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RESOURCES FOR TEACHING & LEARNING MORE

ARCHEOLOGY, YOUTH

Archaeology, Boy Scouts of America, Merit Badge Series.
Batten, Mary. Anthropologists: Scientists of the People. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
Cole, J. and B. Degen. Magic School Bus Shows and Tells: A Book about Archaeology. Scholastic, 1997.
Duke, Katie. Archeologists Dig for Clues. NY: Harper Collins Publishers, 1997.
Greenberg, Lorna. Digging into the Past: Pioneers of Archeology. NY: Watts, 2001.
Greene, Meg. Buttons, Bones & the Organ Grinder's Monkey: Tales of Historical Archaeology. Shoestring Press, 2001.
Lauber, Patricia. Who Came First: New Clues to Prehistoric Americans. Washington, DC: National Geographic, 2003.
Laubstein, Karen. Archaeology Smart. NY: Random House, 1997.
Mitchell, Mark. Raising La Belle. Austin: Eakin Press, 2002.
Starnes, Gigi. Grandmother's Tales: Discovering Archeology. Austin: Eakin Press, 1995.
Texas Archeology in the Classroom, Texas Historical Commission, Austin TX, 1997. (teacher manual)
Wheat, Pam. A "Beautiful" Historic Discovery (the Belle), Cobblestone Magazine, October 1999.

HISTORY/CULTURE, YOUTH

Aliki. Corn Is Maize: The Gift of the Indians. NY: Crowell, 1976.
Baylor, Byrd. When Clay Sings. NY: Atheneum Books, 1972.
Brains, Susan. Drumbeat...Heartbeat: A Celebration of the Powwow. Minneapolis:Lerner Pub.Co., 1995.
Curry, Jane Louise. Hold Up the Sky and other Native American Tales from Texas.NY: McElderry Books, 2003.
La Salle in Texas: A Multicultural Historical Reenactment, Institute of Texas Cultures, San Antonio, TX. 800 776-7651
Monroe, Jean Guard. They Dance in the Sky: Native American Star Myths. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987.
Sieur de la Salle, Cobblestone Magazine (Oct. 99), ISBN 0382445023.
Warren, Betsy. Explorers in Early Texas
Warren, Betsy. Let's Remember - When Texas Belonged to Spain

ARCHEOLOGY, ADULT

Bruseth, James E. and Toni Turner. From a Watery Grave: The Discovery and Excavation of La Salle's
Shipwreck, La Belle, TAMU Press, 2004.
Gilmore, Kathleen. The Keeran Site. Austin: Office of the State Archeologist, Texas Historical Commission, 1973.
Gilmore, Kathleen. Treachery and Tragedy in the Texas Wilderness in Bulletin of the Texas Archeological Society, vol. 69, 1998, pp.35-46.
Marcom, Robert. Digging Up Texas. Republic of Texas Press, 2003.
Perttula. The Caddo Nation. Austin: UT Press, 1992.
Nunley, Parker. A Field Guide to Archeological Sites of Texas. Austin: Texas Monthly, 1989.
Ricklis, Robert. The Karankawa Indians. Austin: UT Press, 1996.
Turner, E. Sue and Thomas R. Hester. A Field Guide to Stone Artifacts. Austin: Texas Monthly, 1985

HISTORY, ADULT

Bolton, Herbert E. The Hasinais: S. Caddoan as Seen by the First Europeans. Norman: Univ. of Ok. Press, 1987.
Chipman, Donald. Spanish Texas, 1519-1821. Austin: UT Press, 1992.
Foster, William C. The La Salle Expedition in Texas: The Journal of Henri Joutel, 1684-1687, Austin: TSHA, 1998.
The Handbook of Victoria County. Edited by Penny Anderson et al. Austin: TSHA, 1990.
Newcomb, W.W. Jr. The Indians of Texas: Austin: UT Press, 1961.
O'Connor, Kathryn S. The Presidio La Bahia del Espiritu Santo, 1721 to 1846. Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones, 1966.
Weddle, Robert S. The French Thorn: Rival Explorers in the Spanish Sea. College Station: TAMU Press, 1991.
Weddle, Robert S. Spanish Sea: The Gulf of Mexico in N. American Discovery. College Station: TAMU Press, 1985.
Weddle, Robert S. Wilderness Manhunt: The Spanish Search for La Salle. Austin: UT Press, 1973.

VIDEOS

Voyage of Doom (La Salle and La Belle) Nova WGBH, 1999. 800 949-8670
Discovering Texas Archeology. Garfield Video Productions, 2000. 800 697-2391
Archaeology Xpedition, Science Quest #34, Houston Museum of Natural Science, 1999. 713 639-4629, gift shop.

INTERNET

www.museumofthecoastalbend.org Museum of the Coastal Bend, Victoria.
www.txarch.org Texas Archeological Society; organization for volunteers.
www.texasbeyondhistory.net Web site with popular archeology by theme.
www.thc.state.tx.us Texas Historical Commission. State agency for historic preservation. See publications.
www.saa.org Society for American Archeology. National organization. See public education, newsletter for educators.
libraries.uta.edu/ccon UT-Arlington. Cartographic Connections, improving teaching through use of maps.
www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/ Handbook of Texas, includes Student Guides to Handbook
www.tsha.utexas.edu/index.html Texas State Historical Association - teacher resources
www.texas-settlement.org/ Texas Settlement Region -- La Salle Odyssey museums

• FOUND: A CLUE TO THE PAST (PDF)
• VIP (very important people): PAST AND PRESENT (PDF)
• SETTLEMENTS ALONG THE COASTAL BEND (PDF)
• A LINE ABOUT TIME (PDF)
• SCAVENGER HUNT (PDF)
• ARCHEOLOGISTS UNCOVER STRATA (PDF)
• RESOURCES FOR TEACHING & LEARNING MORE (PDF)