Publications

WILD LAMPASAS BRONCOS Captured and Taken to the US Revolution: How Spanish Mission Ruins Became a Feral Horse Trap For George Washington’s Cavalry Article by Ryan Murray about Spanish mission and presidio ruins in Lampasas County from Texas Cache Magazine Volume 27 #4 Fall 2024 issue. PDF file below may be viewed or downloaded and…

Article and report of an ultrathin Clovis Point found by Dave White of Arlington, Texas at the T&J Ranch in Sutherland Springs, Texas. PDF below can be viewed, printed, or downloaded. Report by Texas Borderlands Archaeology. No part of this copyrighted article or report may be reproduced without permission and attribution with the following citation:…

The Native Ways Podcast is produced in Central Texas by hosts Richard Ellis and Christian Miller and focuses on Texas artifacts, hunting, and wildlife biology. Find the show on YouTube and all podcasting platforms and social media @Native Ways Podcast. Thanks to Richard and Christian for the honor of being on their show (Episode 10)…

LUCAN Proposal For a New Point Type By David L. Calame, Sr., & Ryan Murray, Texas Cache Magazine & Texas Borderlands Archaeology September 16, 2024 A proposal for a new type of arrowpoint called the LUCAN with very limited distribution on the Texas Gulf Coast region and the Guadalupe River valley is reported. Readers who…

TERREROS MISSION IN LAMPASAS PART I: Exploring the Ruins and Legends of an Abandoned Spanish Mission Presidio Complex Article by Ryan Murray about Spanish mission and presidio ruins in Lampasas County from Texas Cache Magazine Volume 27 #3 Summer 2024 issue. PDF file below may be viewed or downloaded and is meant to be printed…

Texas has abundant lithic resources, but obsidian is lacking from the list. That means that any obsidian found in an archaeological context within her present borders had to have been brought in from far away… but how, and by whom? Perhaps in ancient times by networks of itinerant traders or travelers who could cover vast…

Back in July 2022, Father and son Zack and Evan Kline set out to do some excavating in an archaic midden in Bandera County. Little did they know that by the end of the day they would unearth one of the most unique and incredible Texas caches in recent memory and have a family a…

Photo Spread: Jewels of Jonesboro (2024) Photo spread of a cache found by Todd Dodds of Buried Culture in Jonesboro, Texas. Cache includes two base tang knives, a Zephyr point, an Ensor point, and a corner-tang knife, all in pristine condition. Originally published in Texas Cache Volume 27 #1, 2024. Photos on left page c/o…

Many thanks to Anita, Butch, Debbie, and Jeff from American Digger Magazine for the invitation to their Relic Roundup Podcast on November 27, 2023. It was a fun and witty conversation about recovering history, the crossover interests between metal detecting and prehistoric artifact pursuits, and keeping print magazines alive. You know, the old kind that…

2023 Texas Artifact Show Recap 2023 Recap of the following events: Coryell County Artifact Show, Temple Artifact Show, Hill Country Artifact Show in Fredericksburg, and the Heart of Texas Knap-In in Brady. Unfortunately there are too many shows and too many amazing artifacts to cover everything!