Events

Exhibit: Archeology: Peoples of the Coastal Bend

History Center for Aransas County 801 E. Cedar St., Rockport, TX, United States

The displays will illustrate prehistoric and historic lifeways and explain how archeologists learn about people.  You will learn how lithics, ceramics, flora and fauna contribute to our understanding of the past. Aransas County has been home to people since around 11,500 BC. Although early evidence is scattered, campsites from the Archaic era (6,500 BC to […]

Jeff Durst and Excavations at San Felipe de Austin 2014 – 2016

History Center for Aransas County 801 E. Cedar St., Rockport, TX, United States

Jeff Durst, regional archeologist for the Texas Historical Commission, will present a program on excavations at the site of San Felipe de Austin began in June of 2014 as part of the annual Texas Archeological Society Field School and continued on in the 2015 and 2016 TAS Field Schools.  The excavations which took place at […]