Texas Archaeology

AFTER THE DINOSAURS: A Texas Tropical Paradise at Lake Casa Blanca
by James W. Westgate. Illustrated with B&W photos, charts, drawings, maps. Condition: UNREAD 1999 Texas Parks & Wildlife Press slim trade paperback, no printing given. Tiny tiny cover edge wear. Content: During the Eocene Epoch some 42 million years ago--about 20 million years after the demise of the dinosaurs--the area that today is the Lake Casa Blanca International State Park near Laredo was a tropical forest/coastal mangrove environment. Excavations at the site by Dr. James Westgate and his Lamar University students have uncovered fossils of 29 extinct mammal species and about as many species of crocodiles, turtles, sharks, rays, and giant water snakes. In this book, he reconstructs a clear picture of prehistoric life at Lake Casa Blanca, illustrated with drawings and paintings by Abby Salazar, a recent earth science graduate now pursuing a second degree in art. Questions encouraged. [1 copy available]
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BULLETIN OF THE TEXAS ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY: Volume 61/1990
edited by Jimmy L. Mitchell. Illustrated with B&W photos, charts, drawings, maps. Condition: UNREAD 1993 (for 1990) TAS soft cover, volume 61. Light tag-removal mark uipper front cover. Content: The 1989 TAS Field School: Devil's River State Natural Area (Solveig Turpin & Michael Davis); Archaeological Excavations at the Eagle Island Plantation - the Overseer's House (Gross, Kneupper, McClure, Pollan, & Smith); The Goldsmith Site (41WD208): Investigations of the Titus Phase in the Upper Sabine River Basin, Wood County Texas (Perttula, Siles, & Yates); Archaeological Investigations at the Mingo Site, Bandara County, Texas (Houk & Lohse); Experimental Pictograph Replication (Lehnert); Archaeology of Inland Southeast Texas: A Quantitative Study (Patterson); Flexed Burial from Llano County, Texas (Bement); Foreshaft Socket Drill (Padgett); Getting to the Point: Some Comments on Cox and Smith's Perdiz Point Damage Analysis (Dockall, Dickens, & Shafer); Missing the Point: A Reply to Docall, Dickens & Shafer (Kim Cox); and Some Thoughts on Texas Archeology (John W. Clark, Jr.). Questions encouraged. [1 copy available]
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BULLETIN OF THE TEXAS ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY: Volume 76/2005
edited by Nancy Kenmotsu. Illustrated with B&W photos, charts, drawings, maps. Condition: UNREAD 2005 TAS soft cover, volume 76. Content: Spanish Mission Architecture: Examples from the Second and Third Locations of Espiritu Santo, Victoria County (Tamara Walter, V. Kay Hindes, Douglas Boyd); Spanish Colonial Presidio Architecture: An Example from Presidio San Saba, Menard County (Tamara Walter, Mark Wolf, Bennett Kimball); Presidio De San Saba: A Case Study in Colonial Evolutionary Architecture (Mark Wolf); Prehistoric Archeological Investigations at Perdiz Creek (Samuel Cason); Remembering Thomas N Campbell Dee Ann Story); People of La Salle's Last Expedition (Kathleen Gilmore); Documenting Archeological Sties in Cooke and Grayson Counties (William Martin); Stable Carbon Isotopes from the Stiver Ranch Burial Sinkhole (41KM140) (Christine Alvarez); Dental Wear and Pathology During the Middle Archaic on the Texas Gulf Coastal Plains (Matthew S. Taylor); Winston's Mound and Shawnee Town: Mound Exploration by the Bureau of Ethnology in Texas, 1882-1884 (Timothy Pettula); Annotated Bibliography (Patricia Lamee); plus 2 articles on TAS business. Questions encouraged. [1 copy available]
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BULLETIN OF THE TEXAS ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY: Volume 77/2006
edited by Timothy K. Perttula. Illustrated with B&W photos, charts, drawings, maps. Condition: UNREAD 2006 TAS soft cover, volume 77. Content: Hematite Axes of Northeast Texas (Robert L. Turner); Excavations at Presidio Nuestra Senora de Loreto de la BahiaEspiritu Santo (Anne Fox and Steve Tomka, et al.); Holocene Pollen Data For Sea-Level and Climate Change at Swan Lake, Aransas County, Texas, and Implications for the Cultural Ecology of the Central Texas Coast (Bruce Albert); plus 2 articles o TAS business. Questions encouraged. [1 copy available]
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LA TIERRA: Journal of the Southern Texas Archaeological Association, Volume 32, No. 1, 2005
edited by Timothy K. Perttula. Illustrated with B&W photos, charts, drawings, maps. Condition: UNREAD 2005 Journal of the Southern Texas Archaeological Assn. soft cover, Volume 32, No. 1. Content: Salvage Excavation at the Coleman Cemetry Site, 41BX568; Glossary of Codes for this Report; Chapter 1: Introduction;l Chapter 2: Geomorphic Context and Quaternary Stratigraphy at the Coleman Site; Salvage Excavations at Coleman Site; Description, Context, and Osteology at Coleman Burials; Summarizing the Coleman Site. Questions encouraged. [1 copy available]
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LOWER CANYONS OF THE RIO GRANDE
by Louis Aulbach and Joe Butler. Illustrated with B&W photos, charts, drawings, maps. Condition: UNREAD c. 1999 Wilderness Area Map Service of Houston (self-published) spiral-bound paperback, second edition, no printing given. Content: This guide has been compiled as a aid to canoeists. However, rivers change with time. We have tried to present a fair and accurate evaluation of the river and the condisions of the environment. These maps and notes will not get you through the canyons. Boating skill, caution, and a deep respect for the river will. Questions encouraged. [1 copy available]
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TEXAS FLAG BOOKPLATES
art by unknown artist. Condition: NEW package of 12 bookplates made by pacaritambo books. The peel-off label stock is heavier than most bookplate materials and is matte and not glossy. They are as perfect as possible, and we feel the subject matter is much different than you can get anywhere else. 3.5" wide x 2.5" high. Content: Texas Flag in red, white and blue with the Lone Star of Texas. We can personalize your bookplate (the font is Enotc350 Bd BT) - just email us the name. Any questions, click here to email us.
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