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Travis County Archeological Society
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Welcome to the Travis County Archeological Society!
Our next meeting will take place Thursday, July 9th at 7pm. The July meeting will be held at Nuevo Leon's downtown location, 1501 East 6th Street. Meetings are held the second Thursday of each month, except June and December. They are free and open to the public.
Per tradition, the July meeting will feature informal presentations by TCAS members:
The 2009 Texas Archeological Society Field School
The 2009 TAS Field School took place June 13-20 in the Panhandle near Perryton, Texas. Archeological excavations and survey took place at several sites, including the large, ceramic period village of Chill Hill (41RB132) and Evans' 1868 military supply depot (41RB111). Excavators uncovered housefloors, hearths, midden, and at least one bison processing area (at the Eastview site). Chipped stone tools and debitage were common. Pottery and obsidian were less common but not rare. Two pipes were found at Chill Hill, one ceramic and one ground from red stone. Metal detecting crews recovered at least one metal arrow point and many, many other objects. For those camping at Wolf Creek/Lake Fryer, the weather provided additional thrills. TCAS members who survived the hail and wind (or took refuge in Perryton hotels) are invited to bring their photos on CD or flash drive and show them at the July 9th meeting.
Excavations at the Chill Hill Site. Photo by Leslie Bush.
If you are in the Austin area on one of our second-Thursday-of-the-month meeting nights, please drop in to see what's going on. More about our monthly meetings at http://travis.txarch.org/calendar.htm.
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