ANITA:
I think this post got left out.
Rich Lundin, WRI
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From: Richard Lundin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 10:59 AM
To: 'HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY'; [log in to unmask]; 'Underwater Archaeology
Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Texas
HISTARCH, SUBARCH and SPANBORD members: (apologies for cross-posting)
When visiting Texas, don't forget the Texas Republic period French Legation
Museum that is across the freeway from Convention Center and is where WRI is
holding the "hands on", optional, pXRF training session on Wednesday of the
Conference, AFTER the morning, SHA Archaeochemical Workshop Session at the
Convention Center.
A really sobering reminder of the 3rd Texas Revolution is Goliad and the
preserved Presidio\Mission and battle sites near Goliad where more people
lost their lives than at the Alamo during that tragic episode in Texas
history.
For those who want to join me when we get back from the post-SHA cruise and
field trip to Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and Cozumel on the 16th; I will be
taking WRI's Olympus INNOV-X pXRF unit to Brownsville for a reconnaissance
investigation of materials from the Resaca de Palma and Fort Brown sites,
where Steve DeVore is planning the next NPS Archaeogeophysical Workshop in
2011 and, then on to the Meir battlefield site and, then, to Roma, Texas of
Clive Cussler fame to look at the "Roman" artifacts in the local museum
there.
The San Jacinto battlefield, the Daughters of the Confederacy Museum and the
Battleship Texas are also sites that you might want to visit. They are
well-worth the time.
Finally, Don't forget the La Belle of the ill-fated La Salle French
Expedition, I believe it is still at College Station undergoing
preservation.
Above ALL, Have fun with Claudia and I in Texas!!!
Sincerely,
Richard J. Lundin BA, MA, RPA, ISAP
Consulting Historical Archaeologist & Remote Sensing Specialist
(Archaeogeophysics)
Director, Wondjina Research Institute
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gwyn
Alcock
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 8:54 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Texas
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is holding its annual
conference in
Austin right now (Oct 27-30). Their conference Web page also has many links
to
things to do and see in Austin.
http://www.preservationnation.org/resources/training/npc/
I was intrigued by the "Austin Unscripted" project:
http://www.preservationnation.org/resources/training/npc/austin-unscripted/
Gwyn Alcock
Riverside, CA
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From: Gaye Nayton <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Fri, October 29, 2010 3:38:12 AM
Subject: Texas
Hi all
I am going to the SHA conference in Texas and want to look around Texas
afterwards to see how they present their historic heritage. So:
. what are the best must see western/historic heritage attractions
in the state (I am already going to the Alamo) are there any natural wonders
I should not miss?
. I am on my own so does anyone know of any great tours (small
groups though not bus loads) or ways to organise for a personalised tour/s.
I had a great time in Arizona when a docent of the Flagstaff museum drove me
around her part of the state and introduced me to all the locals she knew
who did public archaeology or archaeology. A student at the uni also took me
on a personalised day tour of the Painted Desert. I paid the student for the
tour and the docent by buying up big at her museum as she would not take
payment. Satisfaction all around.
. Can anyone recommend a dude ranch experience. There are lots to
choose from but it's hard to tell the duds from the good ones from the
advertising.
I have always wanted to go to Texas, having been raised on a steady diet of
B grade westerns. Now I have the chance I don't want to miss anything.
Cheers Gaye
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