Eileen Thompson
Eileen Thompson is an art teacher in the public schools in Fort
Stockton, Texas. In the mid '90s she began studying a site in
the Davis Mountains known as the Cholla Site. Her research into
the rock art at the site, and its interplay with sunlight and
shadows on the summer solstice and other important dates, demonstrated
that the site likely was used as a sunwatching site hundreds
of years ago. This interview was recorded at the Cholla Site
on the summer solstice in 2004. Read
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Sam Wilson
Dr. Sam Wilson is a professor of anthropology at the University
of Texas at Austin. He is one of several Texas researchers studying
Caddo Mounds State Historic Site in Cherokee County, Texas. Read
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Solveig Turpin
Native Texan cultures painted or carved art on the rocks at thousands
of sites across southwestern portions of Texas. Much of the
art is concentrated in the canyons of the lower Pecos River,
but much more is found from Big Bend to the mountains near
El Paso, at the western tip of the state. Dr. Solveig Turpin,
who has retired from The University of Texas at Austin, is
a leader in the study of Texas rock art, and has visited and
catalogued scores of sites. She also is a founder of the Rock
Art Foundation, which is preserving Texas rock art. Read
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Jeff Indeck
The Buried
City is just one, relatively isolated culture in the Texas
Panhandle. People have inhabited the plains and canyons of
the Panhandle for more than 10,000 years, from nomads who followed
the herds of mammoth and giant bison to more sedentary groups
who cultivated crops and built small villages. Jeff Indeck
reviews the history of these cultures. Read
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