T H E PROFILE Neirsletter of the Houston Archeological Satiety January 1988 P. 0. Pox 6751, Houston, Texas 77265 - telephone (713) 523-3431 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ • • • • • • • • • • PROPERTY OF THE HOUSTON ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY MEETING NOTICE, JANUARY 1988 A FEW COMMENT'S Date: Friday, January 8, 1988 "Happy New Year" and welcome to 1988, the year of THE MEETING. Our enthusiasm for the Time: 7:30 p.m. events to come will not distract us, however, from the goals and objectives of our society. Place: University of St. Thomas We will continue with our publication M. D. Anderson Hall schedule, our educational programs, and our support of the science of archeology. Speaker: Marilyn Borst Reflecting on our accomplishments in Instructor, Art Institute of Houston 1987, we presented scholarly lectures on a wide range of topics. We began the year with 'rwam: Flamboyant Face: Some Reflections a report on excavations of an historic Upon Monumental Sacred Architecture cemetery site in Houston, and finished the Throughout History year with the presentation of a hypothesis to explain differences in burial practices found within the site in association with 17th century ceramics. The proving or disproving of this hypothesis will greatly increase our knowledge of behavior and process and contribute significantly to our Texas heritage. We had presentations on how burials LABORATORY SCHEDULE can tell us about how people lived in the past, a progress report on Mayan excavations January 11 - Rice University, Archeology in Belize, a report on the excavations in Wolf Laboratory, Room 103, Sewall Hall, 7-9 p.m. Creek Valley in Ochiltree County (1987 TAS Field School), a report on a previously January 25 - Rice University, Archeology unreported site in Peru, early Chinese history Laboratory, Room 103, Sewall Hall, 7-9 p.m. as seen through the archeological record, a late classic workshop at Copan (Mayan site), Lab participants will be working on archeology in the Holy Land and prehistoric artifacts from two sites in January: (1) Roger parasites as a method of studying the health, Moore's historic DiverseWorks/Market Square diet and behavior in the prehistoric project, (2) 41141150, a prehistoric site in Southwest. Wharton County, report being prepared by Our society cooperated with the Museum of Leland Patterson. Fine Arts, Houston, to expand their exhibit "Treasures of the Holy Land: Ancient Art From For further information, call David The Israel Museum," to include the creation of Pettus at 669-3481 (work) or 481-6007 (home). a simulated site with reproductions of (Continued on next page) artifacts from seven different Holy Land FIELD WORK ON 41HR273 cultures, a teacher workshop in archeology, student excavations, and public exposure to During weekends in the month of January, the science of archeology. beginning on Saturday, January 9, we will be Our library is rapidly growing and assisting the Archeological Research includes an impressive collection of books, Laboratory of Texas A & M University with site reports, and journals covering a wide their excavations on White Oak Bayou. This is range of archeological and anthropological a well-preserved site dating primarily to the topics from the very general to the very Farly and Late Ceramic periods. To specific. We hope to provide research participate in the excavations, please sign up capabilities for the amateur and the at the January 8 meeting. If you are a professional. newcomer, we will apprentice you to a skilled We presented our annual Newcomers' fieldworker. If you cannot attend the Workshop in April. HAS members presented meeting, please call HAS Field Coordinator teacher workshops in local school districts. Sheldon Kindall (326-2160). Participation is We participated in excavations sponsored by limited to HAS members only; no guests can be the University of Houston, Texas A & M, and accommodated. the Archeological Society of Galveston as well This may be one of the last undisturbed as HAS approved excavations. sites on White Oak Bayou. It is very We had booths and exhibitions at local important that we give our support to this festivals to promote site preservation and project. It has been approved by the HAS public education. Numerous society members Board of Directors as an HAS-approved and made presentations to organizations and school sponsored project, in compliance with our groups to further our educational program. We standing rules. finished the revision of our Standing Rules. Our lab continued its excellent work of processing artifacts from local sites and presented a workshop on faunal identification. While all this was going on, our editors continued with two of our most important REPORT ON THE MUSEUM PROJECT functions: the publication of the results of from Joan Few archeological research in our local area and our newsletter, our link to vital information. Our participation in the Museum of Fine As you have noticed, I have mentioned no Arts, Houston, Holy Land Exhibit proved to be names. To thank everyone who has contributed a very successful contribution to art and would mean thanking the entire society. We archeology. The brainchild of Pam Wheat, the are an organization which cannot succeed project netted HAS a tremendous amount of without the generous support of all our public exposure and an opportunity to expand members. That support is greatly appreciated our educational program. The Educational and the end result, our success in 1987, will Department at the Museum (Beth B. Schneider, be a source of pride for us all. Well done Lisa Ottman, and Linda Maxwell) couldn't have HAS! been nicer to work with. They produced an excellent teacher's packet which combined with Joan Few, President our teacher's workshop, produced a powerful teaching tool. A traveling exhibit for future classroom use has resulted from this combined effort by our two organizations. The HAS program included a teacher workshop, seven student excavations, and six public sessions. PLEASE PAY 1 9 8 8 DUES! Our special thanks to Pam Wheat for the tremendous amount of time and effort she has spent on this project. A project of this size requires a lot of New Acquisitions, cont'd) help, and we owe special thanks to those who contributed to the program. They were David Cultural and Paleontological Resources Bell, Marshall Black, Ethel Bowman, Charles Investigations within Calamus and Davis Creek and Dorothy Broyles, Debra Butler, Elaine Reservoir Areas, Nebraska, Vol. I & II, Falk & Burleigh, Doreen Cooper, Martha Dyckes, Richie Pepperl, University of Nebraska, February Ebersole, Margie Elliott, Arthur Few, Joan 1981. Few, Sondra Fox, Dick Gregg, Alaxandra Hamaker, John Herbert, Sheldon and Betty Archeological Investigations at the George C. Kindall, Bernard Naman, Laurie Newendorp, Mike Davis Site, Cherokee County, Texas, edited by Marshall, Leeland Patterson, Suzanne Patrick, Dee Ann Story, Texas Archeological Research David Pettus, Barbara Malone, Donna Rochon, Lab, Occasional Papers #1. Rikki Rubenstein, Marcia Sandeen, Bill Schumann, Charis Smith, Eileen Thompson, Shirley Thompson, Connie Tortorilli, Regan Archaeological Investigations at Morgan Chapel Wilson, and Alexandra Zielke. If I have left Cemetery, a Historic Cemetery in Bastrop anyone out, please accept my apology and bring County, A. J. Taylor, et. al., Center for it to my attention. Archaeological Research, UTSA, 1986. A Cultural Resource Survey for Medina Electric Cooperative, Inc, in Uvalde, Medina & Frio Counties, Texas, A. & B. Frkuska, Center for Archaeological Research, UTSA, 1982. Archaeological Investigations of Areas Slated LIBRARY NOTES for Expansion at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas, F. C. Gibson, The HAS library, located on the second et. al., Center for Archaeological Research, floor of the Carriage House at University of UTSA, Survey #119. St. Thomas, will be open from 6:30 p.m. until 7:25 p.m. before the meeting on January 8. Archaeological Testing at Rancho de las Librarians Kathleen Gammill and Elizabeth Reap Cabras, 2nd season, Wilson County, Texas, J. have been working on the collection and report F. Ivey, 1983, Report #121. Center for some new acquisitions; see below. Archaeological Research, UTSA. Please note that the 7:25 p.m. closing time will be strictly observed to allow our Archaeological Testing at Rancho de las librarians time to get to the meeting. Cabras, 3rd season, Wilson County, Texas, C. J. Jones & A. A. Fox, 1983, Report #123. New Acquisitions Center for Archaeological Research, MA. The Richard Carter Site, Brazos County, 1985 Kirbee Kiln, a Mid-19th century Texas Field Season, Shawn Bonath Carlson, TAMU Stoneware Pottery, J. M. Malone, et. al., Archeological Research Lab Report. Texas Historical Commission, Austin, Texas, Report #31. An Overview of Pollen Evidence, Bryant & Hollaway, An Abstract from Pollen Records of Late Quaternary North American Sediments, Archaeological Survey and Backhoe Testing for TAMU, 1985. Flume #3 Right-of-way at Coleto Creek Reservoir, Goliad County, Texas, Kenneth Indian Artifact Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 3, Fall Brown, Archaeological Survey #128, 1986, 1985. Center for Archaeological Research, UTSA. New Acquisitions Cont'd) THE HOUSTON ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY is a non-profit corporation created for the Excavations of Portions of the San Pedro purposes of promoting a public exchange of Acequia and Search for Arocha Acequia, San information and ideas about archeology, Antonio, Texas, I. W. Cox, Survey Report #161, fostering