GSAR land conservation
GSAR believes that land conservation strategies that help landowners keep family lands and heritage lands intact are powerful tools for long term preservation of historic and archeological sites. GSAR's Buttermilk Creek Conservation Initiative focuses on providing conservation solutions and partnerships to the landowners along Buttermilk Creek with a preservation mindset. We are driven to build on the conservation success that has resulted in the protection, forever, of the Gault Site and its surrounding landscape. GSAR is currently working with landowners along Buttermilk Creek and beyond to enhance the regional archaeological perspectives along with preservation solutions for such heritage landscapes. Check back for more information as we grow our Conservation initiatives.
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The Stones are Speaking debuts at Austin Film Festival
The Stones are Speaking premiered this month at the prestigious Austin Film Festival, drawing enthusiastic crowds and earning an audience award for best Texas Independent Feature. The audience at Austin’s historic State Theater included archaeologists who specialize in the peopling of the Americas, the landowners who helped preserve the site, and archaeologist Michael Collins who revealed Gault’s history and protected its legacy.
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Ancient Art Comes Home!
The captivating saga of incised stones at the Gault site dates to the early '90s, which includes a notable feature in Texas Monthly titled 'Engraved in Stone' in January 1993. This article shared the extraordinary tale of a private collector who discovered incised stones at the Gault site, collaborating with Dr. Michael B. Collins and Dr. Thomas Hester to establish their antiquity within the Clovis interval, around 13,300 – 12,900 years ago. This represents some of the most ancient art in the Western Hemisphere. Such occurrences are rare, yet they happen, and it appears we are embarking on another similar journey!
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