Elgin Quarry Clovis and Folsom. (All photos provided by Dr. Alan M. Slade.)
The July speaker was
Dr. Alan M. Slade, Lithic Analyst / Paleolithic Researcher
with the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory (TARL), University of Texas, Austin speaking on:
In 1985, David Meltzer initiated a survey of Clovis fluted points in Texas. That survey continues to the present, and as of 2023 when the 4th edition of the survey was published there were over 1000 Clovis fluted points recorded by the Texas Clovis Fluted Point Survey (TCFPS). In 2023 the Texas Folsom Fluted Point Survey (TFFPS) was initiated and in 2024 a total of 329 points had been documented. Currently the totals of both point types are around 1250 and 500 respectively.
In 2025 it was decided that the TCFPS and TFFPS should be incorporated into one working dataset and be retitled to simply the Texas Fluted Point Survey. Bringing it in line with other statewide surveys.
The July presentation will briefly update the current status of the Clovis and Folsom records and potential future research.
Dr. Alan M. Slade
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.
August 19 - Annie Reigert Cummings, bioarcheologist, "We Hold Multitudes: Understanding the Corporeal Archive of Human Experience"
September 16 - Donna Marie Miller, author of The Broken Spoke: Austin's Legendary Honky-Tonk and Texas Secessionists Standoff: The 1997 Republic of Texas "War" (Texas A&M Press, 2017 and 2023)
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(Texas A&M Press, 2017)
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