TEXAS

The Texas Archaeology Society Field School is a summer program for kids from elementary to junior high. Learn the ins and outs of archaeology, as well as how people thousands of years ago lived. For more information, visit: www.txarch.org/kids/fschool.html

The Rock Art Foundation works with private landowners to protect ancient rock art found all over the state. For more information, and tour details, visit: http://www.rockart.org/index.html

The Texas Historical Commission excavated two of Texas’ most important archaeological sites relating to the famous French explorer Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. There are seven museums in Texas that are home to a series of exhibits that together tell the story of La Salle’s expedition and the Texas Historical Commission’s excavations. For more information, visit: http://www.thc.state.tx.us/archeology/aadefault.html.

The Houston Museum of Natural Science features 12,000 square feet of gallery space highlighting the native peoples of the Americas, from Alaska to Peru, and exploring thousands of years of human history. In Life through Time, more than 450 specimens are displayed. Searching for Eternity: Life and Death in Ancient Egypt, includes about 100 artifacts. The highlight of the presentation is Ankhhap, a mummy from the museum's own collection. Explorations for youth ages 4-12 are held on Saturdays and summer weekdays. Excursions and family field trips are planned throughout the year and include a visit to a prehistoric mammoth site in central Texas. Call (713) 639-4629, or visit: www.hmns.org.

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