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Texas Artifact Show & Tell - Castroville
« on: August 05, 2011, 01:28:33 pm »
Arrowheads Artifact Show & Tell
And Archaeology Day


Saturday August the 20th
The Landmark Inn
Hwy 90 @ the Medina River
Castroville, Tx.
9am – 4 pm


Free and open to the public.
Come enjoy a day celebrating the past at the historic Landmark Inn in beautiful downtown Castroville, Texas! Local are encouraged to bring your stone artifacts for identification and comment by archaeologists. There will be a mock dig for the kids and flint knapping demonstrations all day. At 11:00am Dr. Steve Tomka will give a talk on recent Paleo Indian findings in excavations at Brackenridge Park, followed by Dr. Thomas Hester at 1:30 pm , whose talk concerns the archaeological record of south Texas and the Medina River valley .

Sponsored by: The Texas Historic Commission, The Southern Texas Archaeological Association and UTSA Center for Archaeological Research
« Last Edit: August 22, 2011, 03:18:10 pm by Calendargirl »
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Re: Texas Artifact Show & Tell - Castroville
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2011, 04:29:00 pm »
Are you driving down for it Patrick?  That is a haul, before I was on a lease I used to drive down to just west of there once a year to hog hunt at a ranch.  Still, it sounds very interesting.

George
St Paul, TX

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Re: Texas Artifact Show & Tell - Castroville
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2011, 06:42:16 pm »
Nope, can't make it.  :-\  Just thought I'd share.
Any critter tastes good with enough butter on it.

Patrick Blank
Midland, Texas
Youtube: JackCrafty, Allergic Hobbit, Patrick Blank

Where's Rock? Public Waterways, Road Cuts, Landscape Supply, Knap-Ins.
How to Cook It?  200° for 24hrs then 275° to 500° for 4hrs (depending on type), Cool for 12hr