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I talk a lot of non-Anglo Texas history but also furry stuff so ymmv
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I talk a lot of non-Anglo Texas history but also furry stuff so ymmv
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They do put their research out in publications and presentations, I presume it's everything they've cataloged and analyzed up to now
shumla.org/research/pub...
shumla.org/research/pre...
shumla.org/research/pub...
shumla.org/research/pre...
October 30, 2025 at 5:46 AM
They do put their research out in publications and presentations, I presume it's everything they've cataloged and analyzed up to now
shumla.org/research/pub...
shumla.org/research/pre...
shumla.org/research/pub...
shumla.org/research/pre...
That's a great question. I know the Alexandria Project is hosted through Shumla Archeological Research & Educational Center, so I assume they hold the copyright of any data they collect. I don't know what kind of copyright it'd be though.
October 30, 2025 at 5:46 AM
That's a great question. I know the Alexandria Project is hosted through Shumla Archeological Research & Educational Center, so I assume they hold the copyright of any data they collect. I don't know what kind of copyright it'd be though.
They shared sacred sites and the Lower Pecos sites could be a point of pilgrimage and/or meetings for regional peoples, like the Council Oaks in whats now Austin were known to be. Distance from the springs doesn't mean anything necessarily and that's not a great reason to discount this new research.
October 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
They shared sacred sites and the Lower Pecos sites could be a point of pilgrimage and/or meetings for regional peoples, like the Council Oaks in whats now Austin were known to be. Distance from the springs doesn't mean anything necessarily and that's not a great reason to discount this new research.
The pre-European peoples of Texas were also far more interconnected than was assumed. Archeologists have defined a Toyah material culture that was shared among many peoples of the Texas region.
October 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The pre-European peoples of Texas were also far more interconnected than was assumed. Archeologists have defined a Toyah material culture that was shared among many peoples of the Texas region.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
This is a really interesting piece of research (& the first I believe) to posit the interpretation
Also "Land of the Tejas" by John W. Arnn III goes into the interconnectiveness of the regional peoples of pre-European (and even post) Texas, for further reading
This is a really interesting piece of research (& the first I believe) to posit the interpretation
Also "Land of the Tejas" by John W. Arnn III goes into the interconnectiveness of the regional peoples of pre-European (and even post) Texas, for further reading
(PDF) Written on Stone and Practiced on the Landscape: Pre-contact Native American Cosmovision and the Sacred Landscape of the Edwards Plateau
PDF | Recent advances in the analysis and interpretation of the White Shaman mural, a Lower Pecos Style rock art panel in Val Verde County, Texas, has... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...
www.researchgate.net
October 30, 2025 at 1:40 AM
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
This is a really interesting piece of research (& the first I believe) to posit the interpretation
Also "Land of the Tejas" by John W. Arnn III goes into the interconnectiveness of the regional peoples of pre-European (and even post) Texas, for further reading
This is a really interesting piece of research (& the first I believe) to posit the interpretation
Also "Land of the Tejas" by John W. Arnn III goes into the interconnectiveness of the regional peoples of pre-European (and even post) Texas, for further reading
Recent theoretical research has suggested the Indigenous peoples of whats now Texas were much more interconnected than people have assumed. This region is a special crossroads, as one academic put it, "the Crossroads of North America", and people shared sacred sites
October 30, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Recent theoretical research has suggested the Indigenous peoples of whats now Texas were much more interconnected than people have assumed. This region is a special crossroads, as one academic put it, "the Crossroads of North America", and people shared sacred sites
And I say until consensus swings either way because the research on this is still very fresh, yet very promising; and there will be skeptical established voices in academia about this new interpretation.
I also do not think it is unreasonable to have a ceremonial site of pilgrimage like this either
I also do not think it is unreasonable to have a ceremonial site of pilgrimage like this either
October 30, 2025 at 1:40 AM
And I say until consensus swings either way because the research on this is still very fresh, yet very promising; and there will be skeptical established voices in academia about this new interpretation.
I also do not think it is unreasonable to have a ceremonial site of pilgrimage like this either
I also do not think it is unreasonable to have a ceremonial site of pilgrimage like this either
But I will admit, while reading about the history of studies the complex just now, I found a Texas Monthly article from last month about the academic controversy of the map interpretation. Irregardless, it's still very popular, and until consensus swings one way or the other, I choose to believe it
October 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
But I will admit, while reading about the history of studies the complex just now, I found a Texas Monthly article from last month about the academic controversy of the map interpretation. Irregardless, it's still very popular, and until consensus swings one way or the other, I choose to believe it
It's been studied since the 1930s by the Witte Museum, but it feels like it's only grown so known in the last decade. I think it's because the work of Carolyn Boyd and her cohort have drawn a lot of attention to the complex, in a good way
October 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
It's been studied since the 1930s by the Witte Museum, but it feels like it's only grown so known in the last decade. I think it's because the work of Carolyn Boyd and her cohort have drawn a lot of attention to the complex, in a good way
(i also added alt text on all the photos of the mural that hopefully can elucidate somethings :3)
ALSO since this is the last comment in the chain (for now)
When I said "northernmost extent of Mesoamerica" I meant POSSIBLY the northernmost extent, for clarification
ALSO since this is the last comment in the chain (for now)
When I said "northernmost extent of Mesoamerica" I meant POSSIBLY the northernmost extent, for clarification
October 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
(i also added alt text on all the photos of the mural that hopefully can elucidate somethings :3)
ALSO since this is the last comment in the chain (for now)
When I said "northernmost extent of Mesoamerica" I meant POSSIBLY the northernmost extent, for clarification
ALSO since this is the last comment in the chain (for now)
When I said "northernmost extent of Mesoamerica" I meant POSSIBLY the northernmost extent, for clarification