The April speaker is
Eric Schroeder, Ph.D.
Director of Archaeology for the Edwards Plateau Archaeological Research Group
presenting
Paint Rock Community Collaboration Project
Paint Rock is a Native American sacred site in northwest central Texas. For the last four years the Edwards Plateau Archaeological Research Group has held a Native American community event to connect Native American youth and elders with archaeologists and college students in a project designed to reconnect Native and non-native people to land, cultural, and history. Activities include the collection of narratives on the rock art, conduct ceremonies, and participate in an archeological investigation of the site. Here the research is driven by the indigenous participants, who share their knowledge and perspectives with the researchers and the researchers reciprocate by sharing their knowledge with the indigenous communities. Dr. Schroeder will provide an in-progress review of the project to date in the hopes that some of you might participate in this remarkable event.
Dr. Schroeder is the director of archaeology for the Edwards Plateau Archaeological Research Group where his role is to plan, organize, and direct collaborative research projects with Native American Tribal elders and youth. He earned a doctorate degree in anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin where he holds the post of research affiliate at the University’s Texas Archeological Research Laboratory. His research interests include collaborative archaeology, Native American history and culture, ethnohistory, and the material aspects of complex social arrangements in small-scale societies. Dr. Schroeder has been directing collaborative research at the sacred site of Paint Rock for the last two years and has developed strong trust relationships with the Native groups that participate in the ongoing work at the site.
Photos provided by Dr. Eric Schroeder.
The next regular meeting will be held on our usual schedule, the third Tuesday of the month at 7pm at Casa Chapala's Austin location, 9041 Research Blvd., Suite 100 (Hwy 183 and Burnet Rd.) Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month, except June and December. They are free and open to the public. For those who wish to come early, we gather around 5:45 PM for dinner, drinks, and fellowship. The short business meeting starts at 7:00 PM, followed by the guest speaker's presentation.
Tuesdays 10am, ongoing Labwork for Joyful Horse materials. Sort and label pre-contact artifacts (lots of lithics!) to create teaching kits available for loan to area educators. THC Wheless Lab, 2801 Wheless Lane, Austin 78723. Send us a message from the Contact page for more details or to RSVP.
Saturday 4/25 9:45am Join us for a tour of the Gault site. $20 ages 13+ $10 ages 9-13 Register on the website here https://www.gaultschool.org/tours
Sunday 4/28 11am-3pm TCAS will have a booth at Fall in Love with Nature Day at McKinney Falls State Park. Come see us!
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