Southwestern Federation of Archeological Societies

58th Symposium Sponsored by West Texas Archeological Society

Saturday April 27th 2024

At Fort Concho’s Commissary Event Hall San Angelo Texas

https://westtexasarcheologicalsociety.website/

Keynote Speakers: Dr. Gus Costa

The Nighthawk Bison Jump Site: Initial Results From 2022 Excavation in Caprock Canyon 

Dr. Christopher Lintz: Context of Late Archaic to Middle Ceramic Period Bison Herd Hunting on the Southern High Plains

Brandon Tully: The Greenbelt Site in Donley County

This curation project focused on the artifacts from the Harrison Greenbelt Site a field school investigation in the Texas Panhandle by the Texas Archeological Society in 1996. The excavations amassed 81 boxes of artifacts and 48 linear inches of records. 

Presentations by West Texas Archeological Society:

-Camp Meyers Spring Update (3 years and still going)

-The Pecos Mail Station Camp Melvin and Pontoon Bridge

-Ring Bit Shelter: Devils River Spaniard Soldiers Pictograph

-A Case for the Butterfield Overland Mail Using the Lower Road Much Earlier Than Previously Known

Free & open to the public. Starts at 9:00 a.m.