Keep Calm and Love Plasma Oxidation
Keep Calm and Love Plasma Oxidation Hey, Shumla family! Rudy Banny here. I had the pleasure of interning with the Shumla team from January to March of 2020, training with Dr. Karen Steelman in Shumla’s Archaeological Chemistry Laboratory. During this time, I had the...
Rock Art Exhibit for Public Archaeology Week
Rock Art Exhibit for Public Archaeology Week Welcome Shumla blog readers. A special welcome to those joining us for the SAA online Public Archaeology Week! If this is your first time to learn about Shumla, we are a non-profit archaeological center conducting...
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 …
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
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, …