UTSA student Vicki Holloway analyzes an artifact found at the first archaeological dig on Main Campus in November 1975.
Editor’s note: This article was originally published in UTSA newsletter The Discourse in Nov. 1975
(April 26, 2019) -- Twelve UTSA anthropology students gained practical experience in archaeological field work as well as insight into past cultures in a dig on the university campus November 3–10.
The excavation was near the corner of UTSA and Regency boulevards.
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The students are members of a class taught by Joel Gunn, UTSA assistant professor of anthropology. In cooperation with Thomas Hester, director of the UTSA Center for Archaeological Research, Gunn initiated a problem-oriented approach that enabled his students to explore a prehistoric burned rock midden site.
The midden, or refuse heap, extends above the surface. The students found remnants of cooking fires, stone tools used for chipping and scraping, and other artifacts indicating the uses of the midden and the lifestyle of the inhabitants, believed to be early Tonkawa Indians, according to Gunn.
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