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Catalog Number |
101.06 |
Title |
Tamaulipas Project records |
Date |
circa 1945-1955 |
Collection size |
300-400 negatives, corresponding index cards, and several maps |
Creator |
Tamaulipas Project |
Other Creators |
MacNeish, Richard S. |
Scope & Content |
The Tamaulipas Project was directed by Richard MacNeish for three field seasons: 1945-1946, 1948-1949, and 1953-1954. MacNeish was encouraged to survey in southern Texas and in the Sierra de Tamaulipas (Mexico) by his University of Chicago advisor Fay-Cooper Cole. In Tamaulipas, he found five promising rockshelters, and in 1948 received a grant to excavate them. The three most important caves were Nogales, Diablo and La Perra. In 1949, early prehistoric maize cobs were found there. MacNeish's dissertation on this survey was completed in 1949. In 1953-1954 he excavated two additional caves in the Sierra Madre near Ocampo in southwestern Tamaulipas. See multimedia links for the digitized online version of this project's archaeological report. |
Conditions Governing Access |
This collection is open for research. |
Language of Material |
English |