Austin State University is wrapping up 3-D scanning and analysis of dozens of prehistoric Caddo artifacts that will be returned to the Caddo Nation this fall. "A research associate at the Center for Regional Heritage Research at Stephen F. Nacogdoches Researchers prepare to repatriate Caddo artifacts To read more, visit the CRHR Archaeology Blog.Ĭlick on the image to see the full-scale version! "We must never forget that human motives are generally far more complicated than we are apt to suppose, and that we can very rarely accurately describe the motives of another." - Dostoyevsky Presented side-by-side along with objects that speak to our connection with the land, the journals of the past and the journals of the present reveal our ongoing connection to, and interaction with, our environment.įor questions, please contact the Museum at 936.468.2408 or by email at and Exhibitions Workshop Photosģrd Annual Loblolly Railroad Display at Nacogdoches Railroad DepotĬRHR Archaeology | Latest Social Media Source for Archaeology News The Photovoice project asked volunteers to train their spiritual lens on a very familiar landscape to identify the things that matter. The seventeenth century diarists recorded the things that mattered to them and connected with new places, things and people through the lens of their religion. The project photographs are a mix of natural, public and private landscapes. Taken together, the 329 collected photographs and journal entries illustrate that faith has geography. Responding to a set of questions relating to their spiritual relationship with the land, volunteers chose places to photograph and to write about in their journals. Snowden and Segady gave each volunteer a 'point and shoot' camera and a journal. Austin State University, focused on seven Christian congregations in Nacogdoches, Texas and used a study method known as Photovoice. The pilot project, designed by Kelley Snowden and Tom Segady of Stephen F. In 2011, twenty-five volunteers took another look at the landscape of eastern Texas with an exploration of their environment and their spiritual connection to the land. Place names, such as the Trinity River, remind us of the spiritual heritage of the earliest chroniclers of Texas and remain a part of our Texas heritage. The diaries are a window on their point of view as are the place names they scattered across Texas. But they also recorded some of their reactions to the unfamiliar plants and animals, and new cultures. Officials and clergy recorded an 'inventory' of the new land. Traveling into the northern borderlands of the Spanish Empire, the explorers followed Native American trails that we now refer to as El Camino Real north from Mexico City, across Texas, and into northwest Louisiana. In the late seventeenth century, Franciscan priests recorded some of the earliest written descriptions of the East Texas landscape. This exhibit uses descriptions of Texas from diaries dating to the late 1600s, and contemporary journals of the East Texas landscape to explore the many ways we connect with our environment. What landscapes do people identify as sacred? How do people assign meaning to a place? From the backyard vegetable garden to a favorite vista, we establish personal connections with our environment, and connections that are a reflection of our group identity. The Art of the Railroad exhibit at Nacogdoches Railroad Depot Temporal Dynamics of East Texas Caddo Sites So far, we've only explored this with a single specimen (a Dusky Darter), and preliminary results point toward a successful collaborative venture. Jennifer Gumm (Biology) used the 3D scanner to explore the feasibility of scanning fish specimens for her class. National Reading Month exhibit at Nacogdoches Railroad Depotĭr.
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