FBAS Meetings
Regular FBAS meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. on the second Wednesday of every month. In 2009, the meeting dates are January 14, February 11, March 11, April 8, May 13, (no meeting in June), July 8, August 12, September 9, October 14, November 11 and December 9. After a short business meeting, a guest lecturer is scheduled to present the society on subjects pertaining to archeology and anthropology. Guest lecturers including many professional archeologists come from all across the state of Texas to present on a variety of topics related to archeology.
Meetings are generally held at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas. Check here often for announcements of changes and confirmation of meeting dates and places.
September 9, 2009 - Dr. Dirk Van Tuerenhout, Curator of Anthropology at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, will present Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor. The lecture will start at 7:00 p.m. Please join us in Room 2B at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
Dirk Van Tuerenhout - Biography
A native of Belgium, Dirk Van Tuerenhout grew up in Malines, a city in Flanders with human presence going back well into prehistoric times. He got interested in history and archaeology because of a sixth grade teacher. He pursued this interest in secondary school when he took courses in ancient Greek and Latin. He attended the Catholic University of Louvain, receiving degrees in Ancient history and Archaeology. This required writing master theses on the early history of Hellenistic Egypt, as well as on the archaeology of one of the largest sites in the New World, the Precolumbian city of Teotihuacan.
While he attended university in Belgium, the US embassy in Brussels convened a meeting on post graduate studies in the US. Because of this, he applied to various universities with strong programs in precolumbian archaeology and was fortunate enough to be accepted by Tulane University in New Orleans. While at Tulane, he worked at the Tulane University jazz archive, meeting musicians who had played with jazz legends like Armstrong. He also noted with “amazement” that the number of “accidental trips to New Orleans” by friends and acquaintances seemed to coincide quite often with events such as Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest.
The anthropology department at Tulane provided a strong four field education, offering courses in archaeology, linguistics and physical and cultural anthropology. Through the Middle American Research Institute, he was able to participate in excavations in Belize, and later in Guatemala. While working on the project in Guatemala, he also met his wife, a native Texan and fellow archaeologist. She was his boss then. She still is.
He graduated from Tulane with an MA and Ph.D. in anthropology. Employment opportunities took him up north to Pennsylvania, where he taught at Shippensburg University in the central portion of the state. When he learned about an opening for an anthropology curator at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, he applied. He has been working in Houston “since the last century,” May 1999 to be exact. At the museum, he is involved in maintaining and expanding the anthropology holdings, organizing temporary exhibits and interfacing with the general public (occasionally dealing with identification requests of dinosaur bones as well…). He has written a book on Aztec culture and is the curator of the Lucy’s Legacy exhibit. For the last seven summers, he has taught an introductory anthropology course at the University of Houston Clear Lake Campus.
He lives in Houston with his wife Rosalinda and daughter Sara, the latter of whom cannot get enough of the museum’s dinosaurs.
August 12, 2009 - This month's presentation is entitled "More Than Bows and Arrows" will start at 7:00 p.m. Please join us in Room 2B at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
July 8, 2009 - This month's presentation is entitled "Secret of the Mummies" starting at 7:00 p.m. Please join us in Room 2B at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
April 8, 2009 - On Wednesday, April 8th, Fred W. Kelly, a retired geologist, will present a program about British Archeological sites from the Roman and Middle Saxon Periods.
The 7:00 p.m. meeting will be held in Room 2B at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
March 11, 2009 - On Wednesday, March 11, Dr. Gregg J. Dimmick is a pediatrician with the South Texas Medical Clinics in Wharton, Texas, and is the author of "Sea of Mud: The Retreat of the Mexican Army after San Jacinto, An Archeological Investigation". At the meeting, Dr. Dimmick will speak about his new book "General Vincente Filisola’s Analysis of Jose 
Urrea’s Military Diary: A Forgotten 1838 Publication by an Eyewitness to the Texas Revolution".
The 7:00 p.m. meeting will be held in Room 2B at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
More information about Dr. Dimmick's book can be found at www.tshaonline.org/publications/books/dimmick.html.
February 11, 2009 - On Wednesday, February 11, Avocational Archeologist Frank Griffin will present "Lithics and the Archeologist" the third and final presentation in his Lithic Technology series. He will review and bring together the archeological indications to be drawn from stages in the manufacture of lithic tools and weapons.
The 7:00 p.m. meeting will be held in Room 2B at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
January 14, 2009 - On Wednesday, January 14th, Archeologist Frank Griffin will present the second session on lithic technology titled "Lithic Technology II: Edge Modification" to the Fort Bend Archeological Society.
The 7:00 p.m. meeting will be held in Room 2B at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
November 12, 2008 - "Lithic Technology: Biface Reduction". On Wednesday, November 12, Archeologist Frank Griffin will present "Lithic Technology: Biface Reduction" to the Fort Bend Archeological Society.
The 7:00 p.m. meeting will be held in Room 2B at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
October 8, 2008 - "The Gold of El Dorado". On Wednesday, October 8, The Fort Bend Archeological Society will host a program entitled "The Gold of El Dorado".
The 7:00 p.m. meeting will be held in Room 2B at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
September 10, 2008 - Robert Shelby. On Wednesday, September 10, The Fort Bend Archeological Society will host a program entitled "The Elizabeth Powell Place in Texas History". Robert Shelby was born and educated in Houston, Texas. He has always been interested in history, and when an archaeologist gave a talk at his junior high school about the finding of King Tut’s Tomb, he became enamored with archaeology. From then on, he read all he could on the subject and began putting together a personal library on anthropology and archaeology. The old Houston Museum of Natural History was a haunt of his during his youth.
After attending the University of Houston, he
worked in the construction trade for many years, retiring from the City of Houston after 22 years as a building inspector. In 1989 he delighted in discovering the Houston Archeological Society, which he joined, and membership in the Texas Archeological Society soon followed. As an avocational archaeologist, Bob went to numerous field schools and worked on many local archaeology sites. He has served as secretary and president of the Houston society and a regional director of the state society. He was awarded the Southeast Texas Archaeological Research Award in 2007 for his work on the 41FB269, the Powell Site. The home place of Elizabeth Powell received a historical marker in 1936 to commemorate the site where the Mexican army gathered to await the return of Santa Anna who had gone off with a select group of soldiers to capture the rebel Texian government. The Houston Archeological Society conducted investigation at this site for several years starting in 1999 – encountering many half-truths and misconceptions as they researched. The focus of the presentation is to correct some of these myths and amplify the recent HAS report published about the site.
The 7:00 p.m. meeting will be held in Room 2B at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
August 13, 2008 - Russ Lennon Mr. Lennon's lecture is titled “THE BRAZOS RIVER: GATEWAY TO EARLY TEXAS”. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public. The George Memorial Library is located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas.
July 9, 2008 - Douglas K. Boyd, vice president and co-owner of the firm - Prewitt and Associates, Inc. Mr. Boyd began doing field archeology in 1973 and received a BA degree in General Studies-Archeology from West Texas State University in 1983 and an MA degree in Anthropology from Texas A&M University in 1986. He is currently the vice president and co-owner of the firm - Prewitt and Associates, Inc. Mr. Boyd 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 been on historic archeological projects in Texas and New Mexico.
The title of his lecture is “History and Archeology of the First Capitol of the Republic of Texas”. In conjunction with the proposed development of a historical park, archeological and historical investigations were conducted on the site of the first capitol of the Republic of Texas in West Columbia, Texas.
The work focused on the site because it once contained a wooden structure used by the House of Representatives during the First Congress in 1836. Archeologists from Prewitt and Associates, Inc. and the Brazosport Archaeological Society completed a week of field investigations at the site in December 2007. Mechanical and hand excavations exposed a brick-lined cistern filled with twentieth-century debris, several pit features containing nineteenth-century artifacts, numerous postholes, and scattered nineteenth- and twentieth-century artifacts. Following the field investigations, archival research was undertaken to define the legal history of this property and identify its historic uses. This work is revealing part of the story behind one of Texas’ most important historical places—the First Capitol of the Republic of Texas.
The lecture is free of charge and open to the public. The George Memorial Library is located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas.
May 14, 2008 The Fort Bend Archeological Society will meet on May 14, 7:00 p.m. in Room 2B of the George Memorial Library in Richmond, Texas. Archaeologist Marianne Marek will update us on her work at the San Felipe de Austin site.
The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
April 9, 2008 The Fort Bend Archeological Society will meet on April 9, 7:00 p.m. in Room 2B of the George Memorial Library in Richmond, Texas.
The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
March 12, 2008 The Fort Bend Archeological Society will meet on March 12, 7:00 p.m. in Room 2B of the George Memorial Library in Richmond, Texas. Dr. Ron Ralph of the Texas Archeological Society will be speaking on Fort Jefferson.
The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
February 13, 2008 The Fort Bend Archeological Society will hold its first meeting of the year on February 13, 7:00 p.m. in Room 2B of the George Memorial Library in Richmond, Texas.
The meeting is free of charge and open to the public.
January 9, 2008 The Fort Bend Archeological Society will hold its first meeting of the year on January 9, 7:00 p.m. in Room 2B of the George Memorial Library in Richmond, Texas.
The meeting is free of charge and open to the public.
December 12, 2007 The Fort Bend Archeological Society will meet on October 12, 7:00 p.m. at the Tyree House (archeology lab) in Richmond, Texas. Tye Tyree House is located at 600 Houston Street, next to the Fort Bend Museum. The Nominating Committee will call for a vote on its recommendations for the 2008 Board: President - Bob Crosser, Vice-President - Mark Kellner, Secretary/Treasurer - Claire Rogers, and one Director - Dick Lane. Nominations from the floor will be welcomed. Following the election, we will have the Christmas Party!
The meeting (and party) is free of charge and open to the public.
October 10, 2007 The Fort Bend Archeological Society will meet on October 10, 7:00 p.m. in Room 2B of the George Memorial Library in Richmond, Texas. Wilson W. "Dub" Crook will discuss the work in progress at the Brushy Creek Clovis Site at the October 10 meeting. Mr. Crook has traveled extensively, starting his adventures as a child. His father was Wilson W. Crook, Jr., who was past President and Fellow of the Texas Archeological Society. As a result of his father's lifelong interest in archeology and paleoanthropology, Dub grew up going to and working on archeological sites all around the world.
While his archeological research has focused primarily on the Upper Trinity River watershed, he has also worked on sites in West Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, California and Virginia. He has also worked in the rift valley of East Africa, in South America (Bolivia, Argentina and Peru) and in Kazakhstan. Mr. Crook holds both a Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Methodist University and a Master of Science degree from the University of Michigan in the field of mineralogy. He has been a member of the Dallas Archeological Society, a member of the TAS, is a member of the Center for the Study of the First Americans, the Archeological Association of Virginia and the Houston Archeological Society.
Mr. Crook and his long-time field partner, Mr. Mark D. Hughston, discovered the Brushy Creek Clovis Site in Hunt County, Texas (41HU74) in 2004. The site to date has produced one Clovis point, a large Clovis preform, a number of apparent Clovis blades and other tools. Mr. Crook will review the latest thinking in terms of what Clovis sites are producing across Texas, discuss the Brushy Creek finds, and review the work that remains to be done at the site.
The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
September 12, 2007 The Fort Bend Archeological Society will meet on September 12, 7:00 p.m. in Room 2B of the George Memorial Library in Richmond, Texas. Dr. Matthew Taylor from the Texas Archeological Research Lab will be talking about recent research on dental variation in Texas coastal plain populations. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
August 8, 2007 The Fort Bend Archeological Society will meet on August 8, 7:00 p.m. in Room 2B of the George Memorial Library in Richmond, Texas. This month we will be watching a very interesting DVD entitled: “America’s Stone Age Explorers”." The meeting is free of charge and open to the public.
July 11, 2007 The Fort Bend Archeological Society will meet on July 11, 7:00 p.m. in Room 2B of the George Memorial Library in Richmond, Texas. Reeda Peel, Director of the Texas Rock Art Data Base, will be speaking about "Rock Art in Texas." The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
May 2, 2007 The Fort Bend Archeological Society will meet on May 2, 7:00 p.m. in the George Memorial Library in Richmond, Texas. Guest speaker is Rachel Feit. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
The topic for the May meeting will be "History Underground: What Archeology Can Tell Us about Texas' Past" by Rachel Feit. Historical archeology can enliven the past in ways that history books cannot. By looking at the buried artifacts, foundation remains, yardscapes and landscapes of past generations, archeologists learn about the more quotidian aspects history-- the "small things forgotten"-- such as children's activities, personal habits, local dramas, or the way people disposed of their household garbage. Historical archeology is a particularly effective tool for understanding the lifeways of marginal or minority groups. This talk will provide some examples of the ways in which archeology contributes to the broader historical record. At the end it will briefly discuss the ways in which those who are interested can become involved in archeology.
Rachel Feit grew up in northern Virginia and attended the University of Chicago from 1986-1990, where she majored in Cultural Anthropology. She received her Master's degree in 1998 from the University of Texas, where she focused on Classical Archaeology. She began working full-time for Hicks & Company in October of the same year. While at Hicks & Company, she has had the opportunity to lead a number of fascinating projects, including the excavation of Austin's red light district, the Susannah Dickinson house in Austin, Fort Anahuac, and at the San Jacinto Battleground. She has been a member of the Texas Archeological Society since 1998 and is active in the Council of Texas Archeologists. In addition to archeology, Rachel has been a freelance writer since 1999, publishing numerous articles on food history, restaurants, travel and archeology for newspapers and magazines.
April 11, 2007 The Fort Bend Archeological Society will meet on April 11th, 7:00 p.m. in the George Memorial Library in Richmond, Texas. Texas Archeological Steward, Richard Gregg, will speak about tracing J. Frank Dobie's ancestry. In 1832 the Mexican government granted to William Dobie, great-grandfather of folklorist J. Frank Dobie, a parcel of land in what is now southeastern Harris County, Texas. An archeological survey there had limited results, but the associated archival research revealed much new information about William Dobie. At 7PM Wednesday, April 11, at the George Memorial Library in Richmond, Texas Archeological Steward, Richard Gregg, will cover the William Dobie family and subsequent use of the land. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
March 14, 2007 The Fort Bend Archeological Society will meet on March 14th at 7:00 p.m. in Room 2B of the George Memorial Library in Richmond. After a discussion of proposed Constitution/By-law amendments there will be a NOVA program entitled "America's Stone Age Explorers". The public is invited.
February 14, 2007 The Fort Bend Archeological Society will meet February 14 at 7:00 p.m. in the George Memorial Library in Richmond. After the business session, federal and state historic preservation laws will be discussed. The public is invited.
November 8, 2006 - Johnney Pollan, Texas Archeological Steward,
will present a program on Antebellum Plantations of Brazoria County. A San Antonio native, he holds a BS Degree in Engineering Science from Trinity University and worked for the Dow Chemical Company for more than 31 years. His interest in archeology began as a youth when his cousin, famed San Antonio stoneware potter Harding Black, would tell stories of the Witte Museum’s digs in the lower Pecos River in the late 1930’s.
A member of the Texas Archeological Society since 1981, Pollan is a charter member of the Southern Texas Archeological Association and co-founder of the Brazosport Archaeological Society. At present he is the Brazosport Museum of Natural Science Curator of Archaeology and a Texas State Archeological Steward for Brazoria County. He has participated in several significant archaeological digs in Texas including LaSalle’s ship, La Belle, in Lavaca Bay and one of the premier Paleo-Indian sites in the United States, the Gault site, north of Austin.
Pollan is presently working with the Brazosport Archaeological Society and the Texas Historical Commission to survey the fifty plus antebellum plantations that once operated in Brazoria County. This survey includes the location of any physical remains of each plantation, a search for historical documents on each plantation and their owners, and the registration of each site as a Texas archeological site.
The 7:00 p.m. meeting will be held at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
October 11, 2006 - James Foradas, PhD. of HRA Gray & Pape, LLC will examine the interrelationship among modern, ancient, and pre-settlement landscapes as it impacts management of archeological projects in the Greater Houston area.
The 7:00 p.m. meeting will be held at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
September 13, 2006 - Roger G. Moore, Ph.D. of Moore Archeological Consulting, Inc. will present "Surveying for Founding Texans in Fort Bend County". Dr. Moore's research interests are broad. He has published findings on a number of projects in urban archeology, the study of archeological sites and deposits in the complex context of modern cities. He also maintains an active interest in prehistoric archeology. His dissertation focused upon Southeast Texas hunters and gatherers over the last 2000 years. For more information on Moore Archeological Consulting, Inc. go to www.moore-archeological.com/roger.html.
The 7:00 p.m. meeting will be held at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
August 9, 2006 - Steve Hoyt - Our guest speaker is archeologist Steve Hoyt. Mr. Hoyt is the State Marine Archeologist with the Texas Historical Commission and is responsible for the preservation and protection of all historic shipwrecks in state waters. He has over 25 years of experience in the study of historic shipwrecks, performing much of his early work in the islands of the Caribbean and in Bermuda, including several years with the Institute of Maritime History and Archaeology at the Bermuda Maritime Museum. His research background includes projects on numerous vessel types and periods, including ships from the great age of European exploration and discovery, Spanish treasure ships, paddlewheel river steamers, deep-water steamships, and many others.
The title of his talk is “Maritime History and Archeology in Texas: Shipwrecks Tell the Tale”. The presentation is a brief summary of our maritime history illustrated with stories of shipwrecks that have helped define that history. Shipwrecks from the Mexican border to the Louisiana border and into the interior of Texas will be discussed. Mr. Hoyt’s illustrated presentation will cover interesting points about the maritime history of Texas, important wrecks in Texas’ waters, and marine archeology in our state. He will include a brief overview and update on the wreck of the Belle, lost in Matagorda Bay by Cavalier Sieur de la Salle during his ill-fated attempt to establish a French colony in Texas. The Belle, fully loaded with supplies for the colony, sank in 1686 and was archeologically excavated by the Texas Historical Commission in 1997.
The 7:00 p.m. meeting will be held at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
March 8, 2006 - Sheldon Kindall - Veteran Texas Archeological Steward, will present a progress report on the search for Champ d'Asile - the short-lived French fort established near the Trinity River by Napoleon's officers.
The 7:00 p.m. meeting will be held at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
February 8, 2006 - Marianne Marek - Principal Investigator of the San Felipe de Austin Project. This project is the historical and archeological investigation of the original town site of San Felipe de Austin (41AU2), which was the Colonial Capital of the first Anglo Colony in Hispanic Texas. Investigations are being conducted for purposes of nominating the site to the National Register of Historic Places. Marianne Marek will give an update on the progress of investigations at San Felipe de Austin.
The 7:00 p.m. meeting will be held at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas. The lecture is free of charge and open to the public.
October 12, 2005 - Robert d'Aigle
Come listen to the story of "The 11,000 Year Old Woman" as told by Robert d'Aigle.
The 7:00 meeting will be held at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas.
September 14, 2005 - James Bruseth
Guest speaker James Bruseth will present a lecture titled "From a Watery Grave"; an account of the La Belle ship discovery.
The 7:00 meeting will be held at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas.
August 10, 2005 - Bob Crosser and Dick Gregg
Fort Bend Archeological Society members, Bob Crosser and Dick Gregg will present a review of the "Texas Archeological 2005 field School".
The 7:00 meeting will be held at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas.
Note: There will be no meeting in July, 2005
May 11, 2005 - Bob Crosser
Fort Bend Archeological Society member, Bob Crosser will present a video titled "Excavation of a Roman Temple in Britain".
The 7:00 meeting will be held at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas.
April 13, 2005 - Fred Kelly - Fred Kelly, a retired geologist, will sppeak about Greco Roman archeology in Libya. The meeting will be held at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas.
March 9, 2005 - Jeff Durst - State Regional Archeologist, Jeff Durst will give a presentation on Fort St. Louis. The meeting will be held at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas.
Note: There will be no meeting in February, 2005
November 10, 2004 - Marianne Marek - Principal Investigator of the San Felipe de Austin Project. This project is the historical and archeological investigation of the original town site of San Felipe de Austin (41AU2), which was the Colonial Capital of the first Anglo Colony in Hispanic Texas. Investigations are being conducted for purposes of nominating the site to the National Register
of Historic Places.
Historically, San Felipe de Austin is as important as the sites of Goliad, San Jacinto, the Alamo, and Washington on the Brazos, yet little has been done to study and preserve this significant site. The San Felipe de Austin Archeological Project is the first concerted effort to scientifically study and preserve the site of San Felipe de Austin. Please join us in welcoming Marek Marek as she speaks about her project at the November FBAS meeting. The meeting will be held at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas.
July 14, 2004 - Todd McMakin Todd McMakin is the East Texas Cultural Resources Coordinator for Texas Parks and Wildlife. In July, he will be speaking about the Archeology and History of Texas State Parks. The meeting will be held at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas.
Note: There will not be a meeting in June 2004
May 12, 2004 - Ron Ralph Coming up in May, Ron Ralph will speak about the use of stone tools by native Texans. He'll share what he learned by skinning and butchering a buffalo using only his stone tools. The meeting will be held at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas.
March 10, 2004 - Mrs. Susan D.Pollan Our guest lecturer in March will be Mrs. Susan D. Pollan, who will discuss 19th Century ceramics, transfer-point Ceramics, how they're made and how to date them. The meeting will be held at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas.
February 11, 2004 - Robert Burns February's guest lecturer will be Robert Burns, a flintknapper who will speak about creating bows and arrows. The meeting will be held at the George Memorial Library located at 1001 Golfview (at FM 762) in Richmond, Texas.
January 14, 2004 - Richard Selleh Our first guest lecturer for the new year will be Richard Selleh. His talk will be a general discussion of bottle collecting, bottle manufacturing and the people who collect bottles.
December 10, 2003 - Holiday Party Join us for the last meeting of the year. Prior to the celebration, there will be a short meeting and a vote to elect the new officers for 2004. Note: The Holiday Party will be held at the Tyree House (FBAS Lab) next to the Fort Bend Museum in Richmond and not at the George Memorial Library.
October 8, 2003 - Robert Marcom Join us for this meeting when Mr. Marcom will discus "Native Americans in Texas". The presentation is an overview of more than 13,000 years of habitation of the state, from the first Paleolithic immigrants through Protohistoric times. Emphasis is placed on changes in material culture and technologies. The presentation includes 35mm slides of photos and illustrations of artifacts, portraits and readings of recreated moments from his book, "Digging Up Texas".
Authentically reproduced Native American artifacts will be displayed. The display includes projectile points from the Paleolithic, Archaic and Prehistoric periods, an atl-atl and dart, a prehistoric arrow and a historic-era Comanche bow and arrow.
August 13 - Mikey Miller
Mickey Miller has had a lifelong passion for archery and has hunted with bow and arrow since childhood. When he became seriously interested in archeology in the early 1990's, he naturally gravitated towards primitive bows and arrows. Since then he has made a variety of bows and arrows and has fully adopted the "primitive" technology for his hunting endeavors. With his homemade equipment he has taken several whitetail deer.
Mr. Miller is pictured on the right with some of his bows.
April 9 - Leland Patterson For the April meeting, Leland Patterson gave a short presentation about the various types of stone tools found in East Texas and the time periods in which they appear. After his talk, Mr. Patterson gave a demonstration in flint knapping. For those present, he demonstrated techniques used to shape stone tools from chert blanks.
Society members watch on as Mr. Patterson (seated) demonstrates flint knapping.
February 12 - Archeologist Marianne Marek Local archeologist Marianne Marek will present a lecture on the progress at the San Felipe de Austin dig site. The meeting will be held at 7:00pm at the George Memorial Library. A short business meeting to discuss future dig sites and upcoming opportunities for archeological participation will procede the lecture.
Ms. Marek, on the left, gives an orientation to members of the Fort Bend Museum.
