The Hill Country Archeological Association will meet on Saturday May 21, at the Old Union Church at the corner of Travis and Broadway streets in east Kerrville. Doors open at noon and the program begins at 12:30 p.m. The public is invited, and the meeting is free.
The guest speaker is archaeologist Jessica Hamlin, the executive director of the Shumla Archeological Research & Education Center. She is scheduled to discuss the Hearthstone Project – the Next Step in Understanding Lower Pecos Rock Art.
The project is a comprehensive study of prehistoric art in the Lower Pecos Canyonlands of Texas and adjacent Mexico. Information states that near the confluence of the Rio Grande and Pecos rivers, archaeologists have identified more than 300 rock art sites. The Hearthstone Project is focused on the oldest and most widespread rock art type in the region – Pecos River style pictographs – created with multi-colored paints in shades of red, yellow, black and white, dating to as early as 3,000 years ago.
Researchers at Shumla believe much of this rock art is “perhaps the oldest known texts in the New World. Incredibly complex and compositionally intricate, these ancient murals, like codices, are pictographic writing. Far from being the idle doodling of ancient peoples, the rock art of the Lower Pecos was part of a living landscape that provided food, shelter, and a connection with the spirit world,” information in a press release stated.
For more information, visit https://hcarcheology.org/.
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