2007 Speaker Schedule

Every meeting of The Houston Archeological Society features a prominent figure in archeology.

December 14, 2007

Johnney Pollan, "Brazoria County Plantation Survey Progress"

November 9, 2007

Review Ethiopia's fossil record and attempt to answer questions such as: how do we date these fossils, how do we know they walked upright, and ultimately, where do we fit in? with Dirk Van Tuerenhout, Ph.D. Curator of Anthropology, Houston Museum of Natural Science.

October 12, 2007

Sheldon Kendall presents the status of the search for Champ d'Asile.

September 14, 2007

Dub Crook makes another appearance and will discuss the Late Prehistoric period in the area of the Trinity River's East Fork.

August 10, 2007

Max Blankfeld, Vice-President, Operations and Marketing, Family Tree DNA

July 13, 2007

HAS members report on the TAS 2007 field school.

May 11, 2007

Frank Griffin's Lithic Technology Primer-Show and Tell Presentation. A two-part program consisting of a Lithic Technology Primer and Field Recognition of Lithics.

April 13, 2007

Joan Few presents "Sugar, Planters, Slaves and Convicts."

March 9, 2007

Rachel Feit, Staff Archeologist, Hicks & Co. "Recent Excavations in Houston's Fourth Ward."

February 9, 2007

Andrew Malof, LCRA Archeologist, "Feast or Famine: Evidence for Molluscan-Based Subsistence and Implications for Social Structure in Prehistoric Central Texas."

January 12, 2007

Dub Crook, longtime HAS Member, "The Brushy Creek Clovis Site."