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SEPTEMBER MEETING
Thursday, Sept. 18
8:00 PM
SMU, Heroy Hall, Rm. 153
"What is Northern Toyah Phase?
The Toyah Phenomenon on the Texas Southern Plains"
Douglas K. Boyd
Prewitt and Associates, Inc.
Bone-tempered pottery, Perdiz arrow points, and bison
processing tools are hallmarks of the Toyah phase in central and
south Texas between A.D. 1300–1700. But what do the northernmost
Toyah-like remains found on and near the southern Llano Estacado
represent? An expansion of Toyah culture tradition northward from
their central Texas homeland? Or, adoption of Toyah material culture
by Southern Plains groups? Were Toyah and other social groups
enemies, or did they maintain friendly relations and cooperate on
communal bison hunting ventures on the Southern Plains? This
presentation will discuss archeological evidence for the northern
Toyah phenomenon in light of current anthropological views on social
identity and recognizing social boundaries in the archeological
record.
Boyd, a vice president with Austin-based Prewitt and
Associates, Inc., has served as project archeologist or principal
investigator on many projects throughout the state. Over the last 30
years, much of Boyd’s work has focused on the Late Prehistoric and
Protohistoric cultures in central and northern Texas, including:
the Austin and Toyah phases; the Palo Duro, Garza and Tierra Blanca
Complexes; the Antelope Creek phase and other Plains Village groups
in the Texas Panhandle; and prehistoric violence and warfare in the
Southern Plains. His other research interests are rock art, historic
archeology, and mortuary studies.
Girl Scouts Merit Badge Workshop
Saturday, Oct. 11th
11:00 AM – 3:15 PM
Farmers Branch Historical Park
Volunteers needed!
Please
let us know if you can assist. Sign up at the September meeting or
email Gwen at
grdurrant@tx.rr.com
Plano Archaeology Fair
Saturday, Oct. 11th
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Bob Woodruff Park
2601 San Gabriel Dr., Plano
Volunteers needed!
Fun for all ages! Native American drummers & dancers,
demonstrations on making stone tools, geologist-led exploratory
treks along Rowlett Creek, exhibits on the prehistory of the region.
"Archaeology Land" for children (ages 5 - 12) will include
petroglyph site, pictograph wall, pottery site, craft activities.
Register in advance for children's dig (ages 8 - 14). Free. More
info:
planoconservancy@earthlink.net
Coppell
October Dig
Saturday, Oct. 11th
9:00 AM – 12:00 noon
Bring the children to Grapevine Springs Park for a mock dig and
other activities. Snacks & drinks will be served. Sponsored by the
Coppell Historical Society. Free.
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LOCAL EVENTS
Free Public Lecture
October 7, 2008 @ 6:30 PM
Farmers Branch Historical Park
Brett Cruse, Cultural
Resources Coordinator for the Historic Sites Division at the Texas
Historical Commission will present "A Most Desperate Fight:
Lieutenant Henry J. Farnsworth and the Battle of Round Timber Creek,
November 6, 1874” based on his book of the same name. The
setting for the book and lecture is the Red River War in the Texas
panhandle. During the summer of 1874, the U. S. Army launched
a campaign to remove the Comanche, Kiowa, Southern Cheyenne, and
Arapaho Indian tribes from the Southern Plains and enforce their
relocation to reservations in Indian Territory. The actions of 1874
were unlike any prior attempts by the Army to pacify this area of
the western frontier. The Red River War led to the end of an entire
way of life for the Southern Plains tribes and brought about a new
chapter in Texas history.
Free Public Lecture
October 28, 2008 @ 6:30 PM
Farmers Branch Historical Park
"Hunter-Gatherer Mortuary
Practices during the Central Texas Archaic" presented by Dr.
Leland C. Bement is based on his book by the same name.
Beginning over 10,000 years ago and continuing until the arrival of
the Spanish in the 1500s, hunter and gatherer societies occupied the
Edwards Plateau of central Texas. Dr. Bement’s analysis
reveals a growing elaboration in burial rituals during the period
and uncovers important data on the diet and health of these
societies. He will discuss climate change based on faunal remains
and compare burial goods such as freshwater shell, marine shell,
turtle and stone artifact with those found at other mortuary sites.
Dr. Bement is currently with the Oklahoma Archeological Survey.
Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs
coming to the Dallas Museum of Art
October 3, 2008 - May 17, 2009
exhibit info
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