![Rock Art Exhibit for Public Archaeology Week](https://shumla.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sfm-1-1080x675.jpg)
![Rock Art Exhibit for Public Archaeology Week](https://shumla.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sfm-1-1080x675.jpg)
![Summer in the Lower Pecos: A Tale of Three Interns](https://shumla.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/41VV0077_SITE_CREW_3903-1080x675.jpg)
Summer in the Lower Pecos: A Tale of Three Interns
By Megan Blackburn, Kasia Cross, and Dee Morris
Welcome back to the Shumla blog! We’re the 2019 Shumla Summer Interns: Megan Blackburn, Deianira Morris, and Kasia Cross. We have organized our learning experience as interns at Shumla into four intertwined categories …
![10 Days in Fate Bell Shelter](https://shumla.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/41VV0074_SITE_CREW_5518_Merged-e1557356268159-1080x465.jpg)
10 Days in Fate Bell Shelter
By Jerod Roberts and Vicky Roberts
We knew from the beginning of The Alexandria Project that documenting Fate Bell Shelter was going to be a monumental task. A typical rock art site may take us only a few hours to complete our baseline level of documentation, …
![Time Does Not Heal All: Observable Deterioration in the Rock Art of Seminole Watering Hole (41VV72)](https://shumla.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/FigureI_ac_lre-1080x675.jpg)
Time Does Not Heal All: Observable Deterioration in the Rock Art of Seminole Watering Hole (41VV72)
Time Does Not Heal All: Observable Deterioration in the Rock Art of Seminole Watering Hole (41VV72) **This blog is based on the poster presented by Hailey LaRock and Caitlin Houle at the 2018 Texas Archeological Society Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, titled:...![Atlatls in Lower Pecos Rock Art](https://shumla.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/RedLinear_Spur-Bar-crop.jpg)
Atlatls in Lower Pecos Rock Art
By Charles Koenig
One of humanity’s oldest weapon systems is the atlatl, or spear thrower. The atlatl functions as a lever to throw a dart (or spear) with greater speed, distance, and accuracy than a hand-thrown spear. Atlatls were used by humans as early as 20,000 ago, …