Events

Public Lecture

Cushing Memorial Library and Archives-Thomas Room 400 Spence Street, College Station, TX, United States

This public lecture, given by Dr. Alston Thoms (Department of Anthropology, Texas A&M University), draws upon archaeological, ethnohistorical, and ecological data to illustrate the general nature of hunter-gatherer lifeways in the Bryan/College Station area for 12,000 or more years. The region’s native inhabitants always subsisted on wild plants and animals available in their homeland and […]

Carving Cucurbits: Using Stone Tools to Carve Pumpkins

Cushing Memorial Library and Archives 400 Spence Street, College Station, TX, United States

Join the Anthropology Research Collections at Texas A&M University (ARC-TAMU) for our annual stone tool pumpkin carving party! The ARC-TAMU will provide stone tools that participants can use to carve their own pumpkins. The event will also include informational sessions on stone tool creation and use in prehistory, as well as displays on Texas projectile […]