About the Exhibit
A Time Before Texas is sponsored by the Texas Department of Transportation as part of its responsibilities under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.
TxDOT wants to acknowledge and thank Humanities Texas as a key supporting partner in this project.
- AmaTerra Environmental, an ERG company
- Center for Archaeological Studies, Texas State University
- Gault School of Archaeological Research
- ICF
- Mescalero Apache Tribe
- MuseWork Exhibits
- Texas Science & Natural History Museum
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Credits
That’s Important Artifact Images:Bison Bones
41VV218 Bonfire Shelter Bison Mandible/Maxilla
Original photography by MuseWork
Courtesy of the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin
Charred Wood
41VV455 Burned wood
Original photography by MuseWork
Courtesy of the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin
Lithic Debitage
41WM235 Wilson-Leonard Early Paleoindian Debitage
Original photography by MuseWork
Courtesy of the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin
Human Coprolites
Spirit Eye Cave, Presidio County, TX
Courtesy of the Center for Big Bend Studies at Sul Ross State University
Broken Projectile Point Base
41EP5269 Obsidian flake
Original photography by MuseWork
Courtesy of the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin
All Other Artifacts
Original photography by MuseWork
Courtesy of the Gault School of Archaeological Research Laboratory
Courtesy of the Gault School of Archaeological Research Laboratory
Special Thanks To:
Nicholas Bentley
Ashley Lemke
Angus Dunn
Greer Testa
@maxochitlbeading
Catherine Baty
Jacqueline Bullard
Kimberly Cushing