State and federal entities of the relatively new United States may have set borders, but archaeological history does not. William Moore's book Arrow Points of Texas and Its Borderlands illuminates surviving archaeological material in the form of Native American arrow points commonly found in Texas and the surrounding regions. He has assembled the latest research on typology and distribution to produce this guide. Incorporating points found not only in Texas but also in the nearby areas of Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana, and northern Mexico, this book provides, in the words of the foreword by noted lithic specialist John E. Dockall, "a much-needed synthesis of regional and chronological data that will be useful to professional and avocational archaeologists alike."
For our Westerners meeting, he will introduce artifact typology, explain the format of the book, clarify the difference between it and previous books on the topic, and provide specific examples.
Meet William E. Moore
William E. Moore is a retired professional archaeologist and former sole proprietor of Brazos Valley Research Associates (BVRA) in Bryan, Texas, where he currently lives. He is the author of several books including The Texas Calaboose and Other Forgotten Jails (Texas A&M University Press, 2019), as well as articles and national magazines. He is the sole living member of the Houston Archeological Society.
A few years after the Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954, African Americans actively sought to desegregate the Fort Worth Independent School District while simultaneously pushing for political representation at a time when all city council seats were elected at-large. Coincidentally, the rapidly growing Mexican community also fought for their own educational and political rights. At times, there was common ground among African Americans and Mexicans, but frequently they fought each other for power and civil rights. This presentation will address the quest for power in Fort Worth from the 1960s through the early twenty-first century, highlighting struggles and successes for both groups over a fifty-to-sixty-year period of time.
Meet Peter Martínez
Originally from San Antonio, Texas, Peter Martínez moved to the Fort Worth area in 1996. Dr. Martínez earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in history from the University of Texas at Arlington before completing his doctoral work at the University of North Texas in 2017, where he specialized in Mexican American History. His dissertation, Ready to Run: Fort Worth's Mexicans in Search of Representation, 1960 to 2000, was awarded "Best Dissertation in Tejano Studies" in 2018 by the Tejas Foco (or Texas Region) of the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS).
Dr. Martínez has worked in higher education since 2013, and is currently professor of history at Tarrant County College, Northeast Campus. He is an active member of NACCS, the Alliance for Texas History, and the Organization of American Historians. He co-chaired the Tejas Foco of NACCS from 2021 to 2023 and he currently serves on the Texas Region's Executive Committee, where he represents the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He also co-founded Historians of Latino Americans (HOLA) Tarrant County in 2019 and he serves on the Advisory Board for Hola Texas magazine. In addition to his work in education and for the Mexican American community, Dr. Martínez has a wife of 21 years and three children, ages 18, 15, and 9.