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Margaret Howard, an archaeologist who recently won a lifetime achievement award, pioneered ways to survey parks for their pasts.

In a series of ceremonies at Sugarloaf Mountain, the Tonkawa take back their sacred Texas spot.

In a series of ceremonies at Sugarloaf Mountain, the Tonkawa take back their sacred Texas spot.

Torrington, WY (RELEASE) December 14th, 2023 -- Steve Howard has enjoyed science since elementary school. At 14-years-old he helped on an archaeology dig site, and he was hooked. “I found some pottery and thought, ‘this is cool,’ Howard said. “I wanted to be an archaeologist.” However, in high school everyone discouraged him saying there were

BELTON, Texas — If you are new to the area, are a history buff or just looking for something fun and educational to do, look no further than the Bell

Looking back at 5 Central Texas day trips, mostly for their lodes of history.

One must-see destination in Central Texas is Waco Mammoth National Monument, where you see fossils where the mammoths died thousands of years ago.

Whether they travelled into North America over land depends on whether Beringia was actually had an ice-free corridor, allowing travel down to the Great Plains.

The dominant story in archaeology has long been that humans came to North America around 12,000 years ago. But Indigenous archaeologist Paulette Steeves points to mounting evidence suggesting human migration may have occurred closer to 130,000 ago.