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General Meeting, November 16, 2019

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Doors open at 12 noon with refreshments. Meeting begins at 1:00 pm.

 

 

Title: Mesoamerican Stone Artifacts: Interesting Rocks & Where to Find them

Speaker: Mike McBride, President & Principle Archeologist, HCAA

Abstract:

Mike McBride will be presenting “Mesoamerican Stone Artifacts: Interesting Rocks and Where To Find Them.” He will discuss his surveys of quarries in Central Mexico and the Maya area, and the stone tools that ancient cultures created from those sources.

  • K2953 Maya Eccentric flint. Scepter in the form of three God Ks. The hook at the bottom represents God K’s leg transforming into a snake. These objects have been found as part of caches.
  • Mesoamerican Artifiacts
  • Mesoamerican Artifiacts
  • Dan Theus replica-Full Size

    • Bio: 

    Mike is currently the president and a principle archeologist of the Hill Country Archeological Association, and has worked in archeological sites in Belize and Mexico, as well as in the Texas Hill Country. Previously, he was president of the Dallas Archeological Society for 5 years. In addition to his role as HCAA archeologist, he has been an experimental flintknapper for 20 years, studying and replicating the manufacture of stone artifacts of ancient North American and Mesoamerican peoples.

    Place: Riverside Nature Center – 150 Francisco Lemos, Kerrville, Texas 78028