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Atlatl and Archaeological Services for the South Texas Borderlands

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Atlatl Links:
 
Atlatl and Outdoor recreation information.
 
Texas's own atlatl association. Provides information and video pertaining to atlatl and flintknapping events. 
 

 
Hand crafted atlatls and darts.
 
Primitive Technology discussion forum.
 
Unites atlatlists from around the world and publishes the newsletter The Atlatl.
 
 
 

Archaeology Links:

 

Archaeology Channel

 

Center for Archaeological Research

Provide teacher workshops, summer camps, and field schools in South Texas.

 

Gault School of Archaeological Research

Focuses on the archaeology of the earliest Americans.

 

 

Handbook of Texas Online - Prehistory

Webpage the sums up the prehistory of

Texas.

 

Historic Brownsville Museum

 

Museum of South Texas History

 

River Pierce Foundation

Organization dedicated to historical and cultural preservation.

 

The Rock Art Foundation

Promotes conservation and the study of Native American rock art in the Lower Pecos region of Southwest Texas.

 

SHUMLA School

Great archaeology programs for adults and youth. University classes available. Focus is on the rock art of the Lower Pecos.

 

Southern Texas Archaeological Association

Pertains to the history and prehistory of south-central and southern Texas. Publishes the scholoary journal La Tierra.

 

Texas Archeological Society

Organization dedicated to the study and preservation of the historic and prehistoric past of Texas. Offers annual archaeology field schools and academies. Scholoarships are available.

 

Texas Arrowheads

Artifact identification and documentation.

 

Texas Beyond History

Basically a virtual museum of Texas prehistory. Lots of scholoary information.  

 

Texas Historic Sites Atlas

Find historical markers and National Register of Historic Places.

 

Books on South Texas Archaeology and Ethnology:

 

Boyd, Carolyn E.

  2003  Rock Art of the Lower Pecos.

                Texas A&M University Press.

 

Foster, William C.

  2008  Historic Native Peoples of

               Texas. University of Texas Press.

 

Hester, Thomas R.

  1980  Digging Into South Texas           

               Prehistory. Corona Publishing

               Company.

 

Kirkland, Forrest

  1967  The Rock Art of Texas Indians.

               University of Texas Press.

 

Krieger, Alex D.

  2002  We Came Naked and Barefoot:

                The Journey of Cabeza De

                Vaca Across North America.

                University of Texas Press.

 

Newcomb, W. W. Jr.

  1961  The Indians of Texas. University

              of Texas Press.

 

Paredes, Americo

  1958  With His Pistol in His Hands.

               University of Texas Press.

 

1995  A Texas-Mexican Cancionero.

            University of Texas Press.

 

Perttula, Timothy K.

  2004  The Prehistory of Texas. Texas

                A&M University Press.

 

Salinas, Martin

  1990  Indians of the Rio Grande 

               Delta. University of Texas Press.  

 

Turner, Ellen Sue and Thomas R. Hester

  1999  A Field Guide to Stone Artifacts 

              of Texas Indians. Gulf Publishing.