Digging Up Texas: A Guide to the Archaeology of the State

by Robert Marcom

Overview

Take a guided tour of more than 15,000 years of life in Texas


Mr. Marcom has authored a volume that makes the incredibly diverse archaeological record of Texas accessible to interested laypersons and beginning avocational archaeologists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781556229374
Publisher:	Taylor Trade Publishing
Publication date:	11/01/2002
Pages:	262
Sales rank:	512,288
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.65(h) x 0.52(d)

Table of Contents

	Foreword	vii
	Introduction	ix
Chapter 1	Past Lifeways, Texas Style	1
Chapter 2	The First Texans	15
Chapter 3	Ancient Material Culture	43
Chapter 4	Archaic to Proto-historic Cultures of Texas	61
Chapter 5	Woodlands Material Culture	79
Chapter 6	The Spanish and the French--Colonization of Texas	93
Chapter 7	Tejas and the "Gringo" Invasion	111
Chapter 8	The Old Frontier: The Red River Wars	123
Chapter 9	The Levi Jordan Plantation Site: Study in Historical Archaeology	149
Chapter 10	The American Indians in Texas	165
Chapter 11	2002 Texas Archaeological Society Field School--a personal account	187
Chapter 12	Public Archaeology	203
Chapter 13	State Historical Commission and the Archaeology of Texas	223
Chapter 14	Resources for Avocational Archaeology	237
	Concluding Comments	243
	Bibliography	247
	Index	249

Editorial Reviews

The author does deliver a strong message on stewardship and preservation, and for that he is to be heartedly commended.

Journal of the West - Donna Roper

The author does deliver a strong message on stewardship and preservation, and for that he is to be heartedly commended.
— Donna Roper

Journal Of The West