HILL COUNTRY ARCHEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION CALENDAR

• HCAA Regular Meeting - Joe Luther will talk about his new book, Camp Verde: Texas Frontier Defense. 17 March 2012 at the Riverside Nature Center at 12:30 pm

• The Texas Archeological Society will sponsor the Texas Archeology Academy titled Lithics: Reading Stone Artifacts, February 4-5, 2012 .  This workshop will provide hands-on experience in the recognition of stone artifacts, their manufacture and how they contribute to our understanding of ancient people. Classes will be held at Quality Inn in Uvalde, 920 E. Main ,    9 am to 4 pm each day.   Registration deadline: January 22.  Online http://www.txarch.org/Activities/academy/aa2012/index.php   For more information call 800 377-7240

• The Texas State Historical Association. One Hundred and Sixteenth Annual Meeting . March 1 - 3, 2012
  Houston, Texas.

• Texas Archeology Academy - Ceramics: The Stories Found in Pottery will be held at Texas A&M University in College Station on March 3rd and 4th, 2012. This academy will impart the importance of archeological ceramics in terms of technology, chronology, dating, trade, subsistence, and cultural identity. Participants will be informed through lectures and hands-on exercises, all provided by Dr. Harry Shafer and Marybeth Tomka. Registration deadline is February 22, 2012. 

• Texas Archeological Society Field School - Jun 09, 2012 - Jun 16, 2012.  Devils River State Natural Area, south unit.  The 2012 TAS Field School will be held in collaboration with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department at TPWD's new addition to the Devils River State Natural Area, formerly the Devils River Ranch, north of Del Rio. Lodging space will be provided in the San Pedro campground on Amistad Reservoir, about 30 miles south of Devils River Ranch. More information will be posted as it becomes available