He also showed examples of artifacts he has conserved and generously discussed them with participants. At the end of the day, we were joined by SFA Professor of History David Rex Galindo, who discussed his work on Spanish roads and trails in North America and shared techniques for archival research in the internet age. (Very important for Texas: The Spanish National Archives at http://pares.mcu.es.) After refreshing ourselves with a nap, a snack, or a brisk walk though the beautiful SFA Arboretum, most of us gathered at Auntie Pasta’s Restaurant for an evening meal and continued conversation.
The next morning, fast-paced lectures by Dr. Middlebrook and Dr. Morris Jackson, also a local historian and THC Ar-cheology Steward, introduced us to urban archeology, the history of Nacogdoches, and important sites in the downtown area before we headed out on a walking tour of those very sites. Dr. Jackson’s talk also incorporated methodological perspectives on ceramic seriation and standards of proof in historical argument.
Our walking tours included a visit to the Durst-Taylor House (c. 1835, the second-oldest building in Nacogdoches), where Assistant Historic Sites Manager Jessica Sowell led us through the house, gardens, and small museum. In the center of town, Execu-tive Director Melissa Sanford opened the Nacogdoches Convention and Visitor’s Bureau especially for us on a Sunday morning, and we got a quick look at the evolving Nine Flags Museum. Upstairs, Drs. Jackson and Middlebrook had set out their personal collections of historic ceramics, each piece chosen to show a whole vessel represented only by sherds on Nacogdoches area sites (Figure 4). They also shared some humorous stories and cautionary advice about acquiring items on the worldwide antiques market. On the west side of the Nacogdoches Plaza, we were surprised and delighted to meet Mr. Tommy Slay, Chairman of the Nacogdoches County Historical Commission, who provided cold water and cookies as we learned more about the history buried under later buildings and a charming pocket park.
Back at the Annex, Drs. Middlebrook and Jackson outlined the cast of characters involved in the early historic period of western Nacogdoches County and the modern search for archeological traces of their history. Participants took the opportunity to tuck into another excellent box lunch, this time from Newk’s Eatery. We then formed a caravan for a visit to Lake Nacogdoches, including the remains of a house associated with Bernardo D’Ortolan (41NA299; Figure 5) and a view of the famous Mayhew Site (41NA21). The caravan then traveled to the ranch of Ben and Belle Gallant, who graciously allowed us to walk over important sites on their land, including Mission Concepción (established 1716) and an associated Hainai village (Figure 6). The sunny day and East Texas humidity made us especially grateful to see Dr. Jackson arrive with a big cooler of icy water bottles. We would have liked to linger, but long drives and a beckoning workweek called us back to the Annex for some final housekeeping and quick goodbyes.
Many thanks to the Academy Committee, George Avery, Jimmy Barrera, Jay Blaine, David Rex Galindo, Morris Jackson, Tom Middlebrook, the East Texas Archeological Society, and the City of Nacogdoches for an enjoyable and memorable weekend!
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Figure 2. Historic bottles with Rachal Roessler, Bob Schlemmer, and Sue Gross in the background.
The green bottle on far right dates to 1750-1850.
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Figure 4. Parts of the ceramics collections of Morris Jackson and Tom Middlebrook.
Figure 5. Tom Middlebrook describes the discovery of Bernardo D’Ortolan’s ranch. Photo by Sue Gross.
Figure 6. Academy participants walk over the site of an ancestral Caddo village near Mission Concepción on the Gallant family ranch.
Figure 3. Jay C. Blaine, an SAA Crabtree Award winner, an expert in historic metals, and a metal detector operator since 1949.
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TAS ANNUAL AWARD NOMINATIONS NEEDED
On an annual basis, the Texas Archeological Society singles out individuals and groups who are TAS members or are involved in TAS activities and recognizes the contributions that these individuals
have made to TAS and to Texas Archeology. The awards are made on the basis of nominations that are received during the summer so that the Awards Committee can reach their recommendations and present them for consideration at the September Board Meeting.
The TAS regularly presents five awards to members in recognition of their outstanding service to the Society and to Texas archeology. In 2008, the Board established a “LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD” which was presented for the first time that year to Dr. DeeAnn Story to recognize her lifetime commitment to the recording and furthering of our understand-ing of Texas archaeology. The Board’s understanding is that this award would occasionally be given to a person of Story’s caliber and involvement in Texas Archeology and would not be awarded on an annual basis but could be awarded at any Annual Meeting. To date, the Board has only selected profes-sional archeologists to receive this award.
The Committee is requesting that the nominator(s) pri-mary nomination letter present the name of the nominee and itemize why this individual is being recommended for the specific award. This can be done by listing activities in which the nominee has been involved and why these are of particular relevance to a specific award. The committee also requests that two or three letters from other TAS members be included with or be sent to accompany and support the primary recom-mendation letter.
Nominations for the following annual awards are needed for 2015.FELLOW: Awarded to a TAS member for major contributions to the TAS and to Texas archeology. This is our most prestigious award and no more than one Fellow award is given per year. In 2014, no one received this award.DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: Awarded to an individual or group, usually but not necessarily TAS members, for a specific major service to the TAS, to Texas archeology, or to both. The 2014 award was presented to geo-archeologist Dr. Charles Frederick of Dublin, Texas.TEXAS BIFACE: A stewardship award presented to an avocational TAS member for contributions to the preservation of cultural resources in Texas. No award was given in 2014.GOLDEN PEN: Awarded to an avocational TAS member for a significant published contribution or contributions to Texas archeology. This award was not given in 2014.FRANCIS STICKNEY FIELDSCHOOL AWARD:Awarded to an individual for major contribution(s) to the annual summer field school in archeology. In 2014, this award was given to Sue Gross of Lake Jackson.
Nominations for 2015 awards should be submitted with
supporting documentation to the Awards Committee Chairper-son (Alan Skinner) no later than September 1, 2015 at [email protected] or c/o AR Consultants, Inc., 805 Business Parkway, Richardson, TX 75081.
An Adjustment to the Bylaws
Carolyn Spock
T hose of you attending the Business Meeting at the 84th Annual Meeting in Del Rio may remember that a new fund has been proposed to help provide grant money for research, the Research Support Fund (RSF). The
RSF will be supported by donations, as is the Donors’ Fund. Unlike the Donors’ Fund, that issues grants only from inter-est, the RSF will fund grants from all of the money donated. Interest rates have been so low for so long, that the Donors’ Fund Trustees were unable to accept applications for grants for several granting cycles due to the small amount of money available to award (and it is still very limited). While the Do-nors’ Fund is still viable, incorporating the RSF into the Texas Archeological Society grant program will make it possible to respond to more researchers seeking support.
To bring the Research Support Fund into the TAS fold, as it were, it is necessary to adjust the Bylaws to incorporate and provide structure for the RSF. This has been done by rewriting Article XII, the Donors’ Fund. The replacement Article, Grant Funds, is provided here, along with a list of other housekeeping changes that this adjustment requires. These are to be voted on at the Business Meeting at the 86th Annual Meeting in Houston.
An accompanying document, the Guidelines and Pro-cedures for the Texas Archeological Society Research Support Fund, provides instructions on how the fund is to be administered. This document is very similar to the Guidelines for the Texas Archeological Society Research Support Fund passed by the Board at its September 2014 meeting in San An-tonio and published on pp. 54-55 in the Texas Archeological Society 2014 End of Year Report. Modifications to that 2014 document include allowing the interest from the Donors’ Fund to be added to the money available in the RSF. Both are to be administered by the Grant Review Committee, formerly the Donors’ Fund Trustees. The Guidelines document, which is not a part of the Bylaws, provides instructions on how and when to apply for a grant and the steps to take if a grant is awarded.
Please read over the proposed Bylaws changes and the support document so that you will be prepared to vote on this in October.
[Contributors/reviewers to the Bylaws and Guidelines wording include the TAS Ad Hoc Bylaws Committee—Caro-lyn Spock, Pat Mercado-Allinger, May Schmidt, and Teddy Stickney (also Chair of the Ad Hoc Research Support Fund Review Committee); Brad Jones, Chair of the Donors’ Fund Trustees; and the TAS Executive Committee. The actions of the Executive Committee in approving these documents will be brought to the TAS Board for ratification at its upcoming meeting. Additional modifications, if any, should be published in the Fall Newsletter.]
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Revised Bylaws Approved
Article XII: Funds for GrantsSection 1. Grant Review Committee
Funds available for grants shall be managed and administered by the Grant Review Committee (formerly known as the Donors’ Fund Trustees). The Committee shall consist of three professional and three avocational members. Two members, one professional member and one avocational member, shall be appointed annually by the President with the approval of the Board of Directors for terms of three years. The members of the Grant Review Committee shall elect their chair with approval by the Board of Directors.
Section 2. Donors’ Funda. The Donors’ Fund shall be a permanent fund, the in-
come from which shall be used by the Board of Direc-tors of the Society to promote and expedite research and publication of special reports.
b. Funding for grants shall be issued from the revenues accrued on the Donors’ Fund and made available through application to the Research Support Fund.
Section 3. Research Support Funda. The Research Support Fund shall be used to promote
and expedite research and the publication of such re-search; it will rely on donations and the interest income from the Donors’ Fund.
b. The Grant Review Committee shall review requests for funding and make recommendations to the Board of Directors for approval. The grants for funding shall be issued from the donations submitted to the Research Support Fund and interest accrued on the Donors’ Fund principle.
*NOTE: Adjustments will also need to be made in the Table of Contents; Article VI: Board of Directors, Section 1; and Article VIII: Committees, to incorporate reference to the Funds for Grants/Grant Review Committee. The Ad Hoc Bylaws Committee can get these in order and make sure that we don’t overlook something.
Call To Arms
The Nominating Committee is seeking candidates for the positions of President-Elect, Secretary, Publica-tions Editor, Directors for Regions 2, 5, and 7, and Nominating Committee Chair. The election for these
2016 officers will be held at the Annual Meeting in October 2015. Recommendations for candidates may be submitted to the committee at [email protected] .
Did you notice the mission statement on the inside of the front cover page? To accomplish this mission and its subor-dinate goals, members of TAS should help the organization: create training opportunities for students of all ages, enhance and expand programs, increase and diversify membership, in-form the community of its archeological heritage and values, and cultivate and preserve resources (people and dollars).
The Journal of Northeast Texas Archaeologyis seeking submissions of manuscripts from authors for future volumes of the JNTA. Length of manuscripts or number of figures per manuscript are not of concern. Substantive manuscripts on any topic relevant to Northeast Texas and East Texas archaeol-ogy are appropriate submissions. Contact [email protected] if you have a manuscript for submission, are contemplating preparing a submission, or if you have any questions.
ERRATANobody’s perfect, eh? Did you notice that Karen Fustes’ name was spelled incorrectly in the Board of Directors’ listing in
the last newsletter. Or, did you notice a double whammy for Tim Perttula; in the winter issue his name was spelled incorrectly, in the spring issue his email address was incorrectly listed in the Call To Arms section (it’s [email protected]).
So, I spelled the President-Elect’s name incorrectly and now learn that I provided inaccurate contact data for the President (instead of what is shown on page 14 of the spring issue, it should be Mary Jo Galindo, Senior Principal Investigator EcoSci-ences Central, ATKINS, 6504 Bridge Point Parkway, Suite 200, Austin, Texas, 78730-5091. Tel: (512) 342- 3266 Mobile: (512) 563-7999). Anyone looking for a job?
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GUIDELINES & PROCEDURES FOR THE TEXAS ARCHEOLOGICAL
SOCIETY RESEARCH SUPPORT FUNDThe Texas Archeological Society Research Support Fund is a fund used to promote and expedite research and the publica-
tion of such research. The Fund is intended to be used for research and will rely on donations as well as the income accrued from the interest of the Donors’ Fund. However, direct donations to the Research Support Fund may be earmarked for use on particular types of research, such as radiocarbon dating or other specialized analyses, at the discretion of the donor.
If you are conducting field or lab-based archeological research and need funds, you may apply to the Research Support Fund for a grant. The Guidelines for applications appear below. The ultimate decision on who is awarded a grant is in the hands of the TAS Board of Directors, based on recommendations made by the Grant Review Committee (formerly known as the Donors’ Fund Trustees), who review applications and decide on their merits.
1. Proposals may be considered at each TAS Board Meeting and should be submitted for consideration at least thirty days prior to the next scheduled meeting. In addition to a research design:
a. The proposal shall include a résumé of the individual applying for funding, with facts relevant to the qualifications needed to carry out the project described in the proposal.
b. A project sponsored by an institution shall include a statement from that institution.c. A proposal from a student shall include a letter from the student’s faculty supervisor or chairman confirming the
student’s affiliation with the institution and endorsing the research needs.d. The proposal shall contain a budget indicating any other sources of funding and if applicant will accept full or partial
funding.e. The research proposal shall be limited to four double-spaced pages. Additional supporting documentation may be
included as necessary.f. The proposal shall be submitted to the Texas Archeological Society Business Office, seven paper copies or an elec-
tronic Microsoft Word document.
Address paper copies to:Texas Archeological SocietyAttn: Administrative Directorc/o Center for Archaeological ResearchThe University of Texas at San AntonioOne UTSA CircleSan Antonio, Texas 78249-0658Send email and Word attachment to:TAS Office-Administrative Director [email protected]
2. Grantee will be notified by the TAS Business Office if the grant has been approved and the amount of the grant award.
3. Grantee shall be allowed one year from award notification to use the grant award. Grant award funds not used within this time frame will revert to the general Research Support Fund.
4. Invoices for grant award payments shall be sent to the TAS Business Office. The chairman of the Grant Review Com-mittee shall be notified of the invoices and the amounts. If payment is to be made directly to the grantee for expenses, specific arrangements must be made with the Administrative Director.
5. Grantee shall submit a letter to the Grant Review Committee and the TAS Business Office outlining the results obtained from the use of grant award within three months after dispensation of the funds.
6. The Grantee shall also submit an article to the Editor of the TAS Newsletter reporting on the grant project work within a year of completion of the project. The Newsletter Editor shall provide formatting details to the Grantee. The article shall also be referenced or placed on the TAS website.
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http://westerndigs.org/2500-year-old-bison-kill-site-offers-new-clues-into-ancient-culture-of-northern-plainsA massive bison kill carried out some 2,500 years ago among the sand dunes of southern Alberta left behind a wealth of artifacts that are offeringnew insights into a poorly-understood culture of the ancient Northern Plains. In addition to the scattered remains of at least 65 bison, archaeologists have found more than a hundred stone points, most of them fashioned from a type of rock found only in North Dakota, a thousand kilometers away.
http://jornadaresearchinstitute.comJeff Hanson encourages TAS members to visit and appreciate this revamped website. He points out that JRI research associates have been making great strides in their respective programs. Michael Bletzer continues his work at the Piro pueblos of Pilabo and Sevilleta; David Greenwald’s work along the Rio Tularosa is finding unprecedented evidence of Puebloan occupation, including a great kiva which he is excavating with volunteers; Deni Seymour is looking at Spanish interactions with Native groups at Guevavi Mission in Arizona; and Joan Price is doing exceptional public outreach with students at Alamogordo High School.
https://youtu.be/Swi9NGLKJlQKaren Fustes recommends this video made by Phil Stranahan at the Columbus 101. It shows the basics that are taught in 101. The newcomers depicted are eager to get into the dirt. Many said they will be at FS and we have been working to hook them up to local groups as well joining us for TAS functions. Karen recommends recording the cool things you do they may be added to the website when the
time come. She also recommends considering an academy in your area; 101, Ceramics, Lithics, Rock Art, Regional History, Archeobotony, or Geo Archeology. Contact [email protected] if interested in a future academy.
www.lifehacker.co.in/work/Career-Spotlight-What-I-Do-as-an-Archaeologist/article-show/46682387.cmsAn interview with an Austin-based archeologist, Mason Miller, about his career in archeology.
http:// wp.me/p41HM-jUP and http://wp.me/p4IHMA-d6eThe first leads to a post on CRHR:ARCHAEOLOGY that focuses on the development of a consensus con-figuration for projectile point, and the second to a post on using photogrammetry to reverse-engineer a headstone from Oak Grove Cemetery in Nacog-doches.
http://tarrantcountyarcheologicalsociety.blogspot.comThis will lead to the official project blog for the Johnson Plantation Cemetery Project being conducted by the Tarrant County Archeological Society. The blog will be the primary medium for dissemination to the public concerningthe project.
http://www.ulule.com/caverne-pontdarc/Gilles Tosello and Marc Azéma, have an awesome crowd sourced project that you should check out. It’s a graphic novel about the people and rock art of the famous Chauvet Cave in France. Giles has worked with TAS members in Texas.
LINKS OF INTEREST https://
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Book Review:
Ancient Maya Cities of the Eastern LowlandsBy Brett HoukExcerpted from release by University Press of Florida
Using data collected from different sites throughout the lowlands of Belize, including the Vaca Plateau and the Belize River Valley, Brett Houk presents the first synthesis of these unique ruins and discusses methods for mapping and excavating them. Considering the sites through the lenses of environment and ancient urban planning, Houk reconstructs the 2,000 years of political history of the area, and examines what it tells us about Maya city building. List price $79.95.
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AMAZONSMILE PROGRAMThere is a way for TAS members to make contributions to the Society without taking the money
out of their pockets: participate in the AmazonSmile Program. If you shop Amazon.com, simply register with the AmazonSmile program (directions on website); when you make your purchases Amazon will donate 0.5% of eligible purchase prices to TAS. Once registered, all eligible purchase are tracked and corresponding donations made by Amazon.
Here is some information about this Amazon program: http://smile.amazon.com/about
This link takes you to the webpage to sign in to AmazonSmile: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/74-1483231.
There is also a link on the TAS Home Page to direct interested members to this painless way of donating to your favorite charitable organization; that would be TAS, of course.
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