Hey, Pete ... sorry for the delay in responding ... just subscribed to the 
list to make an announcement of the new exhibit and hadn't set my 
spam-filter to let the HISTARCH messages through ... Whew! I'm working 
through a load of them, now! Never dreamed I'd run into old friends on here. 
It surely would be good to get back to Natchitoches for a visit. We're 
having a meeting of the Caddo Research Group at SFA in Nacogdoches in early 
December (I think it's the first weekend), you oughta drive over and join 
us. There's a huge void to fill with Corbin gone.

Bob
~~~
"Smithers! Get that bedlamite to an alienist." ~ C. Monty Burns


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Gregory" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: South Texas Plains Exhibits


Bob Skiles: Thanks for the notice. Glad to hear from you. Come  see us 
sometimes. Pete Gregory

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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY on behalf of Bob Skiles
Sent: Thu 9/21/2006 4:53 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: South Texas Plains Exhibits



Texas Beyond History is likely the most comprehensive public archaeology 
website in existence ... and is still growing. Whilst primarily of a 
prehistoric bent, the new section on the South Texas Plains has some 
material on the Spanish missions in that region that may be of interest to 
HISTARCH folks (and, of course, there is historical material in the sections 
on other regions of the state, too). Take a gander!

Bob Skiles
~~~
"Smithers! Get that bedlamite to an alienist." ~ C. Monty Burns


----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Black
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 3:52 PM
Subject: South Texas Plains Exhibits


Announcing: Native Peoples of the South Texas Plains, a new online exhibit 
set on Texas Beyond History, the virtual museum of Texas' cultural heritage, 
created by the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory (TARL) at the 
University of Texas, Austin in partnership with 14 other organizations. This 
is the second regional presentation to appear in the "Prehistoric Texas" 
initiative.  Dozens of collaborators from throughout the state contributed 
their time, expertise, and image resources to this undertaking.  Aimed at 
diverse audiences from scholars to schoolchildren, the exhibit set is 
substantive, the largest yet created on TBH, and features stories, 
illustrations, photographs, interactive maps, learning activities, lesson 
plans, and documents.

The South Texas Plains region is that portion of southern Texas that extends 
southward from the Balcones Escarpment to just inland from the coast, 
eastward to the Guadalupe River Valley, and westward to the Rio Grande and 
into adjacent northeastern Mexico.  It is an ecologically diverse region 
that evidences long-term cultural patterns and unique traditions created by 
over 500 generations of hunters and gatherers. Native peoples came to the 
region by at least 13,500 years ago (11,500 B.C.); linguistic evidence 
suggests that some language groups never left, and that direct descendants 
of the region's first peoples were those encountered in the region by the 
Spanish intruders beginning in the 1530s with Cabeza de Vaca, Texas' first 
ethnographer.  Archeological evidence is consistent with this inferred 
continuity and includes evidence of established territories (dedicated 
cemeteries) as early as 5,000 B.C.

The new educational exhibits summarize and exemplify the archeological and 
ethnohistorical record of the native peoples of the region, from over 13,300 
years ago in Paleoindian times to Early Historic times, and share some of 
the scholarly information and cultural treasures with the wider world.  It 
is a permanent addition to TBH and one that creates a framework suitable for 
adding new content as it becomes available.

Key Elements: major exhibits on Prehistory , Native Peoples, Artistic 
Expression, Nature's Harvest, Patterns of the Past, Kids Activities, and 
Teaching Resources, as well as separate site exhibits on: Richard Beene, 
Espiritu Santo, Morhiss Mound, Hinojosa, Choke Canyon, and Gateway Missions.

By the numbers: 437 MB of online content, 128 substantive web pages, 845 
unique images, and 78 pdf documents.

Underwritten by: grants and donations from the National Endowment for the 
Humanities, the Texas Historical Commission (Texas Preservation Trust Fund), 
private foundations, archeological organizations, the College of Liberal 
Arts (UT Austin), and private citizens.

www.texasbeyondhistory.net/st-plains/

(If you have trouble viewing the opening page, your browser's Flash Player 
plug-in may be outdated. -- see www.adobe.com.)


Exhibit Credits:


Project Leaders: Steve Black and Susan Dial, editors, Texas Beyond History.

Written content contributors: Steve Black, Susan Dial, Thomas R. Hester, 
Phil Dering, John Dockall, Nancy Kenmotsu, Alston Thoms, Carol Schlenk, Jeff 
Taff,  Grant Hall,  Steve Tomka, Tamara Walter, Kay Hinds, Betty Inman, 
Robert Hard, Ken Brown, Bill Birmingham, Tom Fort, Karen Fort, and Mike 
Quigg.

Graphics and image contributors: John Abbott, Michael Bever, Steve Black, 
Bill Birmingham, Doug Boyd, David Calame, Pat Clabaugh, Susan Dial,  Curtis 
Dusek, Grant Hall,  Thomas R. Hester, Carol Macaulay, Richard McReynolds, 
Bruce Moses, Bob Stiba, Heather Smith, and Alston Thoms.

Artists: Frank Weir, Jose Cisneros, David Everett, Ted DeGrazia, Nola 
Montgomery, Reeda Peel, and Hal Story.

Web Developers: Heather Smith, Josh Leong, Chuck Lucier, and Scott Herrick.

Key exhibit partner organizations:  Center for Archaeological Research 
(UTSA), Southern Texas Archaeological Association, Texas Archeological 
Research Laboratory, Texas Department of Transportation, Texas Parks and 
Wildlife, and Texas Historical Commission.

Museums and History Centers: Southwestern Writers Collection (Texas State 
University), Museum of the Coastal Bend, Museum of South Texas History, 
Victoria Regional History Center, Institute of Texan Cultures, Center for 
American History (UT Austin), and Witte Museum.

Reviewers: Thomas R. Hester, Pat Mercado-Allinger, Bob Ricklis, Brett Cruse, 
and Richard Weinstein.

Proofreaders: Rosario Casarez, Richard Weinstein, Laura Nightengale, Ken 
Brown, and Suzanne Colwell.


This detailed announcement follows a short announcement.  Please forward 
either to anyone who might be interested.

Comments, suggestions, and edits most welcome, please send to Steve Black 
<[log in to unmask]> or Susan Dial <[log in to unmask]>.