HCAA General Meeting & Public Presentation
Hosted by the Hill Country Archeological Association
Location
Riverside Nature Center
150 Francisco Lemos
Kerrville, Texas
Date & Time
Saturday, January 17
Doors Open: 12:30 PM
Member Meeting: 1:00 PM
Presentation: Immediately following
Free and open to the public!
Featured Presentation
Newly Recorded Rock Art Images at
Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site
Presented by:
Amanda Castañeda
About the Presentation
The Hill Country Archeological Association invites you to join us for an engaging presentation by Amanda Castañeda, Archaeology Director at the Shumla Archaeological Research and Education Center.
Doors open at 12:30 PM, followed by a brief member meeting at 1:00 PM, and then the featured presentation.
The Project
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department recently initiated a multi-year project to conduct a comprehensive survey and inventory of previously unrecorded rock imagery sites at Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site.
Year One Highlights
- Focused on North Mountain, the first phase of a four-year effort
- Survey will ultimately include North Mountain, East Mountain, West Mountain, and East Spur
- 161 newly recorded rock imagery panels
- 3 previously known panels re-documented
- 164 total panels recorded
- 138 panels contain recognizable imagery
- 26 panels consist of paint remnants or smudges
- 35 panels contain time-diagnostic Jornada Mogollon imagery
This presentation will cover the project’s methodology, survey results, and initial interpretations of the newly documented imagery. Attendees will also hear early findings from the Year Two West Mountain survey.
About the Speaker
Amanda Castañeda is the Archaeology Director at the Shumla Archaeological Research and Education Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to preserving the rock art of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands in southwest Texas.
She earned her B.S. and M.A. in Anthropology from Texas State University, with graduate research focused on bedrock ground stone technology. Her professional experience spans west Texas nonprofit work, academic research, and cultural resource management.
Amanda has worked with the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office, served on the board of the American Rock Art Research Association, acts as the rock art liaison for the Texas Archaeological Society, and has facilitated numerous rock art recording workshops, including sessions at the Society for American Archaeology 2024 Annual Conference in New Orleans.
Rock art images and presentation by Amanda Castañeda.
