Bob: The first weekend in Dec. is the Christmas Festival here and most of the tribal craftspeople come here to sell baskets, etc. at the Williamson Museum so I can't get over there. It would be fun. The folks stay here until about 3 PM so I'll probably hang out here. Dayna Lee and I are taking the Caddo Cultural Committee around to the different mound sites this week, that's pretty neat. Do come when you can. Pete Gregory

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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY on behalf of Bob Skiles
Sent: Fri 9/29/2006 3:58 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: South Texas Plains Exhibits



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]>.