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Lohse, Jon C

Meis, Chris

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University of Texas at Arlington MavMatrix North Texas Archeological Society Records Contemporary Regional Texas History January 2025 TCAS Benchmark, Vol. 31, No. 8, 2017 Chris Meis Jon C. Lohse Follow this and additional works at: https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_ntasrecords Recommended Citation Meis, Chris and Lohse, Jon C., "TCAS Benchmark, Vol. 31, No. 8, 2017" (2025). North Texas Archeological Society Records. 418. https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_ntasrecords/418 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Contemporary Regional Texas History at MavMatrix. It has been accepted for inclusion in North Texas Archeological Society Records by an authorized administrator of MavMatrix. September, 2017Volume 31, Issue 8 Benchmark      sesqng"Tarrant County Archeological Society   4cajwfihLLthL`®,®®,®®®®,®,®®®,®,®®®,,,®®,,®®President's MessageAs I whte this, the devastationof Hurricane Harvey continuesfor our fellow Texans along thecoast.  Please keep our TASfriends in these areas in yourthoughts and prayers. Ourhearts go out to them in thisvery difficult time for those res-idents.September brings the reali-zation that TCAS has sevenweeks to finalize plans for the88th Armual Meeting of the Tex-as Archeological Society.  Itwill be a busy period for ourBoard and for the Local Ar-rangements Committee.  'Thoseof you who have already volun-teered will be contacted toconfirm that you are still availa-ble and those that have not vol-unteered may receive a des-perate plea to do so!   Here areAnnual Meeting highlights fromour announcement that will ap-pear in the Texas Archeologi-cat Society Fall Bulletin:`I'he always interesting, edu-cational and social TAS AnnualMeeting will soon be here andhopefully you are prepared.That means you have submittedChris Meis, Presidelttyour abstracts for papers andposter presentations, registeredfor the 88th Annual Meeting, andreserved your room at the Em-bassy Suites DFW Airport NOThin Grapevine, Texas.  The Em-bassy Suites is in a great loca-tion, adjoining the Bass Pro Out-door W-orld and Uncle Buck'sBrewery and Steakhouse.  `Thereare also many restaurants closeby and an easy drive or shuttletrip to Grapevine's historicdowntown district full of shops,restaurants and bars.'This year's speakers for bothFriday and Saturday rLights aLretwo well known, highly respect-ed professionals from the Smith-sonian Institution.  TAS waLs fortu-nate to have these two accept ourinvitation to speak and you willnot want to miss their presenta-tions.  Dr. Dennis Stanford, headof the Smithsonian's Division ofArchaeology will be the Fridayright Public Forum speaker.  Histalk is titled "TTze Morie W/le Lear7z,the More Interesting lt Becomes. ACurrent of `Thought on the Peo-pling of the Aineric:aLs".Saturday night's banquetspeaker, Dr. Pegi ]odry, is withthe Smithsorian' s Paleoindianand Paleoecology Program, De-partment of Anthropology.  Dr.]odry has ties to Texas though herwork on the Horn Shelter sitealong the BraLzos RIver, and willupdate us on her work at Stew-art's Cattle Guard Site in Colora-do.  Her presentation, "Gffl of ffleBuffalo: Folsom AI.cheology in theUpper Rio Gra[nde, Colorado" wi]:idiscuss how Folsom Paleoindiansundertook a successful bisonhunt, ]ril]ing more than fifty ani-mals.Our generous and talented TCASmembers are contributing to thesilent auction. ]elry Grubis willraffle off a  "Grubis" siftingscreen and stand. If you have ev-er used one at Field School youknow they are the best around!(Ccmthued on page 2)Upcoming SpeakersColi]:iect with TCAS !raceboo*;  http ://www.facebook. com/TCAS-Tarrant-Couut]r-ArcheologicalsocietyWebsz.fe..  www.tarrantarch.orq                         ZhaajJ..   info@tarralLtarch.orq•.,...,..,...,..,,,.,.........,,.................................®.....................,.®[`E^t,i;;r=¥IE|+j'`_`-I:ff_`.`|=_{``=,Y:|`_Y~EY_I_.`i:\`-|`'RE~.i_r`-_``:'=r_EL``._`|,+=|~_`<~RE`_`_|=`+L|:1,_E:i:_~i_:~r`|-_`E..i_!~T_E\+il.ELTg€Page 2                                               Benchmark                                                  September, 2017®,,®,®®,,,®,®®®®,®®,®,,,®®®,®,®,®,®,®®®,®®®,President's Message(Contfrod from page I )Marvin Glasgow has donated a Labeled Point Collection he knapped and our other resident knapper,Eddie Osburn, made a green mossy agate pendant and earings set.  If you have something to con-tribute to the Silent Auction, please contact Gen Freix, gfreix3@gmail.com..Another highlight of the weekend is the Third Annual TAS Book Festival from the ]ournal of TexasArcheology and History (]`IAII) .  ]TAEI invites lmown authors on a variety of Archeological topics todiscuss their recent books with our members.  'The Book Festival will run Friday afternoon and Satur-day.September will also bring the opportunity to continue our work at the Newbelry Cabin in PackerCounty.  The Weatherford College students along with TCAS will resume excavations there in thenext few weeks.  Katrina Nuncio will announce those dates at this month's meeting.This month's speaker is Dr. Brad Jones with the Texas Historical Commission.  Brad has graciouslyspoken to our Society several times and we are delighted to invite him back.  Brad's insights into Ar-cheology are always interesting and entertaining.  His topic for this month is "`I'he Time the Land For-got (and Archaeologists too)-`ITLe PreceraLmic in Cuzco, Peru."  Brad directed excavations in 2000 forthe Cuzco Valley Archaeological Project at the site of Kasapata, so you will want to lean about his ex-periences.Hope to see you at our meeting on September 14thth.Thanks for being a TC:AS member and supporter!®®,®,,®®®®®®®®,,®,®,®®®®®®®,®®®®®®®,®,®®®,®®,,®®,,®,®,,®®®®®,,®®®®®®®,®®®®®®®,®,,,®®®®®®®®*           Welcome to New ICES Member                     **       yo:I::=eejto°±:eu: =%W£Si::=eToeomREpnegr'f::ea¥i¥ouL::t|in¥:rkenso°wg:::.that          *®®,®®®®®,®®,®,®®®®®®®®®®,®®®®®,,®®®®®®®®®,®®®®,®®®®,®®®®,®,®,,,,,®,®®,,®®®,,®®,,,,,,,®®®,,In Memoriam: May Schmidt,1946-20lzOurcondolencestothefamilyandfriendsofMayschmidt,whodiedonAugust20thinAustin.M¥+,took a very active role at Texas Archelogical Society Field Schools aLnd at the Annual Meetings. A .libam, she worked for many years at the Texas Archelogical Research Library.  Lean more about May anher remaLrkable life at httD://www.IecTacv.com/obituaries/A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 30th, at 3:00 PM at West Austin Park, 1317 Wloth St, Austin, TX 78703.  Attendees are asked to bring a lawn chair and should plan to park onadj acent streets.`This tribute from IIeslie Bush, one of her close ffiends. expresses the love and admiration so many feltfor MaLy: "I still can't quite believe May is gone. It doesn't seem possible that someone so active and vitalcould have been taken so quickly."Leslie continues. "Jam Hinojosa, May's friend of many years, wrote that May has joined the angels now. Ilike to think of her improving St. Peter's work space just as she did for so many Ths arrangements. (`Ifyou just move the wait line to the other side of the Pearly Gates, people won't have to cut across the lineagain to meet their pets at the Rainbow Bridge.') In heaven as on earth, May's way will nearly almays bethe best way."®,®®,,®,,®®®®®,®®,,®®®,®®,,®®®,,®®®®®,,,,...............,,®®,®®®®®®®,®®®®®®®®®®,,®®,®,®®,®Tarrant County Archeological SocietyI:I:_i  ::v:5T=|:-_ H= [`|;~_T   <\_a_``.`FE .I -`T:  i  +_`T-E~:-`r~|_,j=_   ~ .,T [~_E_`__|=   i_=r=ffi~:`iseptender, 201 I                        Benchmark Page 3®®®,®®®®®®®®,®®®,,®®,®®,,®,,,,®®®,,,,®,®®®®®,®,®®,®®®®®®®®,®,,®,®®,,,,®,®®®®®®®®,®®®,,,®,,September Speaker= Dr. Bradford )ohesThe TARRANT COUNTY ARCIIE:OLOGICAL SOCIE:TY  (TCAS)  will welcome Dr. Bradford M. Jonesas the featured speaker for the September 14th meeting.   TCAS meetings are tree and visitors are al-ways welcome.BraLdford M. Jones has been aLn archeologist for nine yeaLrs in the TexasHistorical Commission's Archeology Division (AD). Currently the Cura-torial Facility Certification Program Manager and AD's Collection Marl-ager, Mr[ Jones has over 20 years of experience in the archaeology andhistory of Texas, Ecuador and Pen. In 1999 and 2000, I\dr. Jones servedas the excavation director for the Valley of Cuzco Survey Pro].ect in Pe-ru, during which he directed test excavations at the Archaic Periodcampsite of Kasapata and was a contributing author to the publication.He is currently working on the aLnalysis and publication of the 'I'HC'sexcavations at the site of F'ort St. Louis/Presidio La Bahia in VictoriaCounty-Topic: The Time the Land E'orgot (alLd JLrchaeologists too) -The Preceramic in Cuzco, PeruFrom Brad: Until the late 1990s, archaeologicalchronologies of the Curco Valley, Peru beganwith Formative ceramics and culminated in Inkaimperial polychromes. Though preceramichunter-gatherer sites had been identified in theadjacent altiplano, their presence in the valleywas only recognized after` the completion of aseries of regional archaeological surveys in thelast two decades. My talk will consider the im-pediments to research on the preceramic periodin the region and review the results of the re-gional surveys as well as test excavations I di-rected in 2000 for the Cuzco Valley Archaeologi-cal Project at the site of Kasapata. Thus far theonly systematically excavated multi{omponentpreceramic site in the valley, Kasapata revealeda wealth of artifact and bioarchaeological dataon hunter-gather populations transitioning to anincreasingly sedentary lifestyle between 4400and 3100 BC.®,,®,,®®®,®®®,,®,®®,®,®,,®,,®®®,®®,®®®®®,®®,,®,®,,,®®,,®®TCJLS meets at 7:30 pin on the second Thursday of eachmoluth (except )one and December) at the University ofNorth Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC), 3500 CampBowie Boulevard, I'orl Wor(h, in the Lewis liibrary Build-ing, Room 110, near the intersection of Camp Bowie andMontgomery Street. Traveling west on 130 from dowtttown,take the Montgomery Street exit. TurlL right on Montgomeryand colitinue to the five-way intersection at Camp Bowie. TurlLright ottto Camp Bowie, followed by all immediate left ®Itto Clif-ton Street. Continue on Clifton to Parking liot ``1 " on your left(past the Parking Garage alLd Sky bridge). Park in the paLtielttspaces (after 5 PM) and go past the infomation booth into theunderground parking garage. Turn left down the coridor at thedouble doors in the center. Proceed dow.n the hallwa:y until youcome to Room Ilo in the Lewis liibrary building.®,,®®®,,®®®®,®,®,,,®,®®®®,,®,®®®,,®,,®,,®,,................®.®,®®®®,®,,®®®,,®®®,,®®®®,®®®Tarrant County Archeological SocietyFf; =i_ E_-.-[` :-|=-_E_   I-v ;_  +ffi--i      _  +ff_-~|        : I  _~ff-~~_-I_    __  [i,i+Li  ~   I   E  1 _   ~iT` I  :  _-_i-H~_+:.'  |1_-_-_Page 4                                                   Benchmark                                          September, 20l I®®®,®®®,,®®®®®®®,®®®,®®®®,,,®®®®,®®,,®,®,®®®®®,®,®®®,®,®®®,®®®®®®®®®®®,,®,®®®®®®,®®®,®®®®,TJLS JLnnuaL Meeting Silent JLuction Treasures ARCHEOLOGICALSOCIETY.When the Texas Archeological Society GAS) meets in Grapevine on October 20th for the 88th AnrmalMeeting, the talents and generosity of the members of the TaLrrant County Archeological Society(TCAS) will be prominently displayed. As Chris Meis mentioned in his aLrticle on Page I , Marvin Glas-gow, I:ddie Osburn, and Terry Grubis aLre all donating generously of their time to creaLte specialunique items for auction.Donations by merchants or corporations outside of the TAS membershipare welcome, too. One of the more unusual items, a mohair vest (right) ,has been donated by Dolores Unique Fashion Designs in Camp Wood,Texas.  'This merchant specializes in providing a wide selection of cloth-ing and other items that incorporate mohair from the locally grown an-gora goats. The donation was made during the 2017 Field School inCamp Wood to TAS in appreciation for the restoraLtion efforts at the JWJ.s-sion Sam Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz.Gen Freix, coordinator for the Silent Auction,  is also generously giv-ing her time aLnd expertise. Please continue to seaLrch for those treas-ures in your own closets and garages (or wherever you keep yourbest stuff) : books. jewelry, archeological tools, and unique hand-made items are especially desirable.  Contact Gen directly to arrangedelivery of your items.                                                    pho!o by Gen z}el.I®®,®®®®®®®,®,,®,®®®®,®®®®,®®®®®®,®®®®®®®®,®®,®®,®®,®®,®®®®®®®®,®®®®,,,®®®®®®®®®®®,,®®®®®®CIA Curation Seminar at TJLS JLnnual MeetingBv Ion C. L®hse`I'he Council of Texas Archeologists (CTA) will besponsoring a professional development sessionon Friday from I :30-5:00 PM called ArcheologicalCuration, Part One: Concepts, Principles, andRegulations.This training will cover basics about the curationof archeological collections and is intended tohelp practitioners aLnd professionals understaLndhow they carl best integrate curation into theirpro].ect planning process. Part Two will be heldlater in the spring and will involve actual collec-tions; this session will provide background infor-mation for project planners and managers.This session is open to CIA members. W€ arepleased to make our Institutional Meltiber-ship available to our awocaLtional friends inTAS. This nob-voting membership caLtegory isS I 5. Professional archeologists should alreadyhave individual CTA memberships.=ff:E=i-a-i:_i_!¥\,Tarrant County Archeological Societyr=! I_i-ill-i-_-: =rF  I_  { iT.H` , I:t  --iH--~T-~  -__I ~E|:`-~_i ,~_~ [E.:|i ,)I : I_E.I-I,:i-. :.I_``[_I_I =] ~FT:_-: ]=+-RESeptember, 2017                                Benchmark                                                            Page 5®,,®®,,®®,®,,,®®®,®®®,®®®,®®®®®,®,,®®®,,,®,®®,®®®,,®,®®®®®®®®®®,®,,®®®®,,®®®®,,,®®®,®®,®®Science in action!General Admission Reserva-tions I  FREERSVP HereThis event is free, butspace is limited andRSVPs are required.An Evening with Dr. T®ffi JonesOpening Remarks by Danica RemyWhen Rocks Attack:Defending Earth From AsteroidsThursdry. Septehber 2], &o]7 I 7 pinThe Omni TheaterFort Worth Museum ®f Science Gad History16oo Gendy Street. Fort Worth. "Admission is free, but referva(ions are required.t`mmr.fortworthmulenm.erg7:00 PM I Thursday, September 21, 2017Fort Worth Museum of Science and History's Omni TheaterText and photo from http://www.fwmsh.org/science-and-history-lecture-series`Thants to Catrina Whitley for putting us in the lmow!------------------------------------.---------..------,-------------------------------,®,En I:arty Look:  2017 TAS BOOK FIE:STIVHIIOrganized amd\ s®®:nsored bv the )oumal Of Texas Az\cheolog\T a=id History.ergFrom Steve Davis] ]TAII: Authors will ,.. discuss aL related topic of their choice concerning their book, the whtingprocess or challenges of the publishing aspect.  AfterwaLrd, they will take your questions aLnd be selling and auto-graLphing their books.  If you have alreaLdy purchased the new book, you may bring it for the author's aLutoglaph,too. Watch for the full schedule with the aLuthor's biograLphy aLnd book abstract and publisher information in yourAnnual Meeting program and on signage at the door.  'I'he book festival is open to the public and will take plaLce inthe laLrge conference hall room with the silent auction.  Following is a partial listing of the authors presenting newworks in aLrcheology and history:Thorn:as R. Hesster , ``Plainwiow: The EndgmaLtic Paleoindlalli ATtit:aLct Style ot the Great Plains"Edited by Vance T. Holliday, Eileen Johnson, and Ruthann KnudsonB¥ett C\ruze , ``Batt]es ot the Red River Waur: Archeological Perspectfures on the lndlal\ C:ampalgli ot 1874'By I. Brett Cruse, F'oreword by Robert M. UtleyCeLr®lyn Bcryd, " The lR7hite Shallriali Mural: Am Et\during C:tea[fion Narrative in the Rock Art ot the IIower Pecos"By CarolylL I. Boyd, with contributions by Kin CoxB¥ad£®rd |®mes & EI:in:F B®rge"s, "Ilo Belle.. The Archa\eology ot a Soventeemth-Century Ship ot New WorldCoJozifaafi.on"  By James I:. Bruseth, Any A. Borgens, Bradford M. Jones, aLnd Eric D.Ray®,®®®®®®,®,,,®®,®®®®,®®®,®®®®®®®®®®,®®,®,®®®®®®®®,®®,®,®®®®®®,®®®®®,®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®,®®®Tarrant County JLrcheological SocietyI ~:-,I,__|isB-±g-~:i =alj|3€~d£=ke, i:j±F;ife_ -_ ;:gap:£=`I~`:~i*=ar   -.=±E%£= rfeH=ife-gil I:ds.E~_-ife alal__~.-dr:-_: iiEL_IEseT~fj t=l-1_ETCAS BoflRDChris MeisPTesidetttBryan )anesonVice PresidentCaLtrina Banks WhitleyVice Hesidettt - ProjectsDana Ritchie ParkerTreasurerLloyd I:TwinSecretaryKaLtrina NuncioJames Eberet(HistorianGen HeixImmediate past president    liuternet chairCharlene I:rvinNewsletter I:dltor®®®,®®,®®®®®®®®®®®,®®®®®®®®®®®®,,,®®®®®,®®,,,®®®®®®,®®,®,®,®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®,®®®®,,®,,®,®®,,*                            Paying your dues is easier thalL ever this year!By Parypal: Register and paLy online using your PaLypal accoulLt all the TCJLS website,wTw-w.tarranlarch.OreBy maLil: Complete the applicaLtion below alLd mail it with your check to:Tarrant CoulLty Arch Society, PO Box 24679, E'ort Worth, TX 76124*In person: Give your dues alLd completed application to Lloyd I:Twin all the monthly meetings .September 2017*TJLRENT CoUNH rmcllE:ol.OGICEL soclE:rv qclrs) nmMBERSHm jLppLICATloN FORMName(s)JLddressCitytstate\ZipPreferred PhoneEnd AddressI want my newsletter delivered by _ email or _by USPS mail.  Thank you for choosing delivery by email.Type Of MeltLbership azLd FeeNew             Re newalIndividual $20F]amiLy        $25S 10 USPS Mail FeeS I 0 USPS Mail Fee_Student    Slo  (enrouedingrade schoolthrough college/ulwersity whose coursework isconsidered lo be lialf time or more)_ Contributing $30            S lo usps Mafl FeeOptional Memorial FLund ContributionMembership Term: January to DecemberCode of Hhics (signature required): I PliEDGE TRAT I WEL NOT INTENHONALILY VIOLZITE ThE tt"S AND CONDmoNSOF ANy F'EDERAL, STATE:, OR LOcAL ANTTQul]ITEs sTATUThs CONCERNING col.TURAI, REsouncrs oR ENCACE IN TTIEPRActtcES oF BUYING oR SEE.IINc ARIThcrs FOR COMMERCIAI. puRposEs oR ENGAGE IN ThE vvnl.F'uL DEslRucHONOR DlsTORTTON OF. ARCHEoroGlcEL DATA OR DrsREGARD pROpER ARCHE:OLOclcAI FinD TE:cHNIQT7Es.  I UNDER-STAND THAT FAnuRE To FOLLoW THESE: GulDHREs i7vH.I[ pRoVIDE GRouNDS FOR ExpuLsloN FROM THE socn=IT.Signature

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